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A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-23-04....Rathergate -- the gift that just keeps on giving
JohnHuang2, Aquamarine, Billie | JohnHuang2

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Rathergate -- the gift that just keeps on giving


by JohnHuang2


Surfing the Internet in my pajamas recently, I noticed a new rumor making the rounds. Something about this biggie anchor getting duped by fake documents. Now, if the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story. I'd like to break the story that an iceberg sank the Titanic, but, like the sinking Dantanic, some pajama guy scooped me on that one too.
Taking water in deep water out of sight of land, the crew of the CBS Dantanic, unable to plug a massive hole in their story, sent a massive distress signal Monday, claiming they were victims of accurate documents which were fake but still stood by the thrust of the story revealed in the fake documents as very solid. (New CBS motto: 'Trust us, we get it half right'. Or, 'Sixty half-truths in 60 Minutes'. 'We won't totally mislead you'. 'If we get tripped up, we let you know in 12 or 13 days, or when Bloggers smoke us out'. 'Even our questionable documents are accurate'.) CBS says an Unimpeachable Source misled them.

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The admission comes exactly 10 Ice Ages after the initial "60 Minutes" airing of documents purportedly generated on a Vietnam-era typewriter with awesome computing power by Bush's computer geek squadron commander who didn't type or keep personal files and was a big Bill Gates fan. The Unimpeachable Source, grassy-knoller Bill Burkett, says he once happened to see Bush's service record files in a trash can with 'FORTUNE SON BUSH HAS BEEN A-WALL!' scrawled on top and says he once happened to be passing by the office of a general yelling, 'COVER UP BUSH'S TERRIBLE SERVICE RECORD OR I'LL SHIP YOU TO PANAMA TO CONTRACT A DISABLING DISEASE!' and says he once happened to overhear a Bush aide order the Texas National Guard to shred all files stamped with 'BUSH IS A DESSERTER!!'.
Then, in '97, came the clincher, a terrible moment seared in his memory, says Burkett. An aide to then governor Bush walked up to him and told him: 'You must improperly alter Bush's service record and delete any embarrassing info -- THAT'S AN ORDER!' Burkett refused, so, as punishment, he was shipped to Panama to contract a disabling disease, says Burkett. Dan Rather says this proves Burkett had no ax to grind, although, in February, Burkett retracted his story, telling the Houston Chronicle that his allegation of Bush shipping him to Panama "was not accurate." This made Burkett an Unimpeachable Source. Rather now admits he and Burkett, who has a history of being an unimpeachable nut, have known each other for 30 years but Rather says he had no idea Burkett was a nut. In an August commentary for Online Journal, Burkett crowed that he had "reassembled" Bush's service record. To do this, Burkett used a special technique called Reconstructing Repressed Document Memory for documents plagued with Repressed Memory Syndrome.
Burkett now denies having forgery relations with those accurate documents and claimed the source was fellow ex-Guardsman George Conn. Then Burkett admitted that was a lie and that the source of the accurate documents or forgeries was Lucy Ramirez whom no one has been able to locate. Burkett insists the documents are real but has no way of proving it. Then he admitted that was a lie and that he burned the originals. So when Unimpeachable Burkett says, 'I didn't forge anything', Dan says you can take it to the bank.

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The CBS network, retracting the fake memos but not the story strongly backed up by the fake memos, insists questions raised in the fake documents have not been answered. CBS says that, though the documents can not be authenticated, the story has been authenticated because of the documents. The Docu-
ments Malfunctioned but not the story. Interviewed on a local CBS Affiliate in New York on Monday, Rather said the core of the story is genuine and that the only thing which remains questionable is the evidence. The memos, the heart of CBS's case that Bush is unfit for command, explosively reveal that Bush is a son of wealth (Bush could've picked less wealthy parents to be born to) and so he got special treatment by a colonel who wasn't even at the Guard at the time who pressured Bush's commander to 'sugar-coat' Bush skipping a flight physical he didn't need to take because he'd already been transferred to Alabama to work on a political campaign. (The question, 'Did Bush or didn't Bush attend that unnecessary flight physical 32 years ago?' is one that has the nation deeply shaken, I'm sure.)
Rather said mistakes were made. "It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition without fear or favoritism." It was in good faith that Rather forgot to nail down the source of the memos, forgot to nail down the chain of custody, forgot to check for forgeries, forgot to check for antique Microsoft typewriters, forgot to listen to document experts, and forgot that Bill Burkett is a rabid Democrat with a long history of attacking Bush, which means Burkett must be working for . . . Karl Rove! (See Tom Shales @ Washington Post and Maureen Dowd.) In fairness, Dowdy says she gives little credence to 'Rove did it!' conspiracy theories so she devotes 90% of column space to 'Rove did it!' conspiracy theories.
Network president Andrew Heyward ordered an "independent review of the process by which the report was prepared and broadcast to determine what actions need to be taken." (The report should be ready the day after the elections.)
Rather says if anybody lied to the public, it was Burkett, not he, and if anybody screwed up royally it was producer Mary Mapes, not Rather, who only runs the place. Now, in the spirit of trying to carry on the CBS tradition of not playing favorites, we learn that Mapes contacted Kerry's chief campaign spokesman Joe Lockhart to get him to call Burkett who wouldn't give Mapes the accurate documents unless Lockhart gave Burkett a call so Burkett could give him the heads-up on what's going down with the documents. Lockhart admits he called because he couldn't wait to get campaign advice from some nobody from Texas, so the whole thing was all so very innocent. Burkett was so enthralled telling Lockhart how to run the Kerry campaign that he forgot to mention the memos, so the subject never came up. So here we have Cleland, Burkett, Lockhart, Cahill, Mapes -- nope, no collaboration here at all.
My gut says this is only the beginning. Each day hereon will bring a new revelation, more damaging than the one before. One thing's for sure: With the Clinton A-Team of Carville, Begala, Lockhart, McCurry aboard, the Kerrytanic is taking water and sinking fast. By Election Day, the ship will have sunk. Hillary! will then say, Mission Accomplished. Get set -- the manure is about to hit the fan.
Anyway, that's...
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To: Aquamarine; Billie; dutchess; JohnHuang2; All
We always are amazed that you find so many appropriate illustrations for JH2's Essays.
Each picture speaks many words...take this one today, for example:

Senator Kerry Finally Takes Questions from the Press

"How, specifically, would I address the Iqaqi Quagmire,
you ask?"
"Let me count the ways - -"

One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, shut the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, do it again!

(Told 'em I have a wonderful solid plan - - )


61 posted on 09/23/2004 11:39:55 AM PDT by LadyX (((( To God be all praise and honor and glory -- ))))
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To: All; Aquamarine; JohnHuang2; Billie; dutchess; LadyX; cyborg; Carling; dandelion; MEG33; ...
Dashing through in my jammies to say hello and compliment JH2 on yet another wonderful and humorous editorial. Thank you, Aqua, for bringing him to us today. This one left me smiling all over. :-)

Also, a 'Finest' welcome to Carling! We hope to see more of you here.

I have a stack of portraits in front of me that need retouching. I'll be back when I get to the end of them. Have a wonderful day one and all.


62 posted on 09/23/2004 11:46:33 AM PDT by Mama_Bear ("If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing."-- Bertrand Russell)
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To: Aquamarine

he sure has. Looks like mapes and he will be the fall guys, and blather will skate.


63 posted on 09/23/2004 11:51:57 AM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
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To: LadyX
One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, shut the door

LOL! You really did it with this one!

64 posted on 09/23/2004 11:56:10 AM PDT by Billie
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To: Aquamarine
Am getting to where I can't watch the man anymore, it makes me too angry. I don't think it's healthy to feel that angry.

I feel the same way as you there. The way I control that is when he's on one of his BS rants, I listen for a while and then turn the volume down when I've heard enough.

He is such a Class Warfare Liar! He's losing his mind, I think.


65 posted on 09/23/2004 11:59:34 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Species8472
I left a note of thanks and encouragement and hope others will also.

Thanks for supplying the opportunity.

66 posted on 09/23/2004 12:07:57 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: LadyX

You're too generous to him. lol


67 posted on 09/23/2004 12:08:58 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Mama_Bear

You had the teddy bear in pajamas! What a cute sig gif....thanks for stopping by MB, know how busy you are right now.


68 posted on 09/23/2004 12:10:07 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: GailA

Rather has gotten away with alot over the years but I think he overplayed his hand this time. Can foresee a retirement in his near future.


69 posted on 09/23/2004 12:11:40 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

Thanks! I know they will really appriciate it.


70 posted on 09/23/2004 12:18:07 PM PDT by Species8472
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To: Aquamarine
thanks for stopping by MB, know how busy you are right now.

Yes, poor JK, he's buried under a mountain of work. This is our busy time of the year at the studio and we've had a bumper crop of high school seniors coming in this year. The portrait orders are coming in left and right - and piling up! So much for Bush's "failing economy", LOL. (We consider the money that is spent at our studio as "discretionary dollars", and there seems to be no shortage of that around here. And that is a VERY good thing for us!)

Anyway, I am pitching in and taking some of the retouching off of his hands, but I always have time to lurk a little. ;-)

Another bear in jammies...... :-)


71 posted on 09/23/2004 12:26:10 PM PDT by Mama_Bear ("If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing."-- Bertrand Russell)
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To: LadyX; JohnHuang2; Aquamarine; Billie; Mama_Bear; dutchess; The Mayor; ST.LOUIE1; ...
"If I were the Devil"
By Paul Harvey:

"I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world;

I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's effort, instead of God's blessings;

I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the other way around;

I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue;

I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to leadership;

I would make it legal to kill unborn babies;

I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it convenient; I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that the life of animals are valued more than human beings;

I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was grounds for a lawsuit; I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I would get sports heroes to advertise them;

I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the mind of every family member with my agenda; I would attack the family, the backbone of any nation.

I would make divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so does the nation;

I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and movie screens, and call it art;

I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who call themselves authorities and refer to their agenda as politically correct;

I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, and the Bible is for the naive;

I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional; Hmmm...

I guess if I were the devil, I'd leave things pretty much the way they are."

72 posted on 09/23/2004 1:09:28 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: Aquamarine; JohnHuang2; Billie; dutchess; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; LadyX
Oh, Oh!

Looks like we may have a forgery here on JohnHuang2 Thursday at FR's Finest...

JH2's quill and ink signature and portrait of him behind that old Underwood typewriter suggest that he wrote this with those instuments, but alas, is sure looks like the text one would get using FreeRepublic's default html fonts.

Call out the pajama brigade. We need a full scale investigation. These forgeries cannot continue. Alert c BS and Dan Rather. We need answers. :)

Another GREAT presentation, Aqua and JH2.

73 posted on 09/23/2004 1:45:05 PM PDT by Diver Dave (Stay Prayed Up)
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To: Aquamarine; JohnHuang2

Hi, Aqua! Thank you for this thread; John Huang's essay is outstanding!


74 posted on 09/23/2004 2:20:30 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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To: dandelion; Brad's Gramma

May I add your daughters to my prayers, dear sisters in our Lord? Our Gracious One has helped me through a horrible time in my life through the prayers of His children; I will be praying for your daughters, dear Grammie and Dandelion.


75 posted on 09/23/2004 2:31:26 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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To: Aquamarine; JohnHuang2; Billie; LadyX
"Rathergate -- the gift that just keeps on giving"

Another wonderful Thursday at the Finest. Excellent, all. Thank You

Colleen


76 posted on 09/23/2004 2:32:28 PM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans Bush/Cheney '04)
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To: MEG33

Meg, I haven't made it down to the end of the thread yet to see if there's been an update on your son; just wanted to let you know he is still in my prayers for a speedy recovery from his surgery.


77 posted on 09/23/2004 2:36:33 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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To: lonestar; The Mayor; LadyX; Diver Dave; Aquamarine; Darksheare; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; ...
Prayers of thanksgiving for my son's successful quadruple by pass surgery Tuesday...He is progressing nicely and is walking...Had a fantastic surgeon and team..and the Good Lord watching over him and them...
78 posted on 09/23/2004 2:40:12 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: LadyX

LOL! That was good, Lady Maggie! I always love reading your funny and creative posts about John Huang!


79 posted on 09/23/2004 2:41:45 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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To: Billie

Billie, Daisy Mae looks so adorable in those P.J.'s! You are so talented! LOL, how cute!


80 posted on 09/23/2004 2:44:35 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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