[Hank All-American]

I think they're sugar-coating things.

[Merry]

And if you believe that it was a coincidence I'm sure you also believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.

[muawiyah]

With Kerry married to a multi-billionaire any Democratic party criticism of "W" for having a few bucks rings hollow.

Every penney they spend on such advertising is just wasted.

[madprof98]

However, the Kerry Campaign insists it knew nothing about the CBS documents, claiming the timing was a coincidence.

I've noticed a lot of those lately. It's like the thing about the draft coming back. First you hear a word about it from some politician on a talk show, and next thing you know, it's in every newspaper and magazine in the land--and in campaign commercials too. Instantaneously. And all by chance. Must be something in the stars this season.

[Randjuke]

Kerry campaign says timing of 'Fortunate Son' ad campaign, 60 Minutes story a 'coincidence'

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

[jimbo123]

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040909_1601.html

Dems Take Chance With 'Fortunate Son' Slam

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON Sept. 9, 2004 — Seizing on 30-year-old memos and memories, Sen. John Kerry's operatives are painting an unflattering portrait of President Bush as the "fortunate son" who used family connections to dodge the Vietnam War and then lied about it.

-snip-

"Two things: One, he didn't tell the truth and that's not going to go away," said Howard Wolfson, a strategist dispatched to the DNC by Kerry's campaign to go negative on Bush. "Second, it begins to paint a picture of a very fortunate son who uses connections and pulls strings for special favors. That is a theme running through the man's life."

-snip-

[Keith in Iowa]

'coincidence' my arse...anyone who believes that is daft.

[socialismisinsidious]

I continue to be amazed at how stupid they think we are...he is such an elitist!

[JOE6PAK]

Sure. Just a CO-WINKIE-DINK! Give up Ketchup.

[tobyhill]

Congressional Subpoenas! Start getting these Democratic idiots on legal record with at least the threat of perjury if they continue with the lies. Lying to Federal Investigators and/or congress is a crime. Not disclosing the information to Federal Investigators and/or congress is obstruction and a crime. Let the heads roll!

[M007]

What Dan Rather and the Democrats did is against the 8th Commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."

They committed a mortal sin against George W. Bush.

[Asclepius]

However, the Kerry Campaign insists it knew nothing about the CBS documents, claiming the timing was a coincidence.

It was too bad that JFK just happened to be in front of that assassin's bullet. And what about President Clinton's penis that, coincidently, found itself in the same space occupied by that young intern's oral cavity?

Life is filled with odd coincidences.

[handy]

Former Republican Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and retired chief of the Associated Press Louis Boccardi.

Has anyone noticed what this says about the AP?

One would presume this is a “balanced and fair” committee. Since Thornberg is clearly the Republican, that makes Louis Boccardi the Democrat.

What does that say about the AP? The former head of the AP is so biased he’s picked as the Democratic counterweight to a former Republican Attorney General.

Doesn’t this just scream “AP is biased” to you?

[SolidSupplySide]

I think the Kerry Campaign needs its own independent investigation. CBS is leading the way.

[Jim Robinson]

Kerry is a congenital liar.

[jimbo123]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/639dyfsa.asp?pg=1

Wolfson's operation is well-oiled. His first day at the helm of OFS was Monday, September 6. On September 14, McAuliffe held a press conference and used the "Operation Fortunate Son" slogan for the first time. However, OFS was planned much earlier. Look back at the month before the operation began, and aspects of the Democrats' strategy come into focus, like the outline of a figure emerging from the mist.

On August 11, for example, Bob Tuke, the Tennessee state chair of Veterans for Kerry, told a Nashville radio station that, soon, "We may also know why Bush failed to show up for his medical exam that caused him to lose his flight status." A few weeks later, on September 1, liberal blogger Joshua Micah Marshall reported that Dan Rather was working on a 60 Minutes story about Bush and the Guard. On September 2, the day Bush accepted his party's nomination in New York, the online magazine Salon published an exhaustive investigation into the "unanswered questions" surrounding the president's service. On September 6, Terry McAuliffe issued a press release detailing "what we don't know" about Bush's Guard years. Another DNC release on the same topic followed on September 7. Three more followed on September 8, the day 60 Minutes aired its story featuring the now-discredited Guard memos. One of the DNC releases that day relied heavily on the 60 Minutes report.

Also on September 8, an independent group called Texans for Truth, whose founder has ties to the anti-Bush group MoveOn.org, announced it would run ads on Bush and the Guard in several swing states. A new batch of National Guard documents were released that day, too, and the Boston Globe and the Associated Press both featured stories on the new finds. The Globe story concluded that "Bush fell well short of meeting his military obligation." Then, on September 9, the DNC issued two more press releases that again quoted extensively from the 60 Minutes report, including from the discredited memos.

The DNC continued to issue press releases on Bush and the Guard, but, after September 9, the releases no longer mentioned the memos. The absence was noticeable.

[JulieRNR21]

Okay....so they got lucky with a coincidence?

See BS....no way Jose....Jeese Louise....How dumb do they think Americans are?

[bray]

If its good enough for PravdABDNC then its good enough for me. Just move along, Yaaaawn has the peoples business to attend to.........wait a minute????

Pray for W and The Truth

[self_evident]

If you look at the available evidence, the Kerry campaign is probably telling the truth. The fact that Burkett needed Mapes to get in contact with the Kerry campaign certainly suggests that they were holding him at arms length (remember that he had written that he couldn't penetrate the layers of kids when he tried to contact the campaign himself).

I think CBS bought hook-line-and-sinker what the Kerry campaign itself wouldn't touch.

[Dems_R_Losers]

However, the Kerry Campaign insists it knew nothing about the CBS documents, claiming the timing was a coincidence.

But the timing of the Sandy Berger investigation was a deliberate White House plot.....riiiiight.....