There's no evidence that this phone prank is true. No transctipt, nothing admissible in court. The source is an anonymous caller to a syndicated talk show - we must therefore assume it's urban legend material.
Checked snopes.com and this story is not there. So it's NOT an urban legend - at least not yet...
Agreed. Until there's confirmation, its silly to act outraged.
The good thing is, now there is a heads up to the military families. Of these calls are going around there is a better chance to catch it on tape.
Again, I say that this is irrelevant; thanks to CBS (and now ABC), we have a new standard -- we can demand a response to a story regardless of how unfounded the allegations are. Why is Kerry refusing to answer these charges? He must have something to hide. The content of the charges are accurate, even if the evidence appears to be shaky... (etc.)
I can confirm this was as not being a rumor. Mike Rosen on KOA is currently doing a story on it. Apparently, a former intern of his did a story on it on KOAA (a TV station in Pueblo) on Wednesday. I'm trying to track down more on the story, but it is coming from multiple sources.
"No transctipt, nothing admissible in court"
The court of public opinion is not govened by procedural rules, for good or ill. It doesn't have to be up to jurisprudence standards, just plausible. Most Americans don't care about legal standards anyway. Do you think most Americans believe that OJ is not guilty?