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Oh? But the basis is there.

First, forget CBS.
Focus on that little cretin that actually forged the documents.

Forgery of Military document is a felony.

Who in hell would have a rational basis to defend, in print, his actions?

I know, some left wing nuts would, but that is the beauty of it.
They would lose more and more support, perhaps sinking below a certain "tipping point" where they truly would be irrelevant to the future of this country, and I think that all Freepers should be taking up such support for things that can possibly cause such change.

CBS would be shelled as collateral damage.

Focus on that little cretin that actually forged the documents.

Ok. IMO, the "little cretin that actually forged the documents" would be none other than James "T-hate-everything-that-has-an-R-in-it Carville, one of the Clintonistas that joined the Kerry campaign in the later months. I don't think that it is coincidence that these forged docs showed up after Carville, McCurry, Lockhart, et al, joined the campaign. Burkett is just the fool who signed on for patsy duty.

I also believe that Carville has the standing with Rather to get him to push the story forward, in spite of all of the problems the docs presented. In short, Rather got played, and he's too proud to own up to the fact.

Enter the internal investigation and you have Dandy Dan caught in the old squeeze play.

By announcing his retirement now, he saves SeeBS management from having to "fire" him, and he gets to stay on as a "reporter" for 60 Mins.

It's a classic win-win situation in Rather's favor and he knews it. He is thumbing his nose at the pajamahadeen.