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I must say that for Teddy Kennedy to say that Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam is about as smart as if he had said it was his Chappaquidick.

Over the years the news media have tried to blame the entire Vietnam War on Richard Nixon. But there are more than a few people who remember that it was started by JFK.

Things that appear on GOPUSA probably don't filter out to many people, but I must say that CBS is not going to achieve closure on Rathergate anytime soon the way they are handling it.

...for Teddy Kennedy to say that Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam is about as smart as if he had said it was his Chappaquidick.

That's a great way to put it. I can visualize a bumper sticker or sign: "Teddy Kennedy says Iraq is George Bush's Chappaquidick."

...I must say that CBS is not going to achieve closure on Rathergate anytime soon the way they are handling it.

The conclusion of CBS's internal "investigation" by the squishy bureaucrats Thornburgh and Boccardi was laughable. Nonetheless, they were probably paid quite well.

They would have us believe that first and foremost, there was no finding of bias, and second, that CBS News had "rushed the story" -- which they had reportedly been researching for YEARS -- thus missing due diligence. Anyone who has bee following this story in detail would agree that these claims are absolutely ludicrous.

It is obvious that the "conclusion" was in fact the starting point in the investigation. They probably had the full report produced in two weeks time, but waited another three months to clear the election and to provide credibility to their efforts.

Nonetheless, I agree with you that they will not get by so easily whistling past this graveyard. There are "others" who would prefer to see the story wrench onward, either to prolong CBS News' excruciating decline into obscure irrelevance, or to actually get to the truth.

Among these, I cite the truth patrol among the blogosphere and talk radio. Then there are CBS's competitors in the MSM, who would also like to twist the knife if it could be done in such a way as to not reveal their own malfeasance. Didn't Russert make a comment last week about why CBS has failed to report the source of the documents? Why protect a source of forged documents?

Where oh where does the trail lead? Where are Woodward and Bernstein when you need em?

"Over the years the news media have tried to blame the entire Vietnam War on Richard Nixon. But there are more than a few people who remember that it was started by JFK."

Actually, Eisenhower sent in the first "advisers" after the French got their butt kicked. LBJ escalated it by sending in ground forces to fight independently of the South Vietnamese, instead of euphemistically advising them.