[Seaplaner]

...we don't know whether the documents were fraudulent or not.

Hmmm, this reminds me of what Ann Coulter said about liberals having no qualms about LYING, and in fact, for them it's a sport.

I'm thinking that Dan Rather is willing to engage in a little sporting prevarication here in order to try to recoup a few molecules of self respect, after losing all in a perfect storm of apparently being caught using forged documents to influence an election, in a situation involving the same U.S. military that (if I recall correctly) years ago did not find Mr. Rather acceptable.

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[Bulgaricus]

We have Larry "softball" King, with all the intelligence & interview skills of a 3rd grader & Dan "it's true! Liar who obviously did too much acid & smoked too much rope in the late 60s.

Me? I'd rather watch Looney Toons any day instead of either of 'em. You'd get more truth & maturity this way from the tube.

[CHARLITE]

"I'm thinking that Dan Rather is willing to engage in a little sporting prevarication here in order to try to recoup a few molecules of self respect, after losing all in a perfect storm of apparently being caught using forged documents to influence an election, in a situation involving the same U.S. military that (if I recall correctly) years ago did not find Mr. Rather acceptable."

This is so well put, that it deserves to be posted again. It is precisely what is happening. His pride and ego are so enormous, that he simply can not even go near the notion of coming clean, apologizing, telling it like it is.

His problem is that the "truth of the matter" is shabby, conspiratorial and possibly felonious. He tried to swing an election with lies and fake documents. He can not admit to that, so he has to keep on muttering these idiotic, nonsensical protestations on soft ball shows like Larry King.

Thanks for your comments, Seaplaner.

Char :)