Posted on 09/09/2004 2:09:48 PM PDT by ctdonath2
Proof the CBS document BushGuardaugust1.pdf is a FAKE:
Original text, slightly adjusted for rectangular fit:
Same text, screen capture of document written in MS Word 2002 with no effort to match original aside from document width:
Overlapping images, with original as B/W negative:
Aside from slight warping presumably due to distortion introduced by a low-quality photocopier, the two texts line up exactly. The "30+ year old proof" against Bush is a fraud.
The Longemont address is correct for 1968 but not for 1972 W lived elsewhere.
two other memos are at USA Today site along with the 4 preciously posted at CBS:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-09-09bushdocs.pdf
Did not wish to make a statement that the Adress was correct for the time the memo supposedly was written - instead wished to confirm that it was indeed a valid adress and that GWB had lived there. The other link also only serves to verify that the PO Box number, although "funny", was indeed valid for the unit.
All of which only means that the forger was clever enough to do "some" basic research to get a few details "correct".
Let me differ: if YOU can make an exact duplicate of the "original" by merely opening MS Word 2002 and entering the text, and either adjusting font size to 14 or changing page width, doesn't that make your own opinion strong enough to scream "fraud"? I did, you can - and there's no freaking way a few seconds of trivial effort should perfectly match a supposedly 30-year old document made on totally different technology.
I agree, and would add that they have probably never seen a daisy wheel or ball type / selectrix - let alone ever having used one
I hope this is shoved so far someone starts coughing little chads
Where can that be supported? If so, this grows exponentially.
Correction: the discrepancy is that there is a space between the 1 and the st, which is narrow enough that I overlooked it - and such narrow spaces just were not done on typewriters then.
Anyone who has ever spent much time on a typewriter is an "expert".
My "gotcha" is the centering on the 4 may document. There's just no way that someone can easily duplicate that on a real typewriter.
The point is, it's not just centered, it's EXACTLY centered. Right down to the fractions of a space required by the proportional font.
But Selectric typewriters were not proportional font, only the Executive models were. I hadn't ever heard of this Selective variant, but I can guess that you would re-wind the tape, and play it back so the typewriter would duplicate the form.
In order to fill out forms, they need to be "aligned" with the text, so that you can fill out the little boxes. Proportional type isn't aligned. Every letter has a different "space" it lives in.
Now just imagine a LtCol using any such typewriter just to make notes for his personal file.
Nope. Ain't going to happen.
Almost no one has commented on the raw improbability that:
1) the LtCol would create typewritten memos to himself and sign them, just for his personal file.
2) That they would show up somewhere, anywhere, 30 some years later after he was long dead.
If the guy was just looking for some CYA, he could far easier just keep a written notebook. Much easier to carry around.
Thanks for bringing that up. I can't find the source for the CBS' statement (sorry - will try to track it down later - there are so many contradictory statements coming from CBS), but there is the following.
From Powerline (scroll down to 4th item on powerline home page)...
Was the Kerry campaign the source of the Killian forgeries? The Prowler says there is evidence that it was. (The Spectator site is currently down because of a Drudge link--the same thing happened to us yesterday--so the link is to a cached version):
More than six weeks ago, an opposition research staffer for the Democratic National Committee received documents purportedly written by President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard squadron commander, the late Col. Jerry Killian.
The oppo researcher claimed the source was "a retired military officer." According to a DNC staffer, the documents were seen by both senior staff members at the DNC, as well as the Kerry campaign.
"More than a couple people heard about the papers," says the DNC staffer. "I've heard that they ended up with the Kerry campaign, for them to decide how to proceed, and presumably they were handed over to 60 Minutes, which used them the other night. But I know this much. When there was discussion here, there were doubts raised about their authenticity."
The concerns arose from the sourcing. "It wasn't clear that our source for the documents would have had access to them. Our person couldn't confirm from what file, from what original source they came from."
A CBS producer, who initially tipped off The Prowler about the 60 Minutes story, says that despite seeking professional assurances that the documents were legitimate, there was uncertainty even among the group of producers and researchers working on the story.
"The problem was we had one set of documents from Bush's file that had Killian calling Bush 'an exceptionally fine young officer and pilot.' And someone who Killian said 'performed in an outstanding manner.' Then you have these new documents and the tone and content are so different."
The CBS producer said that some alarms bells went off last week when the signatures and initials of Killian on the documents in hand did not match up with other documents available on the public record, but producers chose to move ahead with the story. "This was too hot not to push. If there were doubts, those people didn't show it," says the producer, who works on a rival CBS News program.
Now, the producer says, there is growing concern inside the building on 57th Street that they may have been suckered by the Kerry campaign.
Posted by Hindrocket at 07:59 AM | Permalink
The executive selectrics were'nt all that proportional. They only had four letter widths. No chance that one of them produced this document.
It's been a LONG time but did'nt typewriters have single key th keys. Bet that does'nt match eather.
That is a very, very cool animation. Fantastic.
Absolutely breathtaking! Stupendous work. I am rendered speechless.
Brilliant.
Would you mind reproducing your animation using Palatino Linotype?
The match appears even better.
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Bump, Bttt, Bookmarking a thread that will become a legend.
Uh .... best to leave the forensics to experts. To type a superscript, you need to roll the platen down, type the characters, and then roll the platen backl up to return to the typing line.
Huh? I never made the quote above that you attribute to me.
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