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you said; "Let's say the Whtie House issued a press release saying that the docuements were forgeries."

Thats just it, if the WH knew they were forgeries, they didn't have to hold a press conference. They could have just told CBS to knock it off, on the down low. Not even CBS is stupid enough to run with documents they know are forgeries.

you said; "CBS is *never* going to run a favorable story on Bush"

Exactly, which is why it would have been better if the WH had just killed the original 60 minutes story before it was even aired. The MSM will never give the same attention to the forgery story as they did to the original 60 min. story.

Stop already.

Even now CBS is standing by their pathetic story. You're assertion that the WH could have "killed it" is nonsense and going by history, any effort by them to do such a thing would have been twisted by CBS like they twist everything else by good and decent people.

Thats just it, if the WH knew they were forgeries, they didn't have to hold a press conference. They could have just told CBS to knock it off, on the down low. Not even CBS is stupid enough to run with documents they know are forgeries.

The White House WANTED CBS to run with the story because they knew that the documents were forgeries. CBS would end up looking like idiots, they would be discredited....so the White House decided not to tell them, but released the obviously fake memo's to the public. They wanted to expose CBS for what it is...an arm of the DNC.

you said; "CBS is *never* going to run a favorable story on Bush"Exactly, which is why it would have been better if the WH had just killed the original 60 minutes story before it was even aired. The MSM will never give the same attention to the forgery story as they did to the original 60 min. story.

CBS wouldn't have killed it for the White House. They probably would have spun it and said that the White House tried to pressure them NOT to run the story and would have still run it. CBS is so blinded by partisianship that they thought they had a "gotcha"...they wre intent on burning Bush but ended up getting burned. The MSM might not report the forgeries in depth, but it will get reported to an extent and the new media is reporting it.

"Exactly, which is why it would have been better if the WH had just killed the original 60 minutes story before it was even aired."

IMHO, what they did is much better. If you've got a royal straight flush, bet a little at a time and let the other players throw as much money into the pot as possible. If you bet everything you have and thus everyone gets out, you only get their ante money. By not telling CBS that the documents were most likely forgeries, they have devastated the credibility not only of Bush's accusers and the Democrat sycophants who jumped on the bandwagon, but of CBS News as well. Now *that* is quite a jackpot.