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Could the Rather Memogate be a planned diversion?

Posted on 09/10/2004 5:59:46 PM PDT by awakeandaware

I'm a first time poster but a long time lurker. I LOVE Free Republic. I'm just wondering if CBS is just trying to help Kerry change the focus to Bush's records instead of Kerry's. The longer the controversy continues about the memos, the longer the focus is off of Kerry. It's working! Maybe they don't care if the little people think they doctored documents as long as they accomplish their goal-protect Kerry.


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KEYWORDS: kerry; killian; rather; ratherbiased; rathergate; selectricgate
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1 posted on 09/10/2004 5:59:46 PM PDT by awakeandaware
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To: awakeandaware

Definitely planned in a way to hurt GWB.

However, I don't see this hurting him. It certainly appears the experts are lining up on the side of forgery and not with CBS.


2 posted on 09/10/2004 6:01:12 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye ((Kerry is a flake))
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To: awakeandaware

Hi and Bye!


3 posted on 09/10/2004 6:01:21 PM PDT by Radix (...it is easier for logical men to appear barbarous than for barbarous men to appear civilized.)
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To: awakeandaware
As long as the focus is off Kerry, he can't get his message out (whatever the hell that is).

Kerry has got to try to grab the agenda back, but he can't, as long as it's on the National Guard service.

The public has made up its mind about Bush's National Guard service, and they don't care about it.

4 posted on 09/10/2004 6:01:48 PM PDT by sinkspur ("Can someone tell me where to find an ordained archpriest?"--Cardinal Fanfani)
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To: awakeandaware

Not gonna happen. They have to know that. We've got too much ammo that hasn't even hit the big media yet. Matthews got nowhere despite the calculation and the hit-job on exPOW Jim Warner last night.


5 posted on 09/10/2004 6:02:12 PM PDT by Mach9 (.)
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To: awakeandaware

Very Clintonian.


6 posted on 09/10/2004 6:02:15 PM PDT by saint
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To: Radix

Wow! 2004/09/11. Definitely not in the USA.


7 posted on 09/10/2004 6:02:44 PM PDT by canalabamian (Common sense, unfortunately, is not very common)
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To: awakeandaware

I've wondered if it was a diversion from 9/11 ceremonies tomorrow.


8 posted on 09/10/2004 6:02:59 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: awakeandaware

Could this be part of DU plans to try to divert attention away from the forgeries???

My god you guys have been busy today.


9 posted on 09/10/2004 6:03:13 PM PDT by Tempest (Don't blame me, I'm voting for Bush.)
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To: awakeandaware

The two "experts" who Dan Rather had on his show are Clintonistas.

One "verified" that Vince Foster's suicide note was real.

The other wrote a book "Growing Up Clinton" which was a glowing account.

I smell Hitlery all the way behind this. She knows the Kerry camp will be tied to this debacle and that forged military documents is a federal crime. Tie it to Kerry and he's finished. Which is just what she wants.


10 posted on 09/10/2004 6:03:43 PM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: awakeandaware

All it focuses on is the steps the Rats will do to lie and cheat their way to a victory. There's nothing about this story that hurts Bush in any way.


11 posted on 09/10/2004 6:03:47 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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12 posted on 09/10/2004 6:03:59 PM PDT by itsamelman (“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
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To: awakeandaware

I suspect that's part of it, particularly after I heard that they've been working on this story for 4 years.


13 posted on 09/10/2004 6:04:03 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: awakeandaware
It is planned, but it will not help.

I believe Bush will have 10 more poll points by this time next week.

14 posted on 09/10/2004 6:04:19 PM PDT by haywoodwebb (American, Christian, Conservative, Negro . . . A return to td$‚„arty of Lincoln)
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To: awakeandaware

If it wasnt planned as a red-herring diversion, it might turn out that way... we need to get attention back to SWIFTEES... load another torpedo tube and fire away you sailors, its time...


15 posted on 09/10/2004 6:04:28 PM PDT by WashStateGirl
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To: awakeandaware
I'm a first time poster but a long time lurker. I LOVE Free Republic

Me thinks thou dost protest (profess?) too much.

I smell ozone.

16 posted on 09/10/2004 6:04:37 PM PDT by bikepacker67 (Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
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To: awakeandaware
I've entertained this theory as well. Not convinced of it, but worth keeping in mind. This keeps the words "Bush", "national guard", and "questions" on the front pages. Details almost don't matter - that's probably not good for Bush. Also now CBS has an excuse to keep force feeding America "experts", "witnesses" etc who will tell us what they think of what Bush did 30 years ago. You know, because they have to defend themselves against charges - thus they have no choice but to parade people who will establish that the fake memos "fit the pattern" etc.

I'm not saying I totally embrace this theory, just that I can't discount it :-)

17 posted on 09/10/2004 6:04:37 PM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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To: awakeandaware

I don't think there's any question that any of this military discussion is Kerry's way of avoiding discussion of his Senate record. But it is a spider's web of his own making. He is in a no win situation. If he discusses his Senate record, he is clearly too liberal to be elected. If he deflects his discussion to military matters, he loses by virtue of being a phoney. Lose-lose.


18 posted on 09/10/2004 6:05:00 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: awakeandaware

It'll only work until the next SBVT ad comes out. :o)


19 posted on 09/10/2004 6:05:17 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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