This was a pure Hail Mary attempt by the K/E Campaign & DNC -- with CBS acting as the eager accomplice. I would guess these documents have existed for a while, but they were never desperate enough to attempt to use them. CBS was blindsided at the speed the docs were identified as forgeries. They thought they had a few weeks while the "content" damage was done...
I would say we're in agreement... I also posted this in another thread yesterday:
CBS's only viable option is to claim they have been victim of a hoax. Despite their best attempts to get at the facts, they were duped. They'll blame Burkett & low level Texas Dems (avoiding any connection to the DNC & K/E campaign). They'll be as angry as the rest of us for this heinous act of fraud.
They're running out of time for the "Big Hoax" defense, though....
Good point. The DNC/Kerry may have been holding these documents for a late October Surprise (worked with the DUI and we know Lehane was behind that), but Kerry was getting hammered so hard by the Swifties, they decided they couldn't wait.
I'm sure the DNC/Kerry was also blindsided by the speed in which the story came apart.