Dan Rather's Last Stand

AIM.org ^ | 9-17-04 | Cliff Kincaid

[New Perspective]

[ModelBreaker]

There is one thing that this entire Memogate scandal tells me. The Kerry organization has run out of ammo!

Don't believe this for a moment. There are at least two more 'huge' stories that are going to break before the election. This was only the first in a series.

This type of stuff only works if it seems like there is a new revelation every couple of weeks. The candidate starts looking beleagured and it gives the MSM an excuse to keep talking about it.

Note the story in NRO today suggesting that right now, Pierce is examining a whole bunch of documents for CBS. The 'recreated' file is much bigger than we currently know.

The first four memos were only intended to get Bush to take a position so the counterpunch could land. That way, the story would be, not that Bush was not, at 30, someone you would want as a role model for your son. Rather, the story would be that Bush lied recently about stuff 30 years ago.

Bush has played that cleverly by not answering the charges. But CBS is going to figure out a way to land the counterpunch. And, at this very moment, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw are working on their own below-the-belt punches. And, somewhere, other Democrats are working on a Bush DUI redux story. None of this has to have any substance. It just has to happen in a way that creates the impression that Bush is going downhill and stonewalling or has to occur in a way that the public hasn't the time to absorb it before the vote--eg, the DUI story.

It's going to be a very bumpy ride between now and the election. So put on your pajamas and fasten your seatbelt :)

[sweetiepiezer]

Dan Rather is still an altered toad with no top lip.

[Eternal_Bear]

Rather has always been an evil scumbag. He has always been a phoney. He deserves to be fired immediately as well as 90% of people at CBS news. What a bunch of pathetic PC toadies.