Actually it wasn't Buckhead who pointed it out first. There was another poster who saw the documents on 60 minutes (before they were posted for careful inspection) who noticed that they just didn't look like military documents. There was something odd about them, but they had only been flashed on the screen for a few seconds.
The fact of the matter is that with only a flash on the screen it was pretty obvious that the documents were fake. Upon careful inspection it was conclusive.
The fact that CBS could not figure out that they were fakes tells me that their entire news staff is a bunch of morons. Either that or they knew they were fakes and they thought that everyone else in the country (besides them) is a bunch of morons.
Since they were given fair warning by their own experts, I tend to lean towards the latter.
Hell, they'd probably call him a Facist child abuser who killed his mother.
See BS just wanted to somehow get Bush...
Look at how pathetic their "reporting" was.
1) They got answers that they didn't like from the widow Killian and Killian's son, and didn't put them on camera.
2) They failed to even interview the people the Killians told them could shed light on the controversy.
3) They failed to heed their own experts' advice that there was something amiss about the memos.
4) They paraded out so-called experts who never authenticated the memos in total.
5) They put the testimony of Ben Barnes on television -- testimony that was in stark contrast to what he had said previously on the record, which his own daughter debunked.
6) They stonewalled for a full week, defending the obviously fraudulent memos.
7) To bolster their story, they bring out the 86-year old secretary of Killian (Knox), who said the memos were fake and that she didn't type them.(This is supposed to be a defense?)
8) They fail to disclose that Ms. Knox is a partisan who thinks Bush was "selected" rather than "elected."
9) And througout all of it -- the most staggering omission: Gen. Staut, the person who knows the truth, is ALIVE. But See BS refuses to actually take the time out to interview him to see if he made Killian "sugar coat" the memos or if Bush made it to the Guard because of preferential treatment.
10) If anyone would know, it would be Staut, since he was the one who ADMITTED BUSH INTO THE GUARD, but that's a minor detail that See BS doesn't care much about.
11) Think about it -- CBS would rather use HEARSAY evidence from a DEAD GUY against Bush than to go to the ACTUAL SOURCE. Just plain ole pathetic, if you ask me.
I think a high school cub reporter could have done a better job at getting to the truth than these alleged professionals over at See BS. They are such a joke and a fraud and have ZERO credibility.
TankerKC was the first alerter.
Howlin, perhaps this would be a good time to have your "official history" of this incident posted as a separate thread (yet again, if it has not been a separate thread before). I have a copy of it readily handy if you don't.
FReepmail me if you like, and I'll get it to you. You can add other items then if you wish.
If you do this, it would be good to coordinate with the Sidebar Moderator to keep it atop one or two headings for ready reference this weekend. This looks like it could be hot topic now that the Old Media is really excited about giving us exposure.
Yeah, CBS, which is it? MORONS OR LIARS?
I noticed it was a Word document first but I'm just a Buckhead.