Mapes father did a difficult thing, he put what he believes to be true above protecting his own family. Perhaps he is raw from her overt liberalism and feminism, I imagine family arguments arose aplenty if this is the case.
He sees the fraudulent documents thru the lens of a father well acquainted with his daughter's political stance.
And he knows that that reporting was heavily weighted and perhaps abusive to the truth because he is so acquainted with this history of his dtr.
Many heroes jump out of this debacle laid upon America at the time we are determining the character of john kerry as we are told to doubt the character of a President we have known for four years.
If CBS and ABC (peter jennings-in the thread running today-was taped several years ago admitting he was raised on anti-Americanism by his own mother's milk), and NBC (Tom Brokaw-during a clinton campaign-seriously asks America if 'character really matters!) and CNN (Wolf Blitzer's breathtaking lack of balanced viewpoints on his program) ...were to all....
actually DISCUSS what kerry did after his four month stint in Vietnam...if they were to disect and DISCUSS the book he wrote back then and published called 'The New Soldier' (a book he later bought back from stores when he ran for congress), a book that can be found on WinterSoldier.com because it costs FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS on Ebay ( and WHO can afford that?)...then....
then maybe they could demonstrate a desire to allow America to know the CHARACTER of John Kerry!
If President Bush had written such a book it would be tattooed upon the entire public via the old mainstream press by now. They know it. We know this.
They will not do it.
They will not ALLOW America to know what john kerry did while STILL IN THE NAVAL RESERVE (oh...did you KNOW he was in the reserves? Of course not.)
They will not tell America of john's trips, while still in our nation's service, to PARIS to meet and greet Viet Cong representatives.
They will NOT TELL of how many in kerry's anti-vietnam war group were later discovered to have NEVER even served in Vietnam.
They will not tell the story of Pritkin who tells of how Kerry begged him and threatened him to LIE about fake torture done to Vietnamese civilians by American military.
They will not tell America of john kerry's total and complete anti-military VOTING RECORD over TWENTY YEARS in the United States Senate.
Nope.
But they will try like hell to make a huge story out about President Bush MAYBE disobeying an order, MAYBE missing a physical and MAYBE not showing up for work in the Guard. Even if it cannot be demonstrated without using fake documents. And oh yeah....they will NEVER MENTION the danger of flying an F102, or the fact that President Bush asked to go to Vietnam while in the guard.
Oh yeah. They will make a story up about this...with GLEE...but will they tell the HUGE REST OF THE STORY ABOUT JOHN KERRY. Hell no.
Heck....THEY DO NOT EVEN CARE THAT JOHN KERRY HAS NOT RELEASED HIS FULL MILITARY RECORDS.
They don't WANT America to know that Bush has...but kerry has NOT.
And why?
Because it does not fit with their anti-American, anti-military, anti-EVERYTHING conservative agenda.
So they cover-up.
Besides....billy klinton, you know the one, the one who DODGED the DRAFT and wrote hateful letters about the military he 'loathed' way back when, made them pros at DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE.
Liberals suffer from a huge defect....inability to understand how much their lies and attempts to distort the news impact a nation that has awakened and smells their propaganda, BIG TIME.
The monopoly is broken. Their own lack of decency blew their house of cards over....now we are about to learn if they have totally sold their souls or can salvage their reputations by taking a look at what they have wrought and make determinations that reflect a desire to present a balanced story line.
Either way, America is getting a first hand look at the political lens these so called networks have used to present their reports.
That is a good thing!
One of the best posts I've read on fR in some time. Thank you.