Major Garrett, on Special Report with Brit Hume, just reported that Dan Rather says that "he feels like hell."
Garrett then snidely added "even critics of CBS probably believe that is true!"
Shucks! Now cBS has hurt their credibility which means they`ve hurt nothing.
Rather was backed into a corner, and this is maybe the only way he can save his sorry ass.
I'm re-reading Bias, by Bernard Goldberg. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, go buy this book! Goldberg had Rather's number years ago, and he was the only one of the CBS lackey's who had the guts to speak out.
I understand that it is in the interest of the Dems and Rather to make Burkett the lone forger and into some kind of John Hinckley.
But it is sheer legal malpractice for Burkett to appear on national television under these circumstances. If he did not forge the documents, he at the very least has offered statements on the internet to incriminate himself in a conspiracy to offer dirty tricks in the campaign.
I understand that Burkett's lawyer has political motives and political aspirations, but this guy can not any more defend his legal advice to let Burkett appear, than Rather can defend himself as a journalist for referring to Burkett as an unimpeachable source.
There may be more holes in the story of how the documents got on the air than there were in the claim that the documents were authentic.
The question is will the MSM tire of the story and lose their will to extract the truth from Rather and his co-conspirators in the DNC.
This was an attempted coup. It is nothing short of treasonous to try to take down a sitting President in time of war with a criminal conspiracy to accuse him of a court martial offense of disobeying a direct order on the basis of forgeries so obvious that they did not pass the sniff test.
The picture is fake but accurate!
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Second Segment: sKerry stump speech today.
the issue is not CBS. It was who was responsible for trying to screw up this election with nationally broadcast fraudulent documents that ultimately --- undercut --- legitimate arguments against *'s war record. Think who really benefits from this farce. It must have been planned to break open just like it did.
[Ah yes! Poor little Dan Rather became entangled in a devious KARL ROVE plot.]
The truth remains that FratBoy was AWOL at the very least, and most probably a deserter, during a period of time when Americans were still dying in Vietnam. That is IRREFUTABLE. Period.
[YUP! It's IRREFUTABLE and I bet you have the forged documents to prove it.]
As I said in the other thread... It is going to come out that Max Clelan gave the docs to CBS...What are we going to say then?
[Need you ask? Just say what you have been saying....KARL ROVE forged those docs as part of a devious ROVIAN plot to discredit Kerry.]
Max Cleland is the triple amputee former Senator from Georgia who is working for the DNC now. It is being reported that Bill Burkett told a group of Texas Democrats in a mailing list that he had given Max documents to counter-attack the Swift Liars. It is implied that he is the "unimpeachable" source from CBS. CBS then simply got the documents from Burkett for sure, but it was Cleland who gave it credibility for CBS to run with it...so the story goes
[I detect a hint of rationality from this DUmmie. For that he MUST be banned from the DUmmie board!]
CBS has been working on this story for five years... ...are you trying to tell me or anyone else that CBS didn't already have these documents and more "unimpeachable sources" than just Max Cleland? Give me a break. I seem to also recall that Rather stated that the CBS lawyers were all over the documentation before they would allow it to go on the air.
[And yet that whole effort was destroyed in just a few minutes by a few pajama clad bloggers.]
No...I'm just wondering what the response will be if Cleland is at least one "unimpeachable source." It seems like this could be devastating if it starts getting coverage...or worse if it is provable.
[Hee! Hee!]
Rather screwed the pooch on this one. And he hurt Kerry. This took up WAY too much time and drowned out way too much of Kerry's message. The sooner Rather admits he was conned, the sooner we can get back to Kerry getting his message (jobs, health care, end of the war) out there.
[And the pooch Dan Rather screwed was a French Poodle.]
Your man Rather is an idiot who got duped. I hope CBS fires his sorry ass. Thanks to his incomptence, it will now look to some that the media can't be trusted to report anything negative about Bush; that if they do say something negative, it's because they have a vendetta. If this was a Rove trap, that moron Rather walked RIGHT into it. He totally ruined CBS' credibility in reporting on Bush's (non)service record.
[So somehow it is Karl Rove's fault that Rather is a biased jerk?]
Excuse me, but CBS backed Rather's report and employed four.... ...different lawyers to ensure that the facts checked out. They're not going to fire Rather because Rather will break their balls in court. You can bet your bottom dollar that Rather understands the phrase "CYA documentation"...and you can also bet that Rather knows where a lot of bodies are buried.
[The just don't come any better in the art of blackmail than Dan Rather.]
The massive stupidity of CBS. And Repugs are already floating around that the DNC had a hand in this, if so.......I'm almost afraid to imagine.
[Close your eyes and IMAGINE you are in a faraway place.]
This will help Kerry in a big way, I think. A real issue here is censorship and intimidation of American media. THAT is extremely important. This thing has not finished playing out yet.
[Correct. It hasn't played out yet. And dream on about it helping Kerry my naive little DUmmie.]
EVERYTHING going on, except this one issue, makes Frat Boy look bad. But NOOOO, CBS had to drag this out, and focus on the ONE thing that makes Bush look better?!?!?! You know all the Repugs were all, "Whew, close one, Thank God It's Fraudulent!" I wouldn't be surprised if TGIF was now a WH mantra. This is going to be an even steeper uphill battle now. And it's all thanks to CBS and those of you who encouraged CBS to "stand their ground." I hope it was worth it, I hope the feeding frenzy over the TANG documents was worth possibly costing us the election.
[Poor little frustrated DUmmie. Better take your Meds little frustrated DUmmie. Control your anger little frustrated DUmmie. But don't stop doing your Little Frustrated DUmmie act. It's funnier than a puppet show!]
Burkett is trying to pass blame and apparently is a coward for not owning up to his actions.
[SNIFF! And to think that just a week ago Burkett was a hero to all you DUmmies. Oh how the (not so) might have fallen!]
Thanks a lot, Burkett you f*cking idiot..... I imagine Rove is sending him a "Thank you" card as we speak.
["Dear Bill Burkett---Thank you for falling prey to my intricate ROVIAN plot and sucking in CBS News, Dan Rather, and almost all DUmmies. Your stupidity has been enormously helpful and will ensure the defeat of John Kerry. As an expression of our gratitude permit me to send you an invitation to President Bush's Inaugural Ball this January. Sincerely yours---Karl (Rovian Plotter) Rove."]
Damn CBS! How could they cave in like that? They should have stayed strong! I feel betrayed!
[Now we know why you are called DUmmies.]
here to deliver the apology is cbs newsman andy rooney:
"did you ever notice how people are all the time giving you a piece of
paper and they say it's one thing when it's really something else? why
is that? i have several pieces of paper here. they all have writing on
them. some of it is in pencil. some of it is in pen. but they all weigh
the same amount. here are some pages with typing on them, and here are
some that came from a computer, which is a kind of typewriter that has
wires coming out of it. they weigh the same, too. but here's something
you might not have guessed: the ones from the typewriter and the ones
written on in ink weigh the same as each other. it's a confusing world.
no wonder we're confused. because when you get right down to it, one
piece of paper with writing on it is the same as another piece of paper
with writing on it. and once it has writing on it, it's all used up."
Dan: Burkett changed HIS story. Burkett changed sources.
Burkett has become the fall guy.
Further investigation.... cannot verify their authenticity.
Ohhh. CBS went to Burkett for the information.
Burkett initally said he got them from one source. Now, Burkett says he got them from a second unverified source.
I was pressured to provide the information.
Barbara Streisand!
"The documents puroported to show...."
"We can no longer vouch for their authenticity"
"provided by Bill Burkett. He did not come to us; we went to him and ASKED him for the documents."
"got them from a different source, one we cannot verify."
Burkett:
"Well I didn't TOTALLY mislead you, I did mislead you on the one individual. You know your source pressured me to give them the source."
"I simply threw out a name...to get the pressure off for a moment"
Claims did not forge anything.
Rather:
"Burkett still insists the documents are real."
"I'm sorry."
Dan's 5 year hit plan on GWB blew up in Dan's face.
Error made in good faith! Horse Hockey!
They should have been willing to actually ask the questions, not run with them like 2 year olds with scissors.
OOOOooooooo.......... That had to hurt!