That wasn't a mistake. It was a deliberate, orchestrated operation involving the DNC, CBS, and Rather. They thought that they could pull the wool over the public's eyes (again), but got caught in short order by some very observant and intelligent folks in PJ's.
Operation "Fortunate Son" has fallen apart, and the left's biggest media mouthpiece has been discredited in the process. All that is left is to finish making the connections and to itemize and reiterate Bush's real guard record.
Hitlery Connection to Operation Fortunate Son:
"Two things: One, he didn't tell the truth and that's not going to go away," said Howard Wolfson, a strategist dispatched to the DNC by Kerry's campaign to go negative on Bush. "Second, it begins to paint a picture of a very fortunate son who uses connections and pulls strings for special favors. That is a theme running through the man's life."
Holy Sh-t! I so agree with you. This was a completely orchestrated campaign set up by (dnc?) - the talking-head talk-show "pundits" were all spouting the same thing - Bush's ANG service termination is suspect. Bush didn't show up for a physical (bfd). Bush got preferential treatment (I can only hope so). Bush shirked his obligations (not).
Then the dnc ad's about his ANG service (these things takes weeks to produce). Too bad the operation crashed and burned.
"That wasn't a mistake. It was a deliberate, orchestrated operation involving the DNC, CBS, and Rather."
Absolutely right.