ed gillespie
"Washington, DC--Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie issued the following statement on CBSs admission today that memos regarding the Presidents National Guard service are not real.
We accept CBS's apology for a breach of the journalistic standards that provide the American people confidence in news organizations, but some disturbing questions remain unanswered.
CBS has now answered questions about the authenticity of the documents but questions remain surrounding who created the documents, who provided them to CBS and if Senator Kerry's supporters, Party committee, or campaign played any role.
Did Bill Burkett, Democrat activist and Kerry campaign supporter, who passed information to the DNC, work with Kerry campaign surrogate Max Cleland? Did Bill Burkett's talks with senior Kerry campaign officials include discussions of the now discredited documents? Was the launch of the Democrat National Committee's Operation Fortunate Son designed with knowledge of the faked forged memos? Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that no one at the DNC or Kerry campaign, had anything to do with the preparations of the documents, but what about the distribution or dissemination?
In an effort to regain the trust of the American people CBS should not only investigate the process that led to the use of these documents but they should identify immediately those engaged in possible criminal activity who attempted to use a news organization to affect the outcome of a Presidential election in its closing days.'
How do we know this wasn't all planned, and they would apologize later if caught....just so they could ruin President Bush's reputations, because Kerry's Vietnam Vet time was a farce and that got proven.
Rather is going on Larry King and other Talk Shows so he can explain, explain what? That the memos are true but forged...WHERE IS PRESIDENT'BUSH'S APOLOGY...this is all so fake. This way Rather can keep stirring in this with the liberal media for another month, right up to election. This is so like CBS and Dan Rather, a phony apology to go with their forged memos.