[Hombre]

Here is my straw man for you to pick apart.

(1) Mary Mapes prepares the forged documents – Her own father said that she became a “journalist” because she had an axe to grind.

(2) Mapes either plants the documents for Bill Burkett to find or conspires with him.

(3) Burkett faxes the documents to CBS News (maybe just back to Mapes).

(4) Mapes prepares the story for the liberal talking head Ted Baxter ---- oops, I mean Dan Rather, knowing that he will fall for it.

(5) Mapes calls Lockhart to tell him that Burkett has “dynamite” evidence on Bush.

(6) Lockhart calls Burkett to get the details.

(7) Kerry campaign prepares “Fortunate Son” campaign.

(8) Rather goes on air with the story.

(9) Kerry campaign immediately follows with “Fortunate Son.”

CBS is stonewalling on the original source of the forged documents because they now know it is actually CBS (Mapes).

[blue jeans]

Looks like a very reasonable connection of the dots to me (assuming it was instigated by Mapes).

[OSHA]

You need to stir Robin Rather somewhere into the recipe.

[hoosiermama]

YOu're leaving RObin Rather out of the mix....Dollars to donuts she was involved.

[Fresh Wind]

Mary Mapes = Lucy Ramirez?

[okie01]

(7) Kerry campaign prepares “Fortunate Son” campaign. There wasn't enough time between the Mapes-to-Lockhart-to-Burkett calls and the launching of the "Fortunate Son" campaign for the phone calls to have instigated the campaign.

The Dems knew about the "Killian documents" well before the telephone "heads up" chats.

The entire "Fortunate Son" plan is actually Exhibit A in any demonstration that the 'Rats were involved in the "Killian documents".