Strategically, you shouldn't have done that. I don't *want* the Left to realize the error of their ways via my constructive criticism.
However, if they do go to the trouble, the real fun will be to see their response if a right-winger hands them an obvious MicroSoft Word document to use as a deliberate hit piece against any leftist...
The contrast from how long they defended Rather's fake memos to how fast they insist that they can't be "tricked" by a right winger with a word processor will show that the Left doesn't even itself believe the tripe that is in the CSofJ's article for this thread. There is simply no question that the Left would fail to give the Right the benefit of the doubt as in "the documents simply can't be verified as authentic."
When it isn't from one of their own, they will easily be caught pushing this double-standard.
But again, it's my preference that they not realize just how badly they are playing their cards. We can continue to win many hands against them time after time with leftists doing rather stupid things such as defending obvious forgeries and promoting double-standards.
It's the poker equivilent of easy political money.
In poker, the goal is to convince your opponents to make big bets when they have bad hands. Well, the Left has a very, very bad hand in this RatherGate affair. That they continue to up the ante is to our advantage. Ditto for how poorly they manage their publishing double-standard.
So I don't see your need to alert the Left to accurate critiques of their poor playing style. Let them continue to lose hand after hand, election after election. It was only yesterday that the NY Times figured out that Republicans are coming back this week with *larger* majorities in the House and Senate. Some leftists over at the Village Voice still don't realize that uber-liberal Kerry lost the Presidency. More liberals than that still don't realize that Republicans control most state governorships, and only a fraction of socialists realize that Republicans have caught up to Democrats in national voter registration.
Combined, all of that plus President Bush winning the popular vote by a few million points out to clear thinking players that it is the liberal news media and entertainment establishment that is out of touch with mainstream America. The LA Times' editorial viewpoint is a minority opinion not suited for the mainstream.
Who am I to set them straight?!