Freeper Buckhead to be honored by Phil Kent, March 9th for "Outing" Dan Rather

Washington Times- Inside the Beltway ^ | 3-3-2005 | John McCaslin

[Thanatos]

Rather party

Atlanta-based author, pundit and media consultant Phil Kent, former president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, tells this column that he's hosting a party on the evening of March 9 in the Buckhead section of the city to honor popular Internet blogger "Buckhead" — otherwise known as prominent Atlanta lawyer Harry MacDougald.

"Harry is the bathrobe-clad guy — literally — who 'outed' Dan Rather and CBS less than four hours after they broke the phony Bush National Guard papers" story, Mr. Kent says. Mr. Rather, who will relinquish his anchor chair after 24 years next week, is accused by conservative critics of being motivated by politics in developing the now infamous — and discredited — segment on President Bush's Guard service.

"We'll be watching Dan Rather's last broadcast," Mr. Kent says of his party, "and I'll present Buckhead a framed certificate for 'going above and beyond his patriotic duty.' "

[Ben Hecks]

"I was not involved in anything in Florida."

Sorry, the comments I saw were obviously in error. Regardless, you have had a tremendous impact on current events and the direction of our country. Best wishes and thanks for your commendable efforts.

[luvie]

I went back and read the now-famous post #47--you are a hero, Buckhead! Congratulations on the honor being conferred upon you in Atlanta! Pajamas rule!

[Buckhead]

Don't sweat it. I wish it were true. I think that particular rumor got started on a lefty site and then floated around in the ether. Worse things have been said about me.

But really, it's not about me or any one individual. It's the medium and the yeoman citizenry rising up to smash the information oligarchy. I'm only symbolic of the internet everyman. It's WE, not me.

Regards,

[Hank Rearden]

Buckhead - wear your bathrobe to the event, man! And post pictures here!

[PGalt]

Great post Buckhead, and THANKS (again).

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Aw, you modest pajama-wearin' son of a gun! :>)

Rathergate was a watershed moment in blogging. You done the blogsphere proud, Sir.

[GeronL]

The days of the Internet have come, led by General Buckhead

[beyond the sea]

As for buckhead's bathrobe, I think it should be carefully preserved and donated to the media museum in Washington for permanent display.

Slippers too? ;-)

[tobyhill]

Dan Rather stated on Letterman that despite spending millions no one has proved the documents aren't authentic? Is Dan on another planet? They were proved fakes within an hour and I'm sure it didn't cost a million!

[Trochilus]

Congratulations, Buckhead.

Dan Rather was on Letterman Wednesday night and a story was filed this morning on MyMotherLode.com by AP reporter, David Bauder (link below), in case you hadn't seen it.

Back in the fall when Dan Rather was busily defending the CBS Story on the bogus Bush Guard Memos, he vigorously defended the story as having been validated by a "preponderance of the evidence," and the authenticity of documents as having been validated by CBS document experts!

We've come a long way.

Now, Dan has apparently switched to a new standard. On Letterman's show, Rather boasted that with all the time and money of the investigatory panel headed by former AP chief Lou Boccardi and former Reagan attorney general Richard Thornburgh, they:

"could not demonstrate that the documents were not authentic, that they were forgeries."

First, that statement is false. The Panel did indeed demonstrate that the documents were not authentic and that they were forgeries. The demonstration was in the form of the expert opinion contained in the Appendix of their report. Their expert found that the documents were fakes. But the two panel members chose to ignore this - the only valid evidence they had - in reaching their conclusions.

So, they did demonstrate that the documents were fakes, a demonstration fully in concert with the demonstrations of others, from Buckhead to Newcomer -- but they were just unwilling to adopt this in their conclusion.

Secondly, is it not pathetic that Rather boastfully suggests this is a defensible standard by which to judge "purported" copies of documents being used as a basis for any legitimate news story, let alone one intended to destroy the candidacy of a sitting President!

http://www.mymotherlode.com/News/article/id/D88K0CU00

Here is the portion of the story containing Rather's brand, spankin' new standard:

"Rather said that to his mind, two of the panel´s most important conclusions were that it could not demonstrate that political bias played a part in the stories or conclusively account for the origins of the documents in question.

"CBS´s Sept. 8 story began falling apart when experts questioned the legitimacy of documents supposedly written by Bush´s National Guard commander that suggested the future president had received preferential treatment."

"'Although they had four months and millions of dollars, they could not demonstrate that the documents were not authentic, that they were forgeries,' Rather said."

[Rightly Biased]

Don't just post this Thank Buckhead and let him know we appreciate him speaking up.

Congratulations Buckhead!!

I do think there were many others on that thread that fatefull evening though.

[Barset]

A gentle reminder: if there were no Free Republic, there would be no Buckhead. Something to think about during future Freepathons. b.

[Liz]

As for buckhead's bathrobe, I think it should be carefully preserved and donated to the media museum in Washington for permanent display...........Slippers too?

Buckhead's slippers, too......and his coffee mug, juice glass, and any toast crumbs that may have accidentally fallen on his keyboard......should also be preserved for posterity.

[Liz]

As for buckhead's bathrobe, I think it should be carefully preserved and donated to the media museum in Washington for permanent display...........Slippers too?

Buckhead's slippers, too......and his coffee mug, juice glass, and any toast crumbs that may have accidentally fallen on his keyboard......should also be preserved for posterity.

[JarheadFromFlorida]

[[But really, it's not about me or any one individual. It's the medium and the yeoman citizenry rising up to smash the information oligarchy. I'm only symbolic of the internet everyman. It's WE, not me.]]

Buckhead,

You are absolutely right. No longer does the lefwing media in this country have a stranglehold on what they THINK the news should be. Thanks to you, FR, and blogs, we have come down out of the mountains (or our bedromms, clad in our pajamas) and exposed them for the leftwing propagandists that they are. Thanks to us, ALL of the news now gets reported as news and people can make up their own minds.

I hereby award you the FR "medal of honor"!

(snappy salute)
JarheadFromFlorida

[beyond the sea]

buckhead's bathrobe

Remember this:

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"It was amazing Thursday to watch the documents story go from FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy, to Drudge to the mainstream media in less than 12 hours," said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush and Kerry's former campaign manager. "That's not to say the documents didn't deserve examination. But apparently the entire thing was cooked up by a couple of amateurs on Free Republic. The speed with which it moved was breathtaking."

LOL.

[Liz]

......said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups "......apparently the entire (CBS TANG) thing was cooked up by a couple of amateurs on Free Republic......"

Duh (laughs uproariously). You just keep on believing that Jimsy Jordan. We on FR like our bootlicking Dim enemies stupid and fatuous---just like you. Man, if I could pick my enemies, they would sound exactly like you, Jimbo.....duh.

[fight_truth_decay]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355994/posts

Dan is still in denial(see David Letterman/Rather conversation courtesy of MRC).

[SeaBiscuit]

Congrats and a heartfelt, Thank You Sir!