[bootless]

Bravo Zulu!!

[deadhead]

Congratulations, Buckhead :-)

[FDNYRHEROES]

Thank You so much, Buckhead.

[yooper]

There should be a "Buckhead" postage stamp in the works. Buckhead and FR have become a part of history due to the exemplary work of one man who refused to swallow a load of horse****.

[Hank Rearden]

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

[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.

[SeaBiscuit]

Congrats and a heartfelt, Thank You Sir!

[Rightfootforward]

Hearty congratulations, Buckhead! You have my respect and my admiration.
Many years ago, I was hired to restore the reputation of a gentleman who had been viciously and erroneously accused of wrong doing by the reprehensible dan rather > lower case intentional. rather's reckless disregard for accuracy and truth were in full flower even then. And for a time, that same gentleman lost his career and was forced to endure public disgrace.
Happily, that's not where the story ended. rather had been dead wrong, and eventually his lies were deconstructed and my client regained the respect that was due him. Never heard a word from danny boy about any of it -- not that we expected him to be honorable. What a silly idea that would have been!
For all of the above reasons and more, I look forward to the CBS henchman's so-called retirement. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Buckhead! You couldn't have brought down a more vile excuse for a newsman.

[Earthdweller]

Buckhead the Freeper guy.

Congrats!!!!

[pangaea6]

I found it interesting in the article that Taa-Ray-Zah has dropped the Kerry from her name now that the election is over. Not surprised, just interesting. Imagine the MSM if after the election Laura dropped the Bush from her name.

[jpl]

I'm going to "celebrate" Rather's last broadcast the same way I have for most of my life, by not watching it.

Out of curioisity, has CBS even named his permanent replacement yet?

[enviros_kill]

Way to go Buckhead!

Laura Ingraham is positively gloating all week at Dan's demise. I must admit it feels mighty good to see the old mule being taken out to pasture. Maybe he'll get taken behind the barn next . . .

[AnnaZ]

Congratulations! (We'll be wanting pictures...)

[7.62 x 51mm]

Congrats, Buckhead!

[ken21]

that's funny!

danny boy meets up with reality.

[ApesForEvolution]

Now that's rather cool...

[RightWingAtheist]

(To the tune of "Fish Heads")

Buckheads, Buckheads
Pajama-clad Buckheads
Buckheads, Buckheads
Bringing down the MSM
Yeah!