We have been down this road before with the liberal press. Do you remember the treatment of the Swift Boat Vets? It was much the same, the vets were blackguarded personally but the substance of their charges against Kerry went largely unremarked. Freepers are knowledgeable and can cite chapter and verse of substantiated and focused allegations which went unanswered by the Kerry camp. The entire defense was conducted by the elite media who largely confined themselves to attacking the vets personally.
The media has developed a devastating tactic which they employed against the vets and no doubt will use with some effectiveness against Klein. That is, with the passage of time they simply assume that history has sustained their view, and even recite falsely that contemporary news accounts during the election campaign exposed the vets to be liars. I have heard this said more than once on national television.
So they attacked the messenger and ignored the merits, and then claimed victory.
How terribly and chillingly like the the treatment the media meted out to:
Gennifer Flowers
Kathleen Wiley
Juanita Broderick
Dorothy Kyle Browning
Monica Lewinsky.
The technique worked against Gennifer Flowers even though she had audio tapes. It nearly worked against Monica until she produced DNA. Small Wonder it worked against poor Juanita Broderick who had nothing but the truth.
There is every reason to believe the methodology will triumph one more time for Hilary.
