To: TnMomofTwo The rest of the story is Doug Thompson was exposed and confronted right here on FR by a freeper who started doing research and called Doug on it. As I note at #213 [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1147610/posts?page=213#213](where I've linked to the discovery and ultimate outing----make no mistake, Doug Thompson did not step forward on his own), the Wilkinson smear/lie was set to coordinate with Joe Wilson's Niger saga.
Thompson was easier to expose because he was already regarded by the mainstreams as a crackpot. They'll use his stuff when it is to their benefit, but he is easier to get the truth out over the noise of his propaganda. Wilson is nuts and a liar, too, but has better credentials, hence his story has stuck around despite having holes a mile wide in it.
217 posted on 06/04/2004 2:41:32 PM PDT by cyncooper
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Another Bill Burkett... with better connections.
Good stuff, thanks. Glad Thompson has been exposed, though as you say Joe Wilson is no more credible but still gets a great deal of undeserved attention and MSM protection. Looking forward to the day when all of the leftist media whores and frauds will be exposed and discarded.