Call me an optimist but it seems to me like the anti-Bush intelligensia have recently gone very low profile. Something's gonna break. This is a game of surges. Whoever has the last big surge wins.
14. The RW nuts don't have to prove anything to be damaging
all they have to do is keep repeating their venom often enough and loudly enough and people will believe them. We should have learned that from the Swift Boat Liars. Dan Rather has the platform to defend his stance most powerfully.
10. Hell, I don't expect 60 min. to say more in defense of the memos. I'm
talking about follow up with fresh new facts and their implications. I mean, all the memos did was open up a pandora's box of questions. This is an ongoing thing, right? That was the impression Rather gave me.
Bush's violation of the rules was EVEN WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT. This is a BIG honking story. At this point, I'll give the GOP the CBS memos if they want 'em - who cares if they're real now. USNews, known to be a conservative-leaning magazine, has just come up with indepdendent evidence showing Bush shirked EVEN MORE of his National Guard duty than we thought, that the White House lied about it, and that there is no explanation for how Bush could reasonably get an honorable discharge
all sources, unless identified, are suspect. Rather's unimpeachable sources are no better than regular sources and thus no better than no sources unless he tells us who they are.
Blair and the New York Times have done irreparable damage to all journalists.
8. Isn't it odd that the 2 new docs are being ignored?
USA Today has them on their site, yet none of the bobble heads have acknowledged their existence. It's like they don't even know they are out there. I'm hoping Dan Rather talks about them tonight.
There are experts on both sides. I don't drink anybody's cool-aid. There are good arguments for and against the authenticity of these documents. I don't know if we'll ever know for sure one way or the other. So, be that as it may, Rather should stick to his guns and tell everyone to fuck off.
if you think all arguments have been sqashed. I suggest reading something besides DU every once and a while. The bottom line is this, until someone produces a document that looks like the CBS doc using a typewriter from that era, this issue is still wide open.
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