ROVE DID DO IT...The bombshell in the secretary's testimony...

[Flubadubya]

The real shoe that dropped tonight was in the part of the secretary's testimony where she described how the documents were apparently "reproduced" but with elements and/or wording changed... so that whoever did it would basically have deniability.

This is classic Rove. Remember the story about how Bush's TANG records were purged during his first run for governor (and there was a credible witness or two to that)? I conjecture that these documents didn't completely disappear and that the originals were altered typographically and stylistically just enough to allow them to be deemed forgeries upon scrutiny. This was the plan:

Allow the "documents" i.e. forgeries to fall into enemy hands who take them for authentic, let him put them out as factual, reveal them as fakes, and the whole story (and your enemy) gets discredited once and for all. Bad Bush press goes away and you have also discredited the "Liberal Media" AND the icon who represents the liberal media to the right wing, i.e. Dan Rather.

However, Mr. Rather didn't just fall off the turnip truck. He had the secretary describe just how these documents were more than likely partially reproduced, and, most importantly, left the question hanging... "If they are forged, then who did it?" I think we can now say who the most likely suspect is.

[troublemaker]

1. Could we just drop this? Haven't "we" done enough damage yet?

[Flubadubya]

3. Excuse me...

would you care to elucidate? Drop what? This crap was dropped into our laps for very nefarious political purposes. If "we drop it", we sink like a rock.

On Edit: Oh, and guess who wins? Puhleezz!!!

[Must_B_Free]

6. Yeah - we need to control what people talk about

We can't allow honest conversation to interfere with our agenda, can we?

There ought to be limits to freedom, right?

[annabanana]

2. this seems pretty likely....

having seen how Rove works it. It's jiujitsu...and Rather just executed a very good move.

[cthrumatrix]

4. face it....we are lucky the secretary was "alive" to save a Rove "hit job"

on CBS/Kerry ...bet on it!

[Moderator]

5. Locking.,....

Please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x818337


DU Moderator