> Why Did the Forger Incorrectly Believe ...
Because all they had to work with was the actual Bush
docs released by the WH, and Barnes' imagination, which
has always had calendar problems.
> The forger was actually working for the Bush campaign
> and deliberately ...
Doubtful. This was not a Rove, Nader or Clinton sting.
Until it happened, no one could have counted on such an
utter lack of skepticism in the entire chain of custody
of these memos. Further, someone will trace these back
to their source, and if a Rove case could be made, you
can bet that Rather would spare no expense to prove it.
This was either an inept Dem-sourced fraud, or an
internet prank that spun out of control.
Note the tinfoil reference when I posited my "theory". It was tongue in cheek. Now that the memos have backfired, I anticipate the advancement of this theory that the memos were actually a republican dirty trick to discredit Rather (as if he needed any help).
Likewise, Calvin Trillin wrote a piece during the Carter Administration in the style of Mencken about a "Godly Southern farmer" with a "Bible-thunping sister." It was so well written that it was accepted as a recently-discovered work which just happened to fit well with Carter and family. It took Trillin a while to knock down the success of his parody, even after he confessed in front of God and everybody.
It would be clever if the Killian memos were a stunt that somehow got loose. But that would violate Occam's razor.
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