The Brilliant "Strategery" of the White House

Opinion | Sixxiron

[sixxiron]

In this story, it has been reported that CBS obtained the Air National Guard documents, turned them over to the White House and then the White House released them. Just MHO, but I have to believe that someone in the White House knew that the documents were bogus and allowed them to be released knowing what would happen next. If this is true, then this is a stroke of strategic genius. It puts a black eye on CBS, bloodies the lip of the DNC and should put a blanket on any further “Bush National Guard” questions. All of which make JFKerry look more and more desperate. Again, this theory is just an opinion, but I can’t imagine the White House releasing documents as damning as these without knowing that they were blatant fakes and also knowing that others would spot them too. What do you think? W2004!!!

[Hazzardgate]

F- for effort

[wrbones]

Never...but never...misunderestimate a redneck. heheheh

[goodform]

Sounds plausible, but I'm sure C-BS, if this is true, will make a big deal out of the attempt by the RNC to mislead the media.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Go away, Carville.

[mnehring]

Doesn't explain how Kerry's #4 contributor was there promoting them does it? Unless somehow the White House also got this guy to donate 400k over the past year to plant him..

[MistyCA]

LOL! That's good. :)

[Howlin]

They are not ANG documents; they are personal memos from Jerry Killian.

They are NOT in Bush's file.

[mattdono]

So, new FREEPER. Are you planting this idea on this site for a reason?

I find it interesting when brand new FREEPERs provide a back-hand compliment to "the Bush team" and clearly infer that they are the ones manipulating something. The only people that appear to have manipulated anything are CBS, the "source", or both.

Lurk for a while. Then comment.

[Psycho_Bunny]

If you weren't an idiot you'd realize that, if this were from the White House, they would have released it a week before the election.

[mikegi]

I see you got your DNC blast fax tonight. Unfortunately for you, the average American is smarter than that.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I'm sorry....I shouldn't have called you names. I jumped to the conclusion that you're a troll.

Please accept my apology.

[1L]

This is going to be the DNC/CBS spin: they got the documents somehow from the White House in an intentional setup. Suddenly, its a trick by the White House that CBS made an honest effort to investigate and actually, according to CBS, unearthed some facts around this that are damaging to Bush.

Mark my words. CBS will try to ignore what they said about getting them from their "source."

[Old Sarge]

Your link doesn't work...

Oh. There IS no link.

So, this is an opinion? Really.

[sixxiron]

WOW!!! Not the reaction I was hoping for...... I still think that if this crazy idea has any truth to it, it is brilliant. Sorry to those that have taken offense.

Sixx

[Steel Wolf]

Most of your post is nonsense, as it assumes that the White House had and issued out these anti-Bush documents. Your sentence below, however, is right on target:

It puts a black eye on CBS, bloodies the lip of the DNC and should put a blanket on any further “Bush National Guard” questions.

Whoever CBS's secret source is, they just handed Dan Rather an exploding cigar. Dan all too happily rushed to light it up without inspecting it, and now has only himself to blame.

This clumsy ploy will serve only to cast doubt on anyone who attacks Bush's Guard service.

[Boundless]

See also: Anatomy of a Forgery
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211690/posts

I have some comments on the developments therein at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211690/posts?page=52#52

The WH did not plant this. Even Karl Rove could not have
imagined that so many people at the DNC, Kerry campaign
and CBS would fall for such obvious forgeries with such
a questionable provenance.

This will not stop the Whiners Party from playing the
"victim of hoax" and "entrapped by dirty trick" cards.

[Not A Snowbird]

WOW!!! Not the reaction I was hoping for......

Don't mind us... our troll radar is on overdrive these days.

Interesting theory, and it would be amusing if they allowed them to be released knowing they were fakes. That way they could sit back and watch the drama unfold, while staying above the fray and retaining their dignity (unlike Kerry.)

[Cosmo]

I talked to my best friend's brother last night who, due to his position in the ***** actually had Dubya's complete military file in front of him. He told me unequivocally that Dubya's record is clean. Gaps in service records are bound to be found in a majority of NG servicemen whoserved in multiple states.In short, His file contains nothing out of the ordinary -- certainly none of these..cough cough... "memos".

[Richard Kimball]

At the risk of being branded a troll, I made a similar comment on another thread. CBS used the documents to try and smear Bush. The White House simply took the documents from CBS and made the documents available to the public. They did absolutely nothing wrong. However, because Bush is the President, he would have known at a glance that the documents were fake (he was there, and knew the true facts of the situation). However, it did give the documents maximum exposure prior to the discovery that they were forgeries.

Many have commented on the amateurish nature of the forgery, but I think this also points back to Kerry or his operatives. Kerry has always had adoring press coverage. His story about "Christmas in Cambodia", which upon even passing scrutiny is laughable was accepted and passed on a factual by the press for years, even though a cursory look should have told them Nixon wasn't President during the time period involved. Kerry used this for years as "the turning point in his life, seared into his memory". It was a total fabrication, and nobody called him on it.

Bush is a poker player. You're already beaten before you know it. The game's over before he gives you "the look."

BTW, that's from his FIRST inauguration.