Posted on 09/09/2004 10:31:38 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 09/09/2004 10:55:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
September 10, 2004 -- THE populist revolu tion against the so- called mainstream media continues. Yesterday, the citizen journalists who produce blogs on the Internet — and their engaged readers — engaged in the wholesale exposure of what appears to be a presidential-year dirty trick against George W. Bush. What the bloggers and their audiences did was call into profound question the authenticity of four documents proudly trumpeted by CBS News in a much-heralded investigative report on Wednesday night's edition of "60 Minutes" about the president's National Guard service in the early 1970s.These were "previously unseen documents . . . obtained by '60 Minutes,' " the network bragged Wednesday night on its Web site. Their author, supposedly, was Bush's squadron commander, Jerry Killian, who died 20 years ago.
They "include a memorandum from May 1972," CBS reports, "where Killian writes that Lt. Bush called him to talk about 'how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November.' " A document dated "18 August 1973" complains that Killian is being asked to "sugar coat" Bush's record. "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job," the document says.
Liberals went wild with glee about the story, especially after the onslaught on John Kerry's Vietnam record by his fellow Swift-boat veterans.
Kevin Drum, the most talented of the left-wing bloggers, wrote: "This story is a perfect demonstration of the difference between the Swift-boat controversy and the National Guard controversy. Both are tales from long ago and both are related to Vietnam, but . . . in the National Guard case, practically every new piece of documentary evidence provides additional confirmation that the charges against Bush are true."
[snip]The Minneapolis lawyers who run powerlineblog.com were on the case early. Two of the blog's readers directed their attention to a note left on an Internet bulletin board on the freerepublic.com Web site, the 47th posting on the topic there. Post No. 47 pointed out that there was something off about these documents from the 1970s: The spacing between the letters and the words was proportional, and only a few IBM electric typewriters could achieve that effect back then.
Damned if I'm not starting to believe that.
Buckhead, you really should have a home page. Your loyal servants are curious.
I wish I shared you guys sentiments. What I see is this: at the most, CBS will shrug it off, and a few brief sentences addressing the forgery in vague terms will be printed on page a23 of the yellow newsrags. Perhaps Fox News will make a brief passing reference to it. And by next week, all will be forgotten, and the left will begin their spin-lies all over again. Remember whats-his-name who was caught just a few weeks ago with classified documents in his pants? See? I can't even remember the scumbag's name. Pisses me off. Why wasn't he arrested and thrown in jail? Just call me a cynic, if you want, but -- you know what? I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.
That's what FR was today .... playing free safety, covering the last path to the goal line as the ball was carried by CBS behind the blocking of the rest of the alphabet media.
I love football season! (Mr. RightField coached John Lynch in high school)
I'm da gull.
And thanks.
You made me cry.
-PJ
Nice job today, all.
Yup, I remember his long(er)-haired, stockily built son yelling at the top of his lungs, "We will win! We will win!" If he was upset at being used for political purposes, he sure had a funny way of showing it.
Sandy Berger ... and you're right .... he's still walking the streets.
BUMP
Thanks! This is all very exciting!
I hope for a good reason. A new freedom is blowing through the world brought about by new technology. Those who love freedom shall not perish from this earth. Freerepublic is proof of that.
I remember that Kissinger said that the Soviets would lose because they had to lock up xerox machines. Couldn't compete with us in the flow of information. It's a quantum leap greater now.
My hat's off to you gents!!
EXCELLENT!!
News Alert,
Microsoft lawyers just issued a statement that even if it seems (because experts have said so) that a technology similar to theirs was in use as early as 1973 in Texas, it is now legally in the public domain.
Some legal analysts are saying that Microsoft is worried that somebody uncovers Bush agenda around that time in its original Outlook calendar format.
"post 47 will liver forever" next to the pancreas :)
Congratulations you three. Amazing day. I can't believe I'm still up this late but it's been worth it.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
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