We're Not Worthy! :)
Posted on 09/10/2004 7:46:03 AM PDT by alisasny
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If there are very few experts on typewriter fonts and the like, it is because so few are needed, as so many laymen understand fonts and typewriters and word processors.
Not only is it a forgery, it is a clumsy and awkward forgery.
And the AP story in my local paper spends most of its space repeating the negative statements against Bush, and then mentions the Killian son's slightly disparaging remarks but fails to mention the facts that show that this is definitely a forgery.
BUCKHEAD AS FREEPER OF THE YEAR! Should get a special invatation from President Bush to attend one of the balls on January 20, 2005.
New war cry at DU:
"Don't be a Buckhead, vote for Kerry."
New 527:
"Buckheads for Bush!"
We always favor looking at the content and substance over WHO is offering up the information, but in the war that will ensue about WHO gave CBS the potentially phony documents, it is interesting to Note that the right (Drudge, Fox, right-leaning blogs, others) led the way in pointing out the questions we have all been asking — and they were onto the questions, with remarkable detail, relatively soon after the documents were made public.
Clearly, the implication is that the Right gave the documents to CBS to set them up.
What these people don't understand is the robust nature of the complex system that is the Internet. Just looking at Free Republic, after Buckhead raised this issue, we instantly had 100's of people communicating and researching. These folks included Freepers who are document experts, some who are military who used the equiptment in question back in the 1970's, many who are frequent users of MS Word and recognized the documentation - the list goes on. All of these folks were instantly looking into this and, this is the important part, were able to talk to each other.
Such a dynamic is extremely powerful and one we have seen many times on FR. It is that dynamic that is confusing the MSM because they have never seen it and don't understand it.
In the pantheon of FReeRepublic:
Jim Robinson
Kristinn
Registered
Dr. Raoul
Angelwood
Buckhead
Howlin
Tonk
And not necessarily in that order. (There are others, I just can't think of 'em right now)
We're Not Worthy! :)
It is right-wing bigotry at its worst, ya know, that discriminatory intolerance for mistruth. Liberals, on the other hand, have proven they will compassionately believe whatever the DNC wants them to believe.
FReepers rule!
Sadly, the local media in my neck of the woods (N. CA--N Bay) are still touting the Bush was AWOL and that these docs are the smoking gun. By the time the pro-Kerry/anti-Bush media sycophants bury the forgery evidence in future back pages, the public will believe the original story that first came out. The media knows this and just like the transparent LIE of the AP booing, will just shrug their shoulders, make some lame excuse ("it was "oooing" not booing) and move on to the next spin cycle that makes Bush look evil and Kerry the only alternative.
McAwful and Edwards (who never served a day in their pampered pussy lives) are demanding answers from President Bush! The nerve of these jerks is appalling. However, they know the leftist MSM will accommodate DNC talking points rather than focus on the real issue of Kerry who hasn't answered any reporters questions in a month, has been caught in LIES regarding his service and whereabouts,(Christmas in Cambodia?) and refuses to release his own 180's...
Im so very impressed! Super job!
When I said that, I was NOT JOKING at all.
This, by buckhead and others who worked with him, is most certainly deserving of Pulitzer attention.
You're right... It may well have reversed the possibility of significant damage to the Bush campaign.
God Bless FR.
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great 'toon
I'd definitely add John Robinson, for all those emergency drives to the server facility in the earlier days, when the site crashed. The term "yeoman's work" just doesn't begin to describe it: words fail me.
Beyond that, your list is an excellent one. After creation of the website (JimRob), the single greatest political feat I've seen is "Sore Loserman."
I know from the early discussions of the "documents" that you all played a part in this success. KUDOS to all of you... you've done us proud! :-)
Here is a link to the NY Post story
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