Posted on 09/20/2004 9:34:42 AM PDT by SmithPatterson
Well, I think it's high time I thank you for all the pings.
CBS is not claiming they are forgeries, they are merely claiming to have been misled as to who the orginal source was. In their hearts, they still want to believe that these memos are real. Either that, or they deliberately misled the public and are trying to cover up their tracks, which I think is the more plausible scenario. Even their own experts were warning them before airtime and they chose to ignore those warnings. That leads me to believe CBS, or at least Dan Rather, was more interested in smearing President Bush than in reporting the truth.
And CBS is STILL misrepresenting the doucments and the experts claims.
Just for comic relief, over at DU they are suggesting "Buckhead" was the source of these fascinating "memos". Kind of fun, in a twisted way, to pop over there every so often........
We have thousands of journalists willing to ignore their own bias. These "journalists" are so convinced that their political preferences are superior that they are ignoring their traditional responsibility and redefining journalism as political marketing, no matter how inaccurate.
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Ditto.
But as much as I don't admire Cleland, I don't think Cleland would knowingly pass along documents he knew to be forged. Max has never been the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he wouldn't put himself at risk. But, he could be easily fooled, especially since becoming so obsessively bitter, and so anxious to be of use to Kerry, for revenge, and for a cushy Kerry appointment.
I think somehow Cleland is involved, I'm just not able to figure out how.
"I loathe Max Cleland. He's mean, nasty, and he was thrown out of the Senate because he was a lousy senator! Georgians did it and we're proud! "
I saw a special on him once titled 'Lobster Boy'! Fascinating....
I just got home, and haven't had a chance to read all the threads yet. Has anyone gotten a transcript of the first and second 60 mins airings, and Rather's statements on the documents then, and put them right next to his and CBS' statements today?
I was wondering when one of you wags were gonna think of this one.
I don't think for one minute that CBS will somehow change their stripes. Yesterday, I tuned into CBS radio while in the car and they were giving Eleanor Cliff access, as if it were news. She stated all kinds of lies, including that "all of the Swift Boat accusations had been proven false".
They don't comment back, of course, as this is the easy way to get their lies out there.
Thanks for the ping, Howlin. They still have not owned up to the fact that the documents are forgeries. Both the statement by CBS and the one by Rather leave a lot to be desired.
That's exactly what it is.
Yeah, those of us who are continually derided and slandered by the so-called mainstream media, and who were derisively dismissed by CBS as kooks in pajamas.
"Libs on the DU site are apoplectic. Here is one poster (giving their analysis of our strategy). I say we take the jerk up on his advice, and do precisely what he is afraid we will do between now and Election Day:
"...almost from the very minute his (Rush's) show started today. And I know Borrtz has brought up the Max Cleland angle. Any further investigations as to whether Bush43 disobeyed a direct order to take a physical are now, IMNSHO, permanently tainted by this fiasco. If anyone else trys to bring it up, all the opposition will have to do is scream "RATHER LIED" at the top of their lungs. Sheesh! Later, " "
ABSOLUTELY correct. Anything that comes from CBS News from now to election day is suspect. Any anti-Bush document that mysteriously shows up from a source other than the Pentagon is suspect. Any article on the "Fortunate Son" angle is suspect, and its source considered hostile.
sorry, we put up with Slick Willie way too long and learned way too much ....what does "AS IT WAS AIRED" mean? If we'd known (wink, wink) they were forgeries, we would have put the story out another way?
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