"Thursday, September 16, 2004
If, as CBS's defensive press release boasts,
Mary Mapes, the producer of the report and a well-respected, veteran journalist whose credibility has never been questioned, has been following this story for more than five years
and has a vast and detailed knowledge of the issues surrounding Bush's service in the Guard and of the individuals involved in the story [emphasis added"
Make sure that all of the manipulators behind Rather continue to be dumped. Rather will slide off of the screen, in time. Meanwhile, he'll be a constant television reminder for all voters with any sanity at all to vote for President Bush.