[Howlin]

I looked back at my email to make sure I was nice......LOL.

Credit where credit is due; we at FR started the first thread on Free Republic so we could WATCH the CBS show and comment it on it in real time.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220090/posts

If you read the replies IN ORDER, as I have compiled them, you will see it was US, not Powerline that discovered the problems with the documents and the statements.

Furthermore, people at Free Republic email all the blogs during the night; that's how they "woke up" or "came to work" and found email advising them of the problems.

I'm not trying to be crabby about it, but I'm tired of people taking credit for our work; we started at 8:19 p.m. EST the night before any of them even mentioned it in the blogs the next morning!

Howlin
Raleigh, NC

[mewzilla]

Brava!

[kcvl]

Thanks, Howlin!

[dc-zoo]

Very good letter. I'm sure Brit read it. It sure made a difference.

[jimbo123]

Bingo. FR was first. The blogs were second. Drudge was actually one of the last ones to pick up on the story.

[Miss Marple]

I am glad you sent that e-mail. I am sure Powerline and Little Green Footballs did a lot with the super-detailed work, but we were the first and I am sure it was Freepers who e-mailed them.

The best thing about the internet is how people from different walks of life can come together to work on something like this, and that different sites can exchange information and work towards a common goal.

I do not want to get into arguments with Powerline and Little Green Footballs. They are good guys, too, but I think Powerball was a little overwhelmed by the attention...plus I am not sure they knew at first where the original information came from.

All's well that ends well.