[governsleastgovernsbest]

You know you're in trouble when your defense consists of claiming that the documents can't be 'easily dismissed' as forgeries.

So, what, instead of the 30 minutes it took the blogosphere, it would really require a few hours of work to conclude the docs were fake?

Other than learning that Mary cried and that she thinks Thornburgh is full of it, what do we learn other than that even Mapes herself can't bring herself to claim that the documents are forgeries?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

That last sentence in the previous post should read:

"What do we learn other than that even Mapes herself can't bring herself to claim that the documents aren't forgeries?"

[Eddie01]

Documents were forgeries.

Can't rewrite history like you used to Mary.

Your fired.

Try the red shoes thing. Seemed to work for Maureen.

[abb]

Ya know....if these people had any sense at all, they'd go away and let this thing die. But no....they gotta keep trying to defend their lies.

All the better for us...

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings governsleastgovernsbest:

Additional dementia from the dying propaganda wing of the democRAT party...

...Nurse, another 10cc’s of Morphine for the patient.

Cheers,
OLA

[ken5050]

G'mornin.....I sincerely believe we are witnessing the start of the total meltdown of the left/lib/Dem/MSM cabal.....I can't wait to hear dean next Wednesday, after the GOP wins the state houses in VA and NJ, and all of Arnold's initiatives PASS...yup, let them filabuster Alito..

[freeangel]

"it was a political campaign"

"Sure glad the msm is not a political campaign:). The ONLY way to fight politics, it seems, is with the truth.

[Nickname]

Cry more, Mary. And yes, liberals ARE the new Communists.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"I didn't know that the attack on our story was going to be as effective as a brilliantly run national political campaign, because that is what it was: a political campaign."

She underestimated Free Republic. She thought that she could push a lie in the middle of a Presidential campaign and not have any pushback. The times they are a changing.

[Jim Robinson]

"If I was an idiot, it was for believing in a free press that is able to do its job without fear or favor. ...I didn't know that the attack on our story was going to be as effective as a brilliantly run national political campaign, because that is what it was: a political campaign."

Bravo! Brilliant campaign! Take a bow!

[woofer]

"...I didn't know that the attack on our story was going to be as effective as a brilliantly run national political campaign, because that is what it was: a political campaign."

And it was in response to your ham-handed attempt to submarine a political campaign.

I don't think Miss Mapes gets it.

Still.

[baystaterebel]

"Finally, she details how in that probe the question of how "liberal" she was became paramount. She likens it to the days of Sen. Joe McCarthy and charges that it was ironic that the same network that stood up to McCarthy with the Edward R. Murrow broadcasts was now caving in to similar tactics now: "Suspected liberals had become the new 'Communists...What in the world would Edward R. Murrow think of his network now?""

Actually Mary its ironic that you use McCarthy as an example. Mr. McCarthy was right then, just as your detractors are right now.

[jalisco555]

The documents weren't "easily dismissed" as forgeries. They were carefully studied and analyzed and only then were dismissed as forgeries.

[BluH2o]

Really? Airing such a contrived BS Bush Texas ANG story on national TV in the remaining weeks leading up the November 2004 election wasn't?

[BluH2o]

...I didn't know that the attack on our story was going to be as effective as a brilliantly run national political campaign, because that is what it was: a political campaign."

Really? Airing such a contrived BS Bush Texas ANG story on national TV in the remaining weeks leading up the November 2004 election wasn't?

[OldFriend]

Mary Mary Mary, it's not FEA........It's FTT......

meaning ---- the truth. Full lies ahead.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I am inclined to say that she's only embarassing herself further, but apparently she's immune from embarassment. I suppose she just wants to draw comfort from people like herself who are so blinded by their prejudices that they cannot recognize the truth when it hits them in the face. This is really a sad story; in a way I feel sorry for her.

There are a lot of people I feel sorry for whom I don't want piloting airliners, performing surgery or reporting the news.

The truly troubling aspect of this is that without the internet this nutcase not only survived, but thrived in an organization whose charter should be, first, to get the story right.

[jimbo123]

Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power

Mary Mapes

Pub. Date: November 8, 2005

Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 61,462

[goresalooza]

"If I was an idiot" yada yada yada...

I think I've seen real documents that prove that you, Mary, are indeed an idiot.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"Suspected liberals had become the new 'Communists...What in the world would Edward R. Murrow think of his network now?"

He would be upset that you can't get away with the lying and smearing any more.

[Always Right]

I suppose we are McCarthyists for insisting that slanderous attacks on the President be based on the truth. If so, we are guilty.