[Free ThinkerNY]

He can run, but he can’t hide.

[jeffc]

As long as there have been rumors in politics, there has been one widely accepted way for a candidate to deal with them. Basically, it's not to. Otherwise, according to prevailing wisdom, all a candidate achieves is to elevate the rumors to a legitimate story for the media to feast on.

Is this what Time reported back when Rather ran his fake-but-accurate "story" on Bush?
I didn't think so . . . .