Text 2135, 52 rader
Skriven 2004-09-12 13:14:15 av Stan Hardegree (1:379/1.2)
   Kommentar till text 2129 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
Ärende: Dead Man Writes one of Bush Memos!?
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 JH>>> record left the Texas Air National Guard a year and a half
 JH>>> before the memo was supposedly written, his own service
 JH>>> record shows.

 SH>> This is the biggest political scandal since Monica, and it
 SH>> has the incompetent odor of Paul Begala and James Carville
 SH>> all over it.

 JH> Oh, you bet!  It stinks to high heaven of Carville.  Its more
 JH> than a little curious that this popped up just two days after
 JH> it was announced that Carville was suddenly a high ranking
 JH> operative for Kerry, with Clinton's blessing.

You should have figured that as soon as Clinton became involved, the Kerry
campaign would start scraping bottom.

 JH>  Add in the fact that the retired Col. that Dan Rather says verified this
 JH> stuff has stated that he's never seen the documents and that
 JH> he never heard from CBS until two days before the story aired
 JH> on 60 Minutes II, and this on a story that supposedly was 4
 JH> years in the making!  Who are they trying to kid?

They READ the memo over the phone to the colonel leaving him with the
impression that the memo was hand written.

The colonel said, "Well, if that's what he wrote, it must be true."

Rather, a Clinton sycophant to the depths of his slimey soul, misled the
fellow.

 JH> It seems pretty funny to me that virtually ALL of the people
 JH> in a position to know about this have denounced the CBS
 JH> claims.  Barnes' daughter, the widow and son of Bush's former
 JH> CO, numerous document experts, etc., yet Dan Rather "stands
 JH> behind the story."

Rather has no credibility anyway, so why bother to correct the record.

 JH> So far, the only reaction I've seen is that it seems to be
 JH> pushing Bush's numbers up as this progresses.  People just
 JH> aren't buying it, and its making Kerry look even more
 JH> foolish.

Fine with me.  Their well-laid plan for a late-campaign ambush has turned into
OUR October Surprise.  Heh heh.

 JH> Reminds me of Gary Hart and the whole Monkey Business deal.

Hart was a saint compared to the Clinton/Kerry/Carville/McAuliffe clown posse.

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