Comments on: 60 Minutes Bush National Guard Docs Forged?

By: Mbaehr

Mbaehr — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:58:08 +0000

Dan Rather keeps saying he "knows the documents to be authentic" Well Dan, it is not what you know, it is what you can prove. Who do you think you are, Walter Cronkite?

By: Authenticator

Authenticator — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:49:03 +0000

It's likely the DNC was involved as well as the Kerry campaign. But it's too early to excuse the Clinton people. Kerry's campaign has had liason with several former Clinton people for several months. You might call the Kerry campaign "well infiltrated." Plenty of time for a mischief maker, a traitor if you will, to slip in the poison pill. These documents are clearly forgeries. The list of mistakes made by the forgers is too long for this comment box.

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:35:09 +0000

If you read the Boston globe article its pretty much been put to rest they are real documents.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0911-02.htm

By: attila

attila — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:00:32 +0000

CBS, aka: Mainstream Media (MM). To the unfortunate innocents among us who blindly accept as 'fact' every fishwrap item MM dishes out daily, whatcha see is whatcha deserve. Some posts herein were well stated and sensible, but nary a mention of the issue of old fashioned truth re the documents ...

attila

By: Bithead

Bithead — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:27:45 +0000

Matt Yglesias has ceased being a serious source, and is there merely as comedy relief. If we accept his story about the Selectric one must wonder what anyone under the rank of a two-star general would be doing wiht a typewriter that cost at that time more than the average car.

Add to this the report from the man's family he couldn't type at all, much less on a machine of such complexity.

I understand he's trying to hold up his end, but the arguemts he attempts to mount are more transparentthan the forged documents themselves.

By: Dodd

Dodd — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:18:06 +0000

BigFire's speculation that the Clintonistas newly ensconced in Kerry's HQ were behind this doesn't work. As more of this story comes out, it becomes clear that CBS has had them for several weeks. It is starting to look as if they originally came from the DNC via the Kerry campaign, but well before the infusion of Clinton people a couple of weeks ago.

By: bains

bains — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:34:21 +0000

The reason these stories are so compelling has nothing to do with candidatesâ actions 35 years ago, and frankly the candidates themselves.

The real story is our fourth estate, the traditional media. How much power do they wield, what biases are they propagating, are they trustworthy, and are they really serving the interests of all this nation?

By: Simon World

Simon World — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:15:43 +0000

Reactions and responses Yesterday's bombing in Jakarta was the first clear attempt to attack specifically Australians rather than "Westerners" in general in Indonesia. Perhaps that explains why much of the blogosphere is dominated with another story: the likely forging of ...

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:07:04 +0000

Hey James...

Maybe it shouldn't matter... But clearly it does.

By: BigFire

BigFire — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:04:22 +0000

Democratic Underground's train of thought: This is a forgery made by Karl Rove to discredit both CBS and the Kerry Campaign. Hillary Clinton Conspiracy thought: Kerry campaign is eseentially run by Clinton people after the diasterious month of August. They'd be in position to submit this blatant falsehood via a lowerlevel Kerry campaign worker to CBS knowing full well that CBS will implicitly trust Kerry campaign. This will sink Kerry campaign, while doing minimun damage to Hillary's chance (afterall, if they managed to trace back, it'll be to Kerry campaign). This clears Hillary '08 run for President.

By: Right Moment

Right Moment — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:53:47 +0000

If you think the documents are false, you're an...
Bill@INDC appears to be at the center of deconstructing a CBS/60 Minutes hatched job on Bush’s Military records.

By: In Search of Utopia

In Search of Utopia — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:18:59 +0000

The Forgery Accusations...
So right now the Conservative side of the Blogsphere is focused on discrediting the documents shown on 60 minutes, that seemed to prove Bush has not been honest about his TANG record. The funny thing is that people like Paul...

By: jd watson

jd watson — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:13:43 +0000

Mr. Joyner:
The significance of this is that someone sympathetic to, and possibly associated with, the Democratic Party attempted to influence a Federal Election using forgeries, and that a major network, CBS, was negligent in vetting the story and therefore complicit.

By: PoliBlog

PoliBlog — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:39:52 +0000

The Forgery Question
I spent a lot of the day in meetings (the reward for being Faculty Council President) and trying to get caught up on a bunch of minor tasks that have been piling up. As a result while I have been aware of the flap over the 60 Minutes Bush National Gu...

By: Rooftop Report

Rooftop Report — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:15:55 +0000

Trackback Record
Can somebody call Guinness? 300 trackbacks as of 9:10? I can't say I agree on all points, but Dr. Joyner I agree in principal. WHO CARES?!?...