CBS, despite the fact that the documents are obvious forgeries on numerous levels, is ‘sticking by their story.’
Which, if you think about it, is fitting. Carry that ego to the grave, Mr. Rather.
Archives for 2004
Forged Documents
So now the all-out jihad against Bush includes a trail of forged documents. Everything you could possibly want to know about this can be found here.
My Question:
“Who will be the first Democrat blogger, talking head, or reporter to claim that the forgeries were planted by Rove to ‘muddy the waters’ or ‘poison the well?'”
*** Update ***
We have a winner. Alert reader Mark L. points to this American Spectator piece, which contains the following paragraph:
“According to one ABC News employee, some reporters believe that the Kerry campaign as well as the DNC were parties in duping CBS, but a smaller segment believe that both the DNC and the Kerry campaign were duped by Karl Rove, who would have engineered the flap to embarrass the opposition.”
Heh.
Look At Big Important Me
Why, every election, does there have to be one of these jackasses? Weren’t there some Democrats pulling this nonsense last election?
South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb said today he may vote against George W. Bush in the Electoral College, even if the president carries West Virginia’s popular vote.
Robb, long known as a maverick Republican, said he is considering using his position as one of the state’s five Republican electors to protest what he believes are misguided policies of the current administration.
“It’s not likely that I would vote for Kerry,” Robb said. “But I’m looking at what my options are when it comes time to cast my vote.”
Look at big, important, me. I have weighty issues to think about. Look at all the press attention.
Listen, you stupid bastard- your little moral qualms are not more important than the hundreds of thousands of voters your electoral vote represents. Verstehen?
You want to make a big scene and get some attention to protest the President? Go set yourself on fire on the Capitol steps in Charleston. I will send you some matches and two bucks for gas.
The Stupids Are Out In Force Today
Jesse Taylor takes Julian Sanchez’s reasoned description of Cheney’s intentionally misinterpreted coments, and basically, in more than one hundred words, states that he is too stupid or too partisan to understand even Sanchez’s thorough explanation.
Cheney stated:
Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we’ll get hit again, that we’ll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States, and that we’ll fall back into the pre-9/11 mind set if you will, that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts, and that we’re not really at war. I think that would be a terrible mistake for us.
Jesse, in his infinite wisdom and larger arrogance, breathlessly posits:
Without the last clause (from “and that we’ll fall back” through “a terrible mistake for us”), here’s what Cheney said.
1.) You vote John Kerry into office.
2.) Because he’s in office, we will be hit by a terrorist attack.Here’s what he said with the “exculpatory” evidence.
1.) You vote John Kerry into office.
2.) Because he’s in office, we will be hit by a terrorist attack.
3.) After the terrorist attack that only happened because he’s in office, he’ll fuck up how he handles it.Rather than saying Kerry beats his wife, Cheney made the far more responsible statement that after he beats his wife, he won’t clean up the house properly. I’m sorry I was ever offended.
A.) Why would anyone remove the last clause? As Jesse recognizes, it is a clause, and thus part of a sentence, so the only reason to remove the clause is to distort Cheney’s statement.
B.) Since you admit the clause is part of the sentence, why is including it considered ‘exculpatory’ evidence. Shouldn’t it just be considered part of the damned sentence? If you read the entire sentence, there is no NEED to clear Cheney of any guilt, as he said nothing wrong.
C.) Your second formula under the what you have falseley labeled ‘exculpatory evidence’ is flawed. The correct formula for what he said is:
1.) If we vote John Kerry into office
2.) and if we get hit again
3.) we will respond inappropriately
Nowhere in Cheney’s sentence did he say that if you voted for Kerry/Edwards would we be hit again. And that isn’t going to change no matter how stupid Jesse is or becomes.
Hi. My Name is Oliver Willis
I am an asshole who exploits the grief of families who have lost their son in combat for partisan gain.
Over the line, Oliver. Over the fucking line.
They are entitled to their opinion. You, however, are behaving like a shameless hack for trying to exploit it for partisan gain.
Washington Monthly
I can’t believe that any major publication would tolerate the cesspool that the Washington Monthly’s comment section has become. Several years ago, the comments section was readable, but when Kevin took a turn for the left (he saw what his readers liked, and it did get him a new gig, so I am not dissing him), his coments section became unreadable.
That was at Calpundit. It is even worse now.
Ben Barnes
Ben Barnes is about to go bash Bush on 60 Minutes II tonight. Go read all about him.
Then, after being awed by the massive dossier compiled about him and the number of connections to the Democratic party and the Kerry/Edwards campaign, ask yourself this question:
“If Ben Barnes were a SwiftVet and all the ties were to Republicans and not Democrats, would the EVEN MENTION HIS NAME ON 60 MINUTES?”
If your answer is “Yes,” send me some of what you are smoking.