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To: zonkie who wrote (29311)	2/13/2004 6:04:26 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793955

It started with a Clark operative on Feb 6th. Sullivan IT HITS BRITAIN: We have several stories in major papers in Britain on the alleged Kerry story. Some interesting angles. The conservative Telegraph suggests the following: Democratic sources blamed the allegation on Republican "dirty tricks". They said it marked the long-expected start of a campaign from the Right to smear the frontrunner and damage his chances of fighting a strong campaign against President George W Bush. I don't see any evidence of this at all, despite my reader's worries yesterday. (I'm even beginning, in my paranoid moments, to wonder if that email was a plant. It reads a little too convincingly. Was I being set up by some Democratic activist to promote the new Dem line? I have no idea. But I'm ready to believe anything in this town.) In fact, it now turns out that the first blog reference to the story - which I linked to yesterday - was made by a man who worked for Wesley Clark. watchblog.com tip: Jonah.) Of course, that might mean nothing, as well. The story is on the front-page of the Times of London, which I think means it's arrived globally. Oddly, it's not in the Guardian. Maybe they think it's a Republican plot as well. This is another new feature of the Internet, isn't it? The English-speaking media are fusing somewhat - it's so easy to click and read - so the number of "serious" English-speaking outlets increases the odds of any rumor story going mainstream. To recap: the food-chain is Clark or "X" blabbing to Washington reporters off-the-record; said reporters spilling to Drudge; Drudge to the blogs; then the Brits get to write about an "Internet scandal," which loops back to Drudge. And now ... Imus. Dizzy yet?

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