Ahh, can't you see the poor Kerry Kamp right now?
"Things fall apart. The center will not hold."
"Texans For Truth" Are Texas Toast
By The MinuteMan
Well, easy come, easy go for the new attack group, "Texans for Truth". On Wednesday, Nick Kristof endorsed Bob Mintz, the star of their first commercial, as "a compelling witness", despite some obvious questions about somebody's credibility. On Thursday, CBS News said this:
And on top of all this, the Democrats' answer to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth unleashed an ad Wednesday charging President Bush was AWOL from the Alabama National Guard in the summer of 1972.
But like their Republican counterparts, Texans for Truth has a credibility problem. While the chief accuser, former Alabama Guard pilot Bob Mintz, says in the ad it would have been impossible for Mr. Bush to have gone unnoticed, in an interview earlier this year with CBS News, Mintz admitted he's not a smoking gun.
"I cannot say he was not there," Mintz said. "Absolutely positively was not there. I cannot say that. I cannot say he didn't do his duty."
A point to ponder - the Timesmen were the Guardians of Truth when it came to the Swift Boat Veterans, able to ferret out their lies and ignore their allegations because the Times knew they were not credible.
However, whatever "truth-detector" is issued in the standard Times package evidently failed to sound the alarm when Bob Mintz came knocking with his Bush-bashing story. I wonder why?
So let's see how the media cover the "Texans for Truth" - will the fact that their first commercial is a bit of a bust be publicized? Or will the same "Texans for Truth" crowd simply disappear, then re-emerge under a new 527 and try again in a few weeks?
Who knows? But the NY Times will be there! With bells on.
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