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To: LindyBill who wrote (70686)	9/15/2004 11:46:19 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794298

Gotterdannerung! Do Rather's troubles help Bush or hurt him? By Mickey Kaus Updated Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at 4:18 PM PT Judging from tonight's televised non-retraction by CBS news chief Andrew ("This is going to hold up ") Heyward, it looks as if CBS will continue to twist slowly, slowly in the wind. ... Here's the interesting possibility, brought to my attention in an email by blogger Steve Smith (who may also have guessed right with his "grand hypothesis"): Does this ongoing story hurt Bush in the polls even if it focuses on forgery and possible CBS malpractice? After all, it keeps the subject of Bush and the Guard in the news, which might not help the president. Without the forgery issue the whole story might have disappeared days ago. ... Maybe that's why Rather has seemingly insanely dug in his heels: He knows that by dragging out his and CBS's agony he's also dragging out Bush's agony. ... It's also good for ratings. People haven't paid this much attention to Dan Rather in years. ... Certainly tonight's CBS Evening News broadcast, which managed to lovingly rehash the charges against Bush (and hype "60 II") in the process of fudging the key forgery issue, fit this strategy. ... P.S.: Maybe left-wing bloggers will be playing smart politics if they now initiate a noisy, cannibalistic orgy of recrimination! The Daily KOS could start things off by demanding Rather's head. He's worth sacrificing to keep the story alive. ... [Thanks to reader M.H. for "Gotterdannerung"] ... P.P.S.: Several emailers note that Heyward's statement says the memos are "accurate," not that they are "authentic." That's significant, but along with Josh Marshall I very much doubt that CBS will be able to avoid an apology by taking a "fake but accurate" line. Also, as Ellisblog points out, CBS may have a powerful, undiscussed reason for trying to avoid ever explicitly acknowledging the first half--"fake"--of that formulation: Unless they keep at least a flicker of hope for the memo's authenticity alive, they won't have a good excuse for refusing to reveal their source. ...

To: LindyBill who wrote (70686)	9/15/2004 11:47:27 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794298

HHMmmmm-- wondering how far Rathers daughter is from Burkett. Would her travels put her near the Kinkos office, especially after departing Burketts residence? The old saying "the apple does not fall far from the tree" comes to mind...... surely she would not use a fax machine at home or her office, nor would Burkett.....

To: LindyBill who wrote (70686)	9/16/2004 12:00:53 AM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794298

I am surprised he did such a lousy job of it. That still bothers me. If anyone should know what an official signature block or header looks like, or when General Staudt retired, or what the acronyms mean, Bill Burkett should. Maybe he was the conduit and not the actual author. Also, weren't Bush's files sent to a military repository by the late 1990's, so they wouldn't have been in Austin for anyone to see there? Edit: hmmm, if Burkett was in the Army National Guard and not the Air National Guard, that would explain a lot of the discrepancies.