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Some Question Authenticity of Papers on Bush WaPo — Permalink Documents unearthed by CBS News that raise doubts about whether President Bush fulfilled his obligations to the Texas Air National Guard include several features suggesting that they were generated by a computer or word processor rather than a Vietnam War-era typewriter, experts said yesterday. | |
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McQ: Hodges retracts CBS authentication — Yesterday CBS pointed out that the documents in question had been authenticated by... Kevin Drum: Both men are still alive, and when CBS read the memos to Hodges over the phone he agreed that "these are the things that Killian had expressed to me at the time." Jeff Goldstein: As has the Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, the Chicago Sun-Times —" Rather's ego: "Pap! Effluveum! |
John Hawkins: This is soooo sweeet because this story has no chance of holding up when even the Associated Press, Washington Post, &... Avedon Carol: Friday, 10 September 2004 "Rove's glory So now the CBS documents about Bush's bad behavior in the Texas ANG are being... Oliver @LiquidList: I jumped with two partisan feet into the Bush National Guard CBS document fray, and now I'm relatively convinced that the CBS docs are big fat fakes. |
| Also: Jeffrey Dubner, Stefan Sharkansky, David Allan Pell, Noam Scheiber, Andrew Sullivan, Jon Henke, Joe Gandelman, The Big Trunk, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Jan Haugland, Patterico, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Froomkin, Hesiod, Ann Althouse, Donald Sensing, Tom Maguire, Patrick Belton, Betsy Newmark, Steve Soto, Oliver Willis, Dale Franks, Josh Marshall, Captain Ed, Bill @INDCJournal, Susanna Cornett, Allah, Lorie Byrd, KJL, Lambert @Corrente, Atrios, Orrin Judd, Bill Hobbs, William J. Dyer, C. D. Harris, Glenn Reynolds, Steve M., Bird Dog, Kevin Raybould, Tim Blair | |
RATHER DIGS IN: THE DOCUMENTS ARE AUTHENTIC Drudge Report — Permalink CBSNEWS anchor and 60 MINUTES correspondent Dan Rather publicly defended his reporting Friday morning after questions were raised about the authenticity of newly unearthed memos aired on CBS which asserted that George W. Bush ignored a direct order from a superior officer in the Texas Air National Guard. | |
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Tom Paine: Dan, naturally enough, just doesn't seem to understand that he can't make something true merely by pronouncing it to be so. Judith Weiss: Meanwhile, CBS News stands by its story, without actually refuting the forgery charges. Greg Ransom: DAN RATHER — NO APOLOGIES. |
Christopher Kanis: Distributed Reporting: Distributed reporting refers to the concept that "Truth" and "Fairness" and "Accuracy" are too... Nick Gillespie: Broadcast news punching bag Dan Rather says what history will no doubt call Cover Your Assgate are "authentic," which might be the surest sign yet that they are fakes. Sir George: Drudge is carrying an interview with Rather in which Rather defends his obvious forgeries. |
| Also: Ann Althouse, James Joyner, Ace, McQ, Roger L. Simon, Charles Johnson, Allah, Tim Blair | |
McAuliffe denies involvement in memos flap By / Washington Times — Permalink Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe today said neither his organization nor John Kerrys campaign leaked to CBS documents questioning President Bushs service record, which may have been forged. He suggested White House adviser Karl Rove could be behind the documents. | |
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Betsy Newmark: But, then Terry McAuliffe puts the whole blame on Karl Rove. Avedon Carol: "I don't believe for a minute that the Kerry campaign had anything to do with it, but the purpose of one of these..." Donald Sensing: DNC chairman admits documents are false — Okay, DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe didn't explicitly say it, but he did say... |
Orrin Judd: THE BALD GUY SET ME UP: McAuliffe denies involvement in memos flap (Stephen Dinan, 9/10/04, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)... Hugh Hewitt: And thank God for Terry McAuliffe —the best DNC Chair the Republicans have ever had. Allah: Anyone? Bueller? Please let me know. Meanwhile, via the Kerry Spot, McAuliffe points to Rove. |
| Also: PoliPundit, Steve M., McQ, Greg Ransom, Ace, Joe Gandelman | |
False Documentation? ABCNEWS — Permalink Sept. 9, 2004 — Questions are being raised about the authenticity of newly discovered documents relating to George W. Bush's service in the National Guard during the Vietnam War. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: And nothing about the widow and the son, who dispute the authenticity of the story: They say that writing memos like... Tom Maguire: Good CBS Coverage At The ABC Note — ABC's Note tracks this story's flight through the blogosphere and into the MSM. Greg @BeggingToDiffer: Here's a quick list of independent media sources I've seen so far calling the documents' authenticity into question:... |
Jeff Goldstein: For instance, ABC has raised questions about the authenticity of those documents. Stefan Sharkansky: Seattle Post-Intelligencer news article, Sep. 10 "White House dismisses memos on Bush Guard duty" [snipped quote] It wasn't just a document expert, but several experts. Tim Blair: And it continues here, here, here, here, here, and here. Last word to James Lileks: "Blogs haven't toppled old media. |
| Also: Pejman Yousefzadeh, Jan Haugland, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Patterico, Donald Sensing, Eric Soskin, Damian Penny, Betsy Newmark, Sebastian Holsclaw, Steve Bainbridge, Ken Layne, Captain Ed, Bill @INDCJournal, Hindrocket, Allah, KJL, Orrin Judd, William J. Dyer, Greg Ransom, Steve M., Bird Dog, McQ | |
Critical memos on Bush's Guard service faked? By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink A day after CBS News presented documents questioning President Bush's National Guard service, the veracity of those papers is coming into question. The development comes in a campaign in which charges continue to fly about the authenticity of Bush's time in the Guard and Sen. John Kerry's Web site listing of medals and Naval service. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The Chicago Sun Times goes into detail on the bloggers in its story: [quote] The morning after the "60 Minutes II" airing, the...[end quote] Jan Haugland: There was old style journalist blood in the water, and boy did the bloggers have a good time. Bill @INDCJournal: Powerline and INDC Credited ... in the Chicago Sun-Times: The morning after the "60 Minutes II" airing, the Internet was buzzing with claims that the documents were forged. |
Blackfive: Forged — Dan Rather needs his chops busted...the Chicago Sun-Times quotes Powerline and Bill of INDC Journal...almost as if they were regular journalists. Patterico: My friend Bill from INDC Journal was quoted by name in this Chicago Sun-Times article. Steve Antler: I know it took the blogosphere just a few hours to uncover this fraud yesterday — can it really be possible CBS had this material for six weeks without noticing it was fake? |
| Also: Greg Ransom, Bill Hobbs, Donald Sensing, Glenn Reynolds, Barbara O'Brien, The Big Trunk, William J. Dyer | |
CBS'S BIG BLUNDER? By / New York Post — Permalink THE populist revolu tion against the so- called mainstream media continues. Yesterday, the citizen journalists who produce blogs on the Internet — and their engaged readers — engaged in the wholesale exposure of what appears to be a presidential-year dirty trick against George W. Bush. | |
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Joe Gandelman: (3) If the documents turn out to be fake it'll prove to be the biggest achievement yet for the mostly amateur and... Susanna Cornett: UPDATE: Don't miss Podhoretz in the NY Post on the blogosphere vs CBS News. Hugh Hewitt: New York Post columnist John Podhoretz did. Hiding the ball is an admission that old media deeply resents getting walloped again by new media. |
Tim Blair: Enjoy John Podhoretz: [quote] From the lies of Ben Barnes to the apparent forgeries of who-knows-who-did-it — why has "60 Minutes" exposed itself in this way?[end quote] Charles Johnson: CBS's Big Blunder — As John Podhoretz points out this morning, CBS was so eager to slam George W. Bush that they staked their reputation on an obvious fraud: CBS's Big Blunder. McQ: That's the name John Podhoretz gives bloggers and their readers in the 60 minutes/CBS News "Memogate" flap: "The... |
| Also: Bill @INDCJournal, Christopher Kanis, Mike Hendrix, Allah, Orrin Judd, Bill Hobbs, Glenn Reynolds, KJL, Betsy Newmark, The Big Trunk, Greg Ransom, William J. Dyer | |
Anatomy of a Forgery By / American Spectator — Permalink More than six weeks ago, an opposition research staffer for the Democratic National Committee received documents purportedly written by President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard squadron commander, the late Col. Jerry Killian. | |
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John Hawkins: Keep in mind that this is PURE SPECULATION inspired by Dan Rather's performance tonight, but I SUSPECT that this story... H.D. Miller: On the one hand, there's been the frantic denial of responsibility; a denial quickly challenged by the American... The Big Trunk: Drudge has crashed Wlady Plesczynski's "Anatomy of a Forgery" (quoted by Rocket Man below) at the Spectator Online, but... |
Rice Grad: Via Polipundit, comes the news that the DNC and Kerry campaign could be behind the fake memos: "More than six weeks... Steve M.: Here's the article (if you can get it to load — the Spec's server is about as reliable as its reporting was in the "real Anita Hill" days). Jan Haugland: The mainstream media, for once, jumped on to it pretty fast. CBS is stupidly standing by its story, for now. |
| Also: Jonathan H. Adler, Michelle Malkin, Donald Sensing, Glenn Reynolds, Tom Maguire, Captain Ed, Betsy Newmark, PoliPundit, Ace, Orrin Judd, William J. Dyer, C. D. Harris, John Cole | |
CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED Drudge Report — Permalink CBS NEWS executives have launched an internal investigation into whether its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating to Bush's National Guard service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. | |
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Avedon Carol: "I'm dying to know if CBS's internal investigation will turn anything up." Taegan Goddard: Matt Drudge says CBS News has launched an "internal investigation." Donald Sensing: Drudge: CBS News lainches internal investigation after suspicious Bush docs aired "CBS NEWS executives have launched an... |
Nick Gillespie: As Drudge likes to say, developing... Maybe this is Dandy Dan's payback for the tongue-lashing Poppa Bush gave him way back when? Acidman: liar!!! i_rather_hi.jpg Got caught this time, didn't you, Dan? No wonder you're "shell-shocked." Glenn Reynolds: Drudge reports that CBS has launched an internal investigation into what went wrong. UPDATE: James Lileks: "Blogs haven't toppled old media. |
| Also: Damian Penny, Betsy Newmark, Roger L. Simon, McQ, Ace, Bill @INDCJournal, Captain Ed, Allah, Charles Johnson, Orrin Judd, Bird Dog | |
Commander's Son Questions Memos on Bush's Service NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - A day after memos emerged suggesting that George W. Bush received favorable treatment when he was in the National Guard during the Vietnam War, the son of Mr. Bush's squadron commander said he doubted the authenticity of some of the memos his father was said to have written. | |
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Bill @INDCJournal: In the NY Times: Philip Bouffard, a forensic document specialist from Ohio who created a commonly used database of at least 3,000 old type fonts, said he had suspicions as well. Joe Gandelman: In yet another development, the son of Mr. Bush's squadron commander expressed doubts over the authenticity of memos... The Big Trunk: Reports on the memos in the Washington Post and New York Times, however, add fresh details to issues regarding the documents' authenticity. |
Allah: Via reader "JS", look who decided to start covering the forgery story — on page A17 of the metro edition, according to J. There are two noteworthy details in the article. Dan Gillmor: Documents, Etc. UPDATED Are the CBS Bush documents forgeries? Looks to me as though some legitimate questions are being raised. Hugh Hewitt: The New York Times cites my guest yesterday Farrell Shiver in detailing the documents' flaws, which underscores just how... |
| Also: Ann Althouse, Greg Ransom, PoliPundit, Howard Kurtz, Tom Maguire, Sebastian Holsclaw, Josh Marshall, Captain Ed, Orrin Judd, William J. Dyer, Mark Kleiman | |
Blogs v. 60 Minutes By / TCS — Permalink The CBS news program Sixty Minutes II ran a story on September 8th bringing to light a set of memos which purported to show that when President Bush was in the National Guard he failed to obey orders. Liberal blogger Josh Marshall framed this revelation thusly: | |
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Jeff Goldstein: MUST CREDIT protein wisdom** protein wisdom: "To jump right in: this forged document story has really taken on a life of it's own. Betsy Newmark: Jay Currie looks at what blogs can now do. "One day. Bill Hobbs: Forgery Update 3 — Jay Currie looks at how a "rabble" of bloggers exposed the forgeries that CBS, the Boston Globe and 60 Minutes used to smear the president. |
Atrios: The basic info is here at Tech Shill Station.)is not created with the kerning turned on. Word Doc is here. Wind Rider: Jay Currie frames the pertinent issues of the forgery debaucle - [snipped quote] Yes, that's the question - where did... Susanna Cornett: UPDATE: It was Jay Currie at Tech Central Station who used the term "citizen journalist". |
| Also: Jan Haugland, Glenn Reynolds | |
Statement From CBS News PRNewsWire — Permalink NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Later today, CBS News will address on the air and in detail the issues surrounding the documents broadcast in the 60 MINUTES report on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. | |
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PoliPundit: Rather to Address Forgeries — Dan Rather will attempt to defend the forgeries tonight on CBS Evening News. William J. Dyer: Or did I just hear someone shout, in Dan Rather's distinctive voice, "Circle them wagons, fellers, and put out another press release"? McQ: Rather to address issue on tonight's CBS news — From a CBS News press release: [snipped quote] Well that should be interesting. |
Hesiod: I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: CBS News is stsicking to its guns, and will be reporting on the Killian documents "forgery" allegations tonight. Jeralyn Merritt: CBS has issued this press release on the Bush National Guard document flap. [snipped quote] CBS and Dan Rather are sticking to their guns Bird Dog: CBS News just released another press blurb: "NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Later today, CBS News will address on... |
CBS stands by documents on Bush's Guard service MSNBC — Permalink As questions continued to swirl over the authenticity of documents about President Bush's Vietnam-era military service Friday, CBS News, in its evening news broadcast, strongly defended the documents reported about on "60 Minutes" earlier this week. | |
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Susanna Cornett: MSNBC reports CBS is standing by their Dan, but also points out that document experts say the documents are forgeries. Tom Maguire: Drudge transcript of CBS show here. MSNBC joins in, finding experts who question the documents. |
Bill @INDCJournal: UPDATE: MSNBC is running a fair-minded story that quotes a few experts that argue in favor of forgery ... Independent... Joe Gandelman: First, here's a longer version of what the network said, according to MSNBC: [quote] "This report was not based solely on...[end quote] |
Is It a Hoax? By / Weekly Standard — Permalink DOCUMENTS CITED Wednesday by 60 Minutes in a widely-publicized expose of George W. Bush's National Guard Service are very likely forgeries, according to several experts on document authenticity and typography. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The conservative Weekly Standard also has a piece where it has an expert saying he's "99 percent sure" the documents weren't produced during the 70s. Sebastian Holsclaw: The factual issues are dealt with quite well at Powerline, here, here and here as well as mainstream media sources, here, here and here. Ace: Update: The Weekly Standard's expert says "fake," too. I have yet to hear from a document-authentication expert stake... |
Robert Garcia Tagorda: The High Stakes of the Killian Memos — Everyone is so focused on the minute details of document authentication that it's easy to lose sight of the big political picture. Susanna Cornett: Powerline, Little Green Footballs, The Weekly Standard and others have thoroughly deconstructed the documents that CBS... Maimon Schwarzschild: The Bush Diaries — Eveyone's first reaction to the emerging possibility that Dan Rather's documents (Bush, National... |
| Also: Josh Marshall, Captain Ed, Hindrocket, Lorie Byrd, James Joyner, Betsy Newmark, Hugh Hewitt, Lambert @Corrente, C. D. Harris, Tom Maguire, John Hawkins, Allah, Orrin Judd, Glenn Reynolds, Bird Dog, McQ, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
The Dishonesty Thing By / NYT — Permalink It's the dishonesty, stupid. The real issue in the National Guard story isn't what George W. Bush did three decades ago. It's the recent pattern of lies: his assertions that he fulfilled his obligations when he obviously didn't, the White House's repeated claims that it had released all of the relevant documents when it hadn't. | |
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Xan @Corrente: The Coalition of the Shrill — From Krugman today...and if I could get one sentence from his keyboard (screw whether... Garance Franke-Ruta: In a harmonic convergence of fiscal disgruntlement, today Stephen Moore of Club for Growth and Paul Krugman agree (here... Tim Blair: As Paul Krugman says: "It's the dishonesty, stupid." Except Krugman isn't talking about 60 Minutes or the rest of the reliably incompetent media; he's talking about Bush. |
Avedon Carol: "And, of course, it will work beautifully to distract from the real issue, which, as Krugman points out, is not whether..." DeLong: Bush's "Dishonesty Thing" — The Eldest of All the Shrill manifests himself in the New York Times: "The New York Times... Edward _: In his column today, Krugman quotes a series of experts who collectively build a strong case that the Bush... |
| Also: Wind Rider, Orrin Judd, Bill Hobbs, Steve Antler, Greg Ransom, Allah | |
The Whole World Is Watching NRO — Permalink Three years of terrorism since September 11. Chechen Islamicists burn up Russian airliners and shoot schoolgirls — and say they are victims, deprived of the chance for their own autonomous theocracy. | |
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Bunuel Cela: ask yourself... [snipped quote] Are you reading the weekly (Friday) contribution by VDH to nationalreview.com? Roger L. Simon: He's done it a thousand times already... ... but no one states the current situation more clearly than Victor Davis Hanson. Damian Penny: By way of comparison, note this passage in Victor Davis Hanson's latest NRO column: The recent slaughters in Russia were... |
Tom Smith: Professor Hanson, you da man. Charles Johnson: VDH: The Whole World Is Watching — It's Friday, and if you're ready for a break from the Killian document story, go read VDH's latest and greatest: The Whole World Is Watching. |
Why conservatives must not vote for Bush By / Salon — Permalink George W. Bush presents conservatives with a fundamental challenge: Do they believe in anything other than power? Are they serious about their rhetoric on limited, constitutionally restrained government? Bush appears to have remained strong in the presidential race by rallying conservatives behind him. | |
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Greg Ransom: CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE Doug Bandow throws down the gauntlet against the Bush Presidency. (reg. & 20 sec. ad) Quotable: ... Andrew Sullivan: REAGANITES VERSUS BUSH: Doug Bandow joins the growing throng of principled conservatives unwilling to give Bush a second term. Nick Gillespie: Bandow Bashes Bush — Cato's Doug Bandow writes in Salon why conservatives should vote for Kerry: [snipped quote] Whole... |
Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Like a writer in Salon today, I am curious about why conservatives want to defend him, period. Orrin Judd: MORE (via Danny Postel): Why conservatives must not vote for Bush: A Reaganite argues that Bush is a dangerous,... |
What the Bush Guard Papers Really Say NRO — Permalink The CBS story just doesn't add up. On May 2, 1973, one of George W. Bush's superior officers in the Texas National Guard wrote an evaluation of him that would later become famous. | |
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Orrin Judd: DOCU-DRAMA: What the Bush Guard Papers Really Say: The CBS story just doesn't add up. Allah: UPDATE: Byron York analyzes the memos for NRO: "When viewed together, the documents released by the White House in... William J. Dyer: NRO's Byron York, who was helping break this story in the mainstream media (ver. 1.5) yesterday on Fox News with Brit... |
The Big Trunk: In his NRO column, Byron York puts the 60 Minutes memos in the context of the contemporaneous unquestionably authentic... Greg Ransom: Sandra Ramsey Lines, a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, on the CBS documents at the center of the... |
Guard Memos Fuel Another Vietnam-Era Battle LAT — Permalink CBS defends letters that seem to impugn Bush's service as some question the documents' authenticity. Partisans on both sides engage. A day after reports that President Bush received preferential treatment during his time in the Texas Air National Guard,... | |
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Tim Blair: The LA Times decided — maybe it was an in-joke — to invoke memories of last week's Bush-didn't-stop-the-booi ng lie:... Hugh Hewitt: The Los Angeles Times also cites Shiver, but only after this odd paragraph: "Conservative talk radio programs and... Orrin Judd: Guard Memos Fuel Another Vietnam-Era Battle: CBS defends letters that seem to impugn Bush's service as some question the documents' authenticity. |
Patterico: The L.A. Times story bears the headline Guard Memos Fuel Another Vietnam-Era Battle. Howard Kurtz: "A day after reports that President Bush received preferential treatment during his time in the Texas Air National... |
Son of Late Officer Questions Bush Memos By / AP — Permalink DALLAS - The authenticity of newly unearthed memos stating that George W. Bush failed to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War was questioned Thursday by the son of the late officer who reportedly wrote the memos. | |
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Patterico: Or how about Killian's son, who has also questioned the authenticity of at least one of the memos. PoliPundit: Typos — Alert reader Cliff Thier sends in his two cents on the forged documents: [snipped quote] UPDATE: Killian's son says they're fake. Captain Ed: Killian's Son Suspicious Of CBS Documents — The son of the officer who supposedly wrote memos in 1972 and 1973... |
Josh Marshall: In an article today in Weekly Standard, for instance, Steve Hayes writes that ... [snipped quote] This AP article also... C. D. Harris: Two quick answers to Question #2: The Washington Post and, wonder of wonders, the Associated Press are already... Jeff Goldstein: AP to Rather: "Oh no you did-int" — Son of Late Officer Questions Bush Memos... (via Drudge) Reached for comment, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) shouted, "Look! |
| Also: Wretchard, Allah, Greg Ransom, Roger L. Simon, Bird Dog, Tim Cavanaugh, McQ, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Questions Surface About Bush Memos By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Questions are being raised about the authenticity of newly unearthed memos which asserted that George W. Bush ignored a direct order from a superior officer in the Texas Air National Guard and lost his status as a pilot because he failed to meet military performance standards and undergo a required physical exam. | |
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Blackfive: Much like what happened with her and Dukakis...remember the claims that Vice President George H. W. Bush had an affair?... Charles Johnson: Killian's Son: "No Officer in His Right Mind" — The son of the late Lt. Col. Jerry Killian and the personnel chief of... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: "The cumulative evidence that's available ... indicates that these documents were produced on a computer, not a... Wind Rider: Update:: AP has filed an updated version under the Kelley byline that drops the extraneous chattering about flying training. |
Lawmakers troubled by disclosure of more 'ghost detainees' By / AP — Permalink (09-10) 11:54 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid allegations he fostered a climate that led to the prison abuse scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday that the military's mistreatment of detainees was not as bad as what terrorists have done. | |
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Tim Dunlop: It's a po po po mo war — Donald Rumsfeld, who was held "off the books" at an undisclosed location during the Republican... |
Matthew Yglesias: Don Rumsfeld: Not As Bad As a Terrorist — The Republican Party takes another dive into the pit of moral relativism:... |
Bush Gains Solid Lead, Poll Shows WaPo — Permalink President Bush emerged from his New York convention with a solid lead over Democratic challenger John F. Kerry, strengthening his position on virtually every important issue in the campaign and opening up a clear advantage over his rival on many of the... | |
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Ace: And of course there was this little WaPo/ABCNews Poll yesterday, showing a nine point lead among likelies, 52-43. Kevin Drum: The latest Washington Post poll puts Bush ahead of Kerry 52%-43%. That's a mighty big difference. Hugh Hewitt: Meanwhile this blow-up sucks another week's worth of potential from Kerry, as his campaign struggles to get anyone to... |
John Rosenberg: WaPo Spins Its Own Poll — A front page article this morning about its most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, by... Pejman Yousefzadeh: The Washington Post reports that the Bush campaign has emerged out of the Republican Convention with a solid lead: [snipped quote] The usual caveats apply. Bill Hobbs: Poll: Bush Leads Big — The latest WaPo/ABC News poll has President Bush up 52-43 over John Kerry among likely voters. |
| Also: Andrew Sullivan, Joe Gandelman, Armed Liberal, Glenn Reynolds, James Joyner, Dale Franks, Ed Driscoll, Orrin Judd, Ramesh Ponnuru, Taegan Goddard | |
No questions right now; he's gotta run By / Chicago Tribune — Permalink NEW ORLEANS — Who knows what lurks in the heart and mind of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry? Not the traveling press corps, that's for sure. Kerry has been under wraps for the last month, declining to subject himself to what must surely be the painful process of answering national reporters' questions. | |
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Betsy Newmark: The Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman writes about how John Kerry promised to hold regular press conferences if he were elected but is still avoiding the press. Taegan Goddard: Kerry Keeps Away from Reporters — The Chicago Tribune notes that Sen. John Kerry "has been under wraps for the last... |
Orrin Judd: LESSON—DON'T DRAW A CONTRAST YOU AREN'T WILLING TO MAINTAIN: No questions right now; he's gotta run: Kerry hasn't been... PoliPundit: Notes the Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman: "Kerry travels across the country on a 757 airplane packed with staff, Secret Service agents, reporters, photographers and cameramen. |
The blogosphere never sleeps American Thinker — Permalink Three years ago tomorrow, the awe-inspiring towers of the World Trade Center collapsed, following a completely unanticipated mode of attack. Today, the once proud tower of CBS News threatens to collapse under an attack clearly unanticipated by Dan Rather and... | |
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Hugh Hewitt: This is what The Belmont Club is talking about in his post today, what I called "open source journalism" this morning,... |
Greg Ransom: "DISTRIBUTED REPORTING" — [snipped quote] — The Spoons Experience More on this topic here and here. |
Noted Now ABCNEWS — Permalink Bookmark this page and return often for the latest political news. HODGES SAID HE WAS MISLED BY CBS: Retired Maj. General Hodges, Killian's supervisor at the Grd, tells ABC News that he feels CBS misled him about the documents they uncovered. | |
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McQ: He's now said he was mislead by CBS: [snipped quote] So we have Killian's son saying his father didn't keep those sorts of files and besides he thought the world of George Bush. |
Glenn Reynolds: Klein says that [snipped quote] But ABC has this report: [snipped quote] I guess this is the independent verification that Rather was talking about. |
Study shows men also suffer from PMS By / This Is London — Permalink Stomach cramps, mood swings and hot flushes. Yes, it's that time of the month again. But these are symptoms reported by men, not women. New research suggests men suffer from pre-menstrual-style symptoms, in some cases as badly as women. | |
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John Cole: I Knew It — This explains a helluva lot. Roger L. Simon: Salvation for Rather? He may have an excuse here. |
Christopher Kanis: (Via ThisisLondon) Brother, you said a mouthful. P.S. The forgoing comment is based solely on what my male friends tell me. |
Bush Piloted Guard Trainers Before He Quit AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — George W. Bush (search) began flying a two-seat training jet more frequently and twice required multiple attempts to land a one-seat fighter in the weeks just before he quit flying for the Texas Air National Guard (search) in 1972, his pilot logs show. | |
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Wind Rider: While the AP basically has no choice but to mention that people are lining up to take a number for the chance to point... Steve Antler: Oh yes, and by the way... In a story headlined "Bush Piloted Guard Trainers Before He Quit ," between this smarmy... Greg Ransom: Note well how Kelley [in the Bush National Guard part of the story] is still working hard to "get" George Bush with... |
Christopher Kanis: BREAKING HARD — Associated Press/FOXNews.com: [snipped quote] Wow. This is devestating. Captain Ed: The AP: Self-Contradictory Stories Are Our Specialty (UPDATE) Matt Kelley writes a story that I first noticed from... |
Authenticity of Bush's Guard papers questioned By / WaPo — Permalink WASHINGTON — Documents unearthed by CBS News that raise doubts about whether President Bush fulfilled his obligations to the Texas Air National Guard include several features suggesting that they were generated by a computer or word processor rather than a Vietnam War-era typewriter, experts said yesterday. | |
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Stefan Sharkansky: This WaPo story (available early enough yesterday evening to make it into today's Seattle Times) does a more thorough... |
Donald Sensing: Seattle Times: "Authenticity of Bush's Guard papers questioned." Salt Lake Tribune: "Are negative Bush Guard records fakes?" |
Kerry team, DNC hit Bush on Guard issue Boston Globe — Permalink NEW ORLEANS — Democrats launched a new round of criticism yesterday aimed at President Bush's character, accusing the incumbent of skirting his National Guard service requirements during the Vietnam War and charging that such behavior was similar to Bush's ''dishonesty" in justifying the invasion of Iraq. | |
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Rich Lowry: ASTONISHING — The Boston Globe has a front page National Guard wrap-up story today that doesn't even mention the forgery flap (Jim also noted this omission over at TKS). Howard Kurtz: The Boston Globe deconstructs Kerry's strategy: "Democrats launched a new round of criticism yesterday aimed at... |
Hugh Hewitt: Incredibly —incredibly— The Boston Globe story does not reference the hoax or even the allegations in its story this morning. Dean Esmay: The Boston Globe is running a story on their front page about Democrats' plans, launched yesterday, to massively assault Bush's National Guard record. |
Army Says C.I.A. Hid More Iraqis Than It Claimed NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - Army jailers in Iraq, acting at the Central Intelligence Agency's request, kept dozens of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and other detention facilities off official rosters to hide them from Red Cross inspectors, two senior Army generals said Thursday. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: Ghosts of our past — After you read today's New York Times' revelation that the Army, at the CIA's request, kept... Kevin Raybould: CIA Held More "Ghost" Prisoners — The CIA kept many more prisoners than previously thought without records:... Kevin Drum: Ghost detainees: Finally, the Army admitted today that they didn't hide just a few Iraqi prisoners from the Red Cross, they hid "dozens, to perhaps up to 100." |
Matthew Yglesias: It doesn't have the sort of thrilling drama as the pressing questions of typewriter history, but the news that the true... Cori Dauber: Now, compare the fact that their comments were ignored to the fact that the front page of today's Times is dominated by... |
Kerry and Clinton Have Another Long Talk By / AP — Permalink NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after Democrat John Kerry and former President Clinton had a lengthy, late-night telephone chat to discuss campaign strategy, the two were at it again on Thursday. Only this time, politics weren't involved, says a Kerry aide. | |
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David Allan Pell: John Edwards responds: "If we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands, this economy would really be cooking." Taegan Goddard: And the AP notes that Kerry and Bill Clinton had another "telephone chat to discuss campaign strategy" yesterday. |
KJL: I FEEL BILL'S PAIN — Won't John Kerry leave him alone already? |
'60 Minutes' Documents on Bush Might Be Fake By / CNSNews — Permalink (CNSNews.com) - The 32-year-old documents produced Wednesday by the CBS News program "60 Minutes," shedding a negative light on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, may have been forged using a current word processing program, according to typography experts. | |
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Patrick Belton: He, you see, was there: "So now we hear that the Bush [National Guard] documents may be forgeries. Are they? I have no idea. Fontana Labs: Who knew that typewriter history might matter politically? Of course, the point is not whether the documents are fake; it's whether there's room for confusion. C. D. Harris: It took less than a day for a bunch of bloggers to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these documents are amateurish fakes. |
Orrin Judd: '60 Minutes' Documents on Bush Might Be Fake (Robert B. Bluey, September 09, 2004, CNSNews.com) "The 32-year-old... Acidman: pitiful — This story is absolutely pathetic. I cannot imagine a reason for running with that story unless 60 Minutes WANTED to besmear George Bush. Gary Farber: IBM EXECUTIVE TYPEWRITERS. So now we hear that the Bush Jerry B. Killian documents may be forgeries. Are they? I have no idea. |
| Also: John Hawkins, Rice Grad, Joe Gandelman, Glenn Reynolds, Betsy Newmark, Virginia Postrel, Clayton Cramer, Ace, Hugh Hewitt, Roger L. Simon, Allah, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Ben Barnes' 'Daughter': My Dad Lied About Bush NewsMax.com — Permalink A woman purporting to be Amy Barnes, daughter of former Texas Lieutenant Gov. Ben Barnes, said Thursday that her father had fabricated claims that he used his influence to get President Bush into the Texas Air National Guard 36 years ago. | |
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Christopher Kanis: Now, though, a woman claiming to be Barnes' daughter Amy is saying that her dad is making the whole thing up: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. Allah: UPDATE: No one's this lucky. Bulls**t to a 99.9% degree of certainty. Greg Ransom: MORE BAD NEWS for Dan Rather and CBS News — Amy Barnes is casting doubt on her father, former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, and his National Guard charges against Pres. |
Betsy Newmark: Apparently, Ben Barnes' own daughter is now saying that he told her he was going to lie about Bush. I can't keep up with this story. KJL: CHECKING CBS'S VITAL SIGNS — Here's the Washington Post. Here's ABC. The blogosphere moved that fast. And yet more. |
G.O.P. Riled by 2 CNN Hosts By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - The Bush campaign has questioned CNN's allowing James Carville and Paul Begala to continue as commentators despite their role as informal advisers to the Kerry campaign. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, the New York Times says the Bush campaign "has questioned CNN's allowing James Carville and Paul Begala to... |
Jesse Taylor: The GOP challenge to James Carville and Paul Begala's working with the Kerry campaign is one of the most desperate "scandals" I've seen in quite some time. |
Questions Raised About Bush Guard Service By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - New documents unearthed in the midst of the presidential campaign fill in some blanks but raise other questions about the sometimes mysterious and spotty story of President Bush 's military service during Vietnam when he won a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard and avoided the war. | |
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Donald Sensing: AP News Myway: "But the authenticity of the memos was questioned Thursday by the son of the late officer who reportedly wrote them. Greg Ransom: ABC NEWS enters a new dimension in "gotcha" journalism: ".. the authenticity of the memos was questioned Thursday by the son of the late officer who reportedly wrote them. |
Ace: This: Questions Raised About Bush Guard Service By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON - New... Joe Gandelman: In any event, the campaign furor over George Bush's military history goes on, with new allegations here and here and... |
White House accuses Kerry of 'coordinating' Guard attacks By / Washington Times — Permalink The White House yesterday accused John Kerry of "coordinating" attacks on President Bush's National Guard service in response to the president's widening lead in the polls. | |
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Tim Graham: HOLLYWOOD FOR KERRY — The Washington Times reports Kerry refuses to denounce the 527 Texans for Truth and their ads attacking the president's military record. |
Betsy Newmark: Contrast the way the White House dealt with allegations against Kerry's wartime service and how the DNC and Kerry... |
Chinese currency policy targeted By / Washington Times — Permalink A coalition of organized labor and industrial groups yesterday asked the Bush administration to attack China's currency policy at the World Trade Organization. | |
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Libertarian: MAYBE this group will go around telling each country what its exchange rate should be with the dollar. |
Greg Ransom: MONETARY POLICY IN CHINA is on course to becoming a major campaign issue. |
New blow to Blair over Iraq Guardian — Permalink Tony Blair will be confronted with a fresh challenge over Iraq within the next two weeks when the long-awaited final report of the Iraq Survey Group concludes there were no weapons of mass destruction in the country at the time of the US-UK invasion. | |
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Oliver Willis: New blow to Blair over Iraq "Tony Blair will be confronted with a fresh challenge over Iraq within the next two weeks... |
Steve Soto: Bush's Iraq Survey Group Final Report: No WMDs — The Guardian reports in tomorrow's edition that the final report of... |
Washington Post-ABC News Poll: Elections 2004 WaPo — Permalink This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone September 6-8, 2004 among 1,202 randomly selected adults nationwide, including 952 self-identified registered voters. Margin of sampling error for overall results and for registered voters is plus or minus three percentage points. | |
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Captain Ed: More Disastrous Polling Results For Kerry At ABC/WaPo — ABC News and the Washington Post have released the results of... Armed Liberal: Based on today's WaPo/ABC polls (check out the trust on terrorism and certainty levels), I'm not alone. Come on, John!! Ramesh Ponnuru: NOW THAT I LOOK AT THE DETAILS — The fav/unfav numbers are from registered voters. Dick Cheney, by the way, gets 43-37, while John Edwards is 39-26. |
Ruy Teixeira: ABC News/Washington Post, polling September 6-8 among RVs, gives Bush an estimated 4 point lead. Why do I say "estimated"? James Joyner: The actual survey: Washington Post-ABC News Poll: Elections 2004 One question/result of note: "(IF NAMED CANDIDATE) Will... |
09/09/04 Poll: Marginal Convention Boost For Bush By / Fox News — Permalink NEW YORK — Thoughts of the Republican National Convention (search) appear to have faded as quickly as memories of Labor Day at the beach, as less than a week after the GOP gathering in New York City the latest FOX News/Opinion Dynamics poll shows the presidential race in a dead heat. | |
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Kevin Drum: POLL MADNESS....The latest Fox News poll puts Bush ahead of Kerry 47%-45%. The latest Washington Post poll puts Bush ahead of Kerry 52%-43%. Andrew Sullivan: FOX'S POLLING: Fox's polling has always been pretty reliable to my mind and their data showing a razor-thin lead for Bush seems more credible to me than the Washington Post poll. Steve M.: That's really surmountable. A 2-point Bush lead in the latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll? That's highly surmountable. |
Howard Kurtz: Fox has a much tighter race: "Two months before Election Day, the poll finds Bush receives the backing of 47 percent of likely voters and Kerry 45 percent. Ace: The conservatively-biased, pro-Republican FoxNews OpinionDynamics poll gives Bush a small bounce and lead, smaller than... Taegan Goddard: Update: A new Fox News poll shows Bush getting a "minimal bounce" out of the convention and is now leading Kerry 47% to 45%. |
CBS News denies Bush docs forged By / WorldNetDaily — Permalink Amid questions raised on Internet weblogs about the authenticity of National Guard documents potentially damaging to President Bush, CBS News told WorldNetDaily it stands by its claims. George W. Bush during his Texas Air National Guard service | |
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Orrin Judd: CBS News denies Bush docs forged: Experts suspect damning '70s memos created with modern word processor (Art Moore,... Ace: The media world turned upside down. CBS Denies Incompetence: But the proof's already there. The Big Trunk: UPDATE 11: CBS is sticking to its story. It's not entirely clear which story, however. |
Christopher Kanis: Well, check out this update at Powerline: "UPDATE 11: CBS is sticking to its story. It's not entirely clear which story, however. Bird Dog: CBS News is sticking to its story, but then the CBS spokeswoman, Kelli Edwards, wrote this e-mail to WorldNetDaily: ... |
Vote for Bush or Die The Nation — Permalink O n August 11, John Kerry criticized the Bush Administration for blocking a bipartisan plan to give seniors access to lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada. With almost 80 percent of Medicare recipients supporting Kerry's position, the Bush campaign was faced with the prospect of defending a politically unpopular position. | |
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The Farmer: Vote Bush or Die by Judd Legum & David Sirota, The Nation, September 27, 2004 issue. Ellen Dana Nagler: Only Al Gore, bless him, goes all out and tells it like it is, describing Cheney's statement as a "sleazy and despicable... Kos: The GOP playbook (click on image for story.) Update: Nick over at Tapped notes that the White House isn't even trying very hard in its latest lie attempts. |
Skippy: judd legum of winning argument has a great piece in the nation (co-authored with david sirota) titled "vote for bush or die." Oliver Willis: The Theme of Campaign '04 |
Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan White House — Permalink MR. McCLELLAN: Iraq — with General Abizaid and General Casey, and Ambassador Negroponte were all — via satellite. Then he had some photo opportunities with the School Principals of the Year. | |
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Natasha @PacificViews: He finds the most pointed instance, but do read the whole press gaggle, wherein sharp questions abound regarding whether... Tbogg: Reporter going smartass on Tapdancin' Scotty: Q Al Gore is saying today that Cheney's comments on the election are... Josh Marshall: In this morning's press gaggle, one of the reporters asked the following question: "This was a direct order he defied, right? |
Oliver Willis: Second of all, he's throwing out insults at Al Gore, someone Scott McClellan ain't fit to lick the boots of. Ezra Klein: That File's Getting Large — File under things that make me want to weep for our republic. I do, however, agree with Josh Marshall. Tim Dunlop: Why the hell not? UPDATE 4: The White House has now released a statement (also mentioned in comments by Peter). |
Powell Declares Genocide in Sudan in Bid to Raise Pressure By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 — Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, seeking to raise pressure on Sudan to stop the atrocities in Darfur, declared today for the first time that the killings, rapes and destruction that have forced 1.5 million people from their homes amounted to genocide and should be treated as such by the United Nations. | |
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Henry Farrell: The New York Times says that the term 'genocide' "was used by the Clinton administration to describe atrocities in Yugoslavia and Rwanda" - I don't know that this is true. Joe Gandelman: The New York Times notes a possible political dimension to the U.S. stance: "There was also a political dimension to... Jeanne D'Arc: [UPDATE: Powell also mentioned the possibility of the US paying for a larger African Union force. ] People are dying now. |
John Quiggin: Today, for the first time, Colin Powell described the campaign by the Janjaweed militia, backed by the Sudanese government, as genocide. Gary Farber: POWELL CONCLUDES IT'S GENOCIDE IN DARFUR here. [snipped quote] I dunno; what about our commitment to prevent and punish genocide? |
Daddy Darkest By / American Prospect — Permalink A little more than 20 years ago, back when I was a baby reporter for an alternative newspaper in Boston, we had an election for governor. The Democratic side was a true bloodletting, a rematch between former Governor Michael Dukakis and the incumbent, Edward King, who had pretty much Atwatered Dukakis out of the Corner Office four years earlier. | |
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Orrin Judd: IT IS THE DADDY PARTY: Daddy Darkest: George W. Bush thinks of Americans as little kids. No wonder we've grown so dysfunctional. Mathew Gross: And don't miss his pointer to this fine piece of literature, which is basically George Lakoff with more wit. |
Kevin Raybould: More on Bad Media — You know, Charles Pierce may just be the best columnist in America: [snipped quote] Which is pretty much correct. Atrios: Pierce — Stealing most of it, but go read the rest: [snipped quote] (via FA) |
Pup shoots man, saves litter mates AP — Permalink PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) — Nice shootin', Rex! A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver's trigger. Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, was charged with felony animal cruelty, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. | |
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Jesse Walker: From My Cold, Dead Paw — This is why the Second Amendment is important: so we can defend our families against violent assaults. Steve Bainbridge: The gun then discharged, the sheriff's report said. (Source) Roger L. Simon: MORE: For those who still wonder what I mean about the "New Reactionaries"... As of 9:35AM PDT, the Jakarta Bombing is... |
Joe Gandelman: Life's A Bitch — A man tried to shoot seven puppies — but got shot by one of the dogs instead. The police came and the man didn't try to flea. Oliver Willis: Pup shoots man, saves litter mates [snipped quote] CK says "I approve this message". |
Bid cited to boost Bush in Guard Boston Globe — Permalink In August 1973, President Bush's superior officer in the Texas Air National Guard wrote a memorandum complaining that the commanding general wanted him to ''sugar coat" an annual officer evaluation for First Lieutenant Bush, even though Bush had not been at... | |
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Mark Kleiman: The versions released by the White House were merely copies of those provided by CBS, though Rather reported that the White House did not dispute their authenticity. Hugh Hewitt: The Boston Globe story relies on the CBS assertion of authentication. There are thousands and thousands of "expert witnesses" out there. Charles Johnson: Here's today's Boston Globe story on President Bush's Air National Guard service, focusing on memos purportedly from the... |
James R. Rummel: So I see that CBS has some documents that make Bush look bad, Something that the Boston Globe printed on their front page. Bill @INDCJournal: In light of this information, I think that it would be highly appropriate for CBS News and the Boston Globe to attempt... The Big Trunk: The sixty-first minute — Today's big Boston Globe story on President Bush's Air National Guard service is based on... |
| Also: Howard Kurtz | |
New Questions On Bush Guard Duty CBS News — Permalink (CBS/AP) As a fighter pilot for the Texas Air National Guard, then-Lt. George W. Bush was assigned to fly F-102's out of Houston's Ellington Air Force Base. Early on, he received excellent evaluations, say reports released years ago by the White House. | |
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Deacon: Indeed, CBS News relies heavily on Robert Strong, who finds that the documents are "compatible," not necessarily with... Greg Ransom: Beldar has the lowdown on Rather's handwriting expert. Another look at Rather's expert here. The CBS News/AP story is here. Jeff Quinton: Here's more of the CBS response and blogging on it by Paul at Wizbang. Other responses M.H. King: [snipped quote] 9:00 EDT: Updates may be sporadic. |
Lambert @Corrente: It isn't possible to tell from the PDFs online what typeface is being used (look for yourself). Wretchard: Escaping the Kill Zone — Dan Rather's defense (courtesy of Glenn Reynolds) of his 60 Minutes accusations against the... The Poor Man: Elementary Logic — A lot of brainpower is currently occupied researching Vietnam-era typewriters, studying the finer... |
| Also: Roger L. Simon, Clayton Cramer, Allah, Steve @BeggingToDiffer, Jeffrey Dubner, Charles Johnson, Dale Franks, Captain Ed, Byron York, Jeff Goldstein, William J. Dyer, Jeff Jarvis, Orrin Judd, Jan Haugland, Hesiod, Gary Farber, John Hawkins, Ace, McQ, Micah Sifry, Josh Marshall, Steve M., Avedon Carol, Kos, Andrew Sullivan, Laura Rozen, Jeralyn Merritt, Kevin Drum, Atrios | |
Records Say Bush Balked at Order WaPo — Permalink President Bush failed to carry out a direct order from his superior in the Texas Air National Guard in May 1972 to undertake a medical examination that was necessary for him to remain a qualified pilot, according to documents made public yesterday. | |
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C. D. Harris: It's Not About Bush's Service Any More — Regarding those forged documents on CBS News last night, I took the liberty of... Bill @INDCJournal: After contacting several experts, a rather notable Forensic Document Examiner named Dr. Philip Bouffard took the time to... David Allan Pell: Failure to Care — There are now new reports of the President's failure to perform all of his duties in the National Guard during the Vietnam era. |
Ken Layne: See, if you didn't make much noise about the fact that Kerry actually fought in Vietnam, it was unlikely the lazy... Josh Marshall: But the records published by CBS — and summarized here in the Post — show Bush received a direct order to submit to that physical by a given date and refused or failed to do so. Avedon Carol: I recommend starting there and reading upward to the top of the page, and do check out the WashPost story - which... |
| Also: McQ, Mark Kleiman, Steve Soto, Steve Gilliard, Skippy, Lambert @Corrente, Orrin Judd, Laura Rozen, Oliver Willis | |
Texan Rues Getting Bush Into Guard CBS News — Permalink (CBS) Former Texas House Speaker and Lt. Governor Ben Barnes tells Correspondent Dan Rather that he regrets what he calls the "life or death" decision he made to help President Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard. | |
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Susanna Cornett: Denial, post-mortem and porcine accusations — CBS News is standing by their Dan. Dale Franks: Rather than cover the ground that McQ and Jon have covered, I've decided to offer some observations about the forgery allegations over the CBS Documents. Steve M.: The documents in question are dated 1972 and 1973; they're available partway down the left column at this CBS page; they're PDFs. |
Jan Haugland: CBS "60 Minutes" journalists may be dumb enough to fall for it, sure, but the people in the blogosphere sure aren't. Armed Liberal: 36 hours — Not to get all blogger triumphalist or anything, but it's amusing to note that we're talking roughly 36... Baldilocks: Lots of big bloggers are in a whirlwind about the latest GWB service document release, showcased on CBS' 60 Minutes last night. |
| Also: James R. Rummel, Tim Cavanaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Charles Johnson, Vanderleun, Michael Froomkin, Hesiod, The Big Trunk, Taegan Goddard, DeLong, Jeff Jarvis, Jeralyn Merritt, Byron L | |
A Disgraceful Campaign Speech NYT — Permalink There are some things a presidential campaign should steer clear of, through innate good taste, prudence or just a sensible fear of a voter backlash. We'd have thought that both the Kerry and Bush camps would instinctively know that it would be appalling to suggest that terrorists were rooting for one side or another in this race. | |
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Andy McCarthy: CHENEY COMMENTS — I'm late weighing in on this, but I just finally saw a tape of Vice President Cheney's remarks that... Josh Chafetz: I think his criticism of Cheney's recent comments is along the right lines — the comments weren't disgraceful, as the... Stefan Beck: PostedThe Times is so exercised about Dick Cheney's remarks yesterday that it saw fit to print not only an unsigned... |
Ellen Dana Nagler: The New York Times editorial page is outraged, but temperate in language. James Panero: This is one desperate editorial. So, someone shouldn't claim to protect America better than someone else? Dan Gillmor: Cheney's Warning — NY Times: A Disgraceful Campaign Speech. |
| Also: Vanderleun, Tom Maguire, Allah | |
Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account By / WaPo — Permalink President Bush's former sister-in-law denied yesterday that she had given author Kitty Kelley any information about allegations of past drug use by Bush. Sharon Bush is quoted in Kelley's forthcoming book about the Bush family as making one of the... | |
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Bird Dog: Oops: [snipped quote] At least we're in the 1980s now, but there's still not a real campaign issue in sight. Steve Bainbridge: Development:Sharon Bush, who is divorced from the president's brother Neil, said in a statement: "I categorically deny... KJL: SHARON SAYS NO — Sharon Bush, Neil's ex, says Kitty Kelley lies about stuff Kelley says Sharon Bush gave her about W. coke use. |
Oliver Willis: Sharon Bush claims she wasn't the source of the Bush did blow story, though a third party at Doubleday verifies it. Jeff Goldstein: Swift Boat vets 4, the unholy alliance of Kitty Kelley and Oliver Willis, 0 — Howard Kurtz, Washington Post Hesiod: Sharon Bush denies she was the source for Kitty Kelley's "Dubyah snorted coke at Camp David" nugget from her new book. |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Betsy Newmark, Steve Soto, Kos, Captain Ed, Ken Masugi | |
Kerry Returns to Form By / Slate — Permalink DES MOINES—The most interesting thing to happen with the Kerry campaign Wednesday was an exchange between Stephanie Cutter, a Kerry spokeswoman, and CNN's Candy Crowley. Disgruntled reporters gathered around Cutter after Kerry's anticipated but disappointing speech in Cincinnati that criticized President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq. | |
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Jacob Sullum: Slate's Chris Suellentrop blames the idea on Kerry's wacky wife, while The Washington Times suggests that the secretary... Jan Haugland: Kerry has not taken Clinton's advice to heart — Whoever wins the US presidential election in November, stand up... Betsy Newmark: Kery just keeps losing the writers at Slate. Here is Chris Suellentrop. [snipped quote] Read the rest. This guy is an awful campaigner. |
Tom Maguire: Chris Suellentrop found her, promoting the "Department of Wellness"!) H.D. Miller: Idiots — Apparently Teresa Heinz has been helping her husband's "disciplined campaign". [snipped quote] A Department of Wellness? Nick @BeggingToDiffer: IN THE NEWS — If you're already bored like me with today's media hatchet job on President Bush and Bill "My comments... |
| Also: PoliPundit, Stanley Kurtz, Mitch Berg, Robert Garcia Tagorda | |
Bush Gains In Post-Convention Poll CBS News — Permalink (CBS) One week after their convention, the Republican ticket of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney hold a seven-point lead over Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards among registered voters surveyed in a new CBS News poll. | |
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Joe Gandelman: More Good Polling News For George Bush — A new CBS News poll shows President George Bush ahead of John Kerry by 7... Chris Bowers: Reversing Roles from 2000 — The new CBS poll is going to come out either tonight or tomorrow, and it will not contain good news for Kerry. PoliPundit: More Bounce — CBS: Bush up by 7. Not once in the entire analysis does the story tell us what the actual horse race numbers are. |
Steve M.: A 7-point Bush lead in the latest CBS poll? That's surmountable. A 3-point Bush lead in the latest Economist/YouGov poll? Jonah Goldberg: BUSH UP 7 — In new CBS poll. Pejman Yousefzadeh: ANOTHER UPDATE: Perhaps the reason why the National Guard controversy has been revived can be found in this story: "One... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard | |
Kerry Rips Cheney Statement WaPo — Permalink Democrat John F. Kerry yesterday denounced as "outrageous and shameful" Vice President Cheney's statement that Americans risk another terrorist attack if President Bush is not reelected, as congressional Democrats assailed the credibility of a leading administration voice on national security. | |
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Ellen Dana Nagler: Democratic voices, including those of the presidential candidate, are angry but, um, judicious. David Allan Pell: The Short and Short of It — John Kerry has ripped Dick Cheney over the Veep's suggestion that a vote for the Dems would... Atrios: The Cheney gang altered their official transcript. Funny. |
Sadly @SadlyNo: The Washington Post reports: [snipped quote] So you can see the new and improved transcript on the White House web site. Nick Confessore: Here's an administration spokesman explaining to the Washington Post why they altered the verbatim transcript of Dick... Michael Totten: UPDATE: Katherine in the comments points to this this Washington Post story: [snipped quote] (Sigh.) So, okay. |
Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 - President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the National Guard came under renewed scrutiny on Wednesday as newfound documents emerged from his squadron commander's file that suggested favorable treatment. | |
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Virginia Postrel: (By way of background, here's today's NYT report on the "newfound documents.") SLZoll: But Ed is pulling another fast one, because of course, Barnes DIDN'T tell CBS that he had contact with the Bush family... Mark Kleiman: The coverage in tomorrow's papers is pretty extensive, but the Post, the NY Times, and the AP stories all have one thing... |
Jon Henke: The New York Times first story on the Texans for Truth... "Anticipating his remarks, Republicans worked to discredit Mr... Howard Kurtz: The Guard business is big news everywhere, including the New York Times: "Vietnam-era service in the National Guard... Oliver Willis: Old habits die hard. George Bush has often been labeled as the "CEO President", the label implying that he would run our government with the efficiency of a corporation. |
| Also: Josh Marshall, Andrew Sullivan, Tom Maguire, William J. Dyer | |