Dwight Stewart wrote:

"-=jd=-" wrote:

Convincing anyone is none of my concern,
but I do reserve the right to wonder aloud
how a reasonable and prudent person
would ignore the mounting list of indicators
pointing to obvious forgeries. (snip)

Then I trust you won't mind if I reserve the right to wonder aloud why you
are so determined to establish, and publically declare, these documents to
be forgeries.


Possibly because they are fake?

Would you like voters to rely on forged documents when deciding who to vote for?

I think the fact someone apparently faked them is more significant than what they say.

The allegations about GWB are old - people have had close to 4 years to evaluate how he performs as President. You may or may not like what he's done, but it has more to do with how he will perform if he is re elected than what he may or may not have
done over 30 years ago.

Likewise, Sen. Kerry's performance in the Senate is a better indicator of what kind of leader he would be as President than what he did over 30 years ago. Unfortunately, Sen. Kerry keeps bringing up Vietnam.

anip


But you keep right on "keeping the faith"
with Rather and Co. and seeing only
what you want to see, if you so choose.

It's not a matter of keeping faith with anyone. I have no loyality to
either Dan Rather or CBS. Instead, as I said before, I base my views on what
I see and a little common sense.


But if what you're seeing is not real, can you make the best decision?

(snip) two of the "experts" CBS used said
they advised the executives at CBS to *NOT*
place any reliance on the documents (snip)

Once CBS had those documents, with every reason to believe the documents
were accurate, they had an obligation to release the information to the
public. What else did you expect them to do? Forgetting your obvious bias
here, what would you have done?


They didn't have every reason to believe they were real. Experts they checked with warned them they looked like obvious forgeries.

They also had the option of using the documents but mentioning they couldn't get experts to agree on if they were real or forged.

(snip) Like I've said before, the experts will
need access to the originals to make a final
declaration. I'm betting CBS will *somehow*
be unable to provide the originals. (snip)

Of course, when saying that, you and I both know the originals are long
gone and will likely never be available. These are distant copies of those
originals (copies of copies), stored in a military archive somewhere. CBS
itself probably doesn't even know where those copies are stored. And the
source isn't likely going to talk because he/she very likely violated the
law by giving those internal military documents to the press. CBS is
probably trying to find where the copies came from, but a search like that
could take a very long time.


Apparently the copies have been traced to a Kinkos that's about 21 miles from where Bill Burkett lives.

CBS is protecting their source, so we can't be sure it's Bill Burkett. Hopefully this will change when the documents are confirmed to be fake.

The only reason for CBS to protect a source of forged documents would seem to be to ensure the next person who has forged documents won't be afraid to turn them over.

Stewart