Sep. 12th, 2004

jackola: (Bush - Michael Moore)
The documents recently obtained by CBS News have been under heavy fire by Conservative Bloggers and douche bags like Rush Limbaugh, who is known for evading facts that don't fit his political goals. They claim that they were faked, and someone even left an anonymous comment on my blog stating:
The White House passed on copies of the memos to the media it had received from CBS, without comment. The source for the memos was the DNC. Where the DNC got them is anybody's guess, although since some of Clinton's operatives are involved in the Kerry campaign, one might hazard a guess.

After looking at all of the "proof" that the document is fake, and watching 60 Minutes' Dan Rather defend the documents (requires REAL or WMP), I have decided the following:
  • FReepers say that the font in the documents are the same as Times New Roman in MS Office 2004. They claim that they must be fake, because the font didn't exist back then. However, this is simply not true, as Times New Roman was first used in 1932 in The Times of London newspaper and was available on several type writers.
  • The other most used argument by the FReepers is that the character th didn't exist on type-writers back then. However, this is also a load of crap, as several of the other official documents in Bush's record use that character, as well as many other documents in existence from that time.
  • These documents were released by the Pentagon. According to sources, they were brought to their attention by the Democratic National Committee. This has, of course, been mentioned in most sources that say the documents are fake, because it does look pretty bad that they were the first to drop notice of them. However, it is also said that they could have been brought to the public's attention through the media as being from the DNC because it makes democrats look bad if they were in fact false documents.
  • What the documents say are not the only evidence. Many people were interviewed and all of what they said fit together to spell out exactly what the documents say. Read here for more info (plus downloadable copies of the memos in question).
  • LET ME SPELL THIS OUT: After CBS ran the story, the White House released the same memos to the rest of the media. If they were fake, the White House would not have done so! These ARE real documents. They're just saying what we already knew.


When you're done with that, be sure to watch Dan Rather's response to the claims that the documents are fake.

It's obvious that such a scandal story only exists because this is quite a story and really spells out that Bush is a liar. Of COURSE they would say the documents are fake... they've already brainwashed all these people into thinking Bush is a great man and they can't give them a chance to question that. That would be unpatriotic.

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