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09/17/2004: "Surreal Week"

MoveOn.org has a new ad depicting a defeated American Soldier. The only way that ad would be acceptable to most people who love this country and have an earnest appreciation for our military and the sacrifices they make, would be if the soldier in the ad is John Kerry, the quicksand represents his bid for presidency, and the arms up over his head represent his concession speech on November 2nd. Other than that scenario, the ad is despicable.

I thought we had already seen the epitome of hypocrisy out of John Kerry but he apparently was saving it for his address to the National Guard this week. Having recently discovered that people who served in the National Guard are allowed to vote, he pandered to this crowd with a large serving of praise and concern for their service. I wonder how many of them found the speech a little disingenuous from the man who equated the Guard with draft-dodgers and criminals when Kerry said “I've never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to jail, being a conscientious objector, going into the National Guard." How does this guy look himself in the mirror each morning?

Rathergate continues with Dan blathering on that while the memos may have been forgeries, no one has disputed the substance of the story. You’re kidding aren’t you Dan? Either that or the fog of dementia has blinded you. Fortunately, the former viewers of CBS can see clearly and have shown it with their remotes by switching to a competitor, which has tanked CBS’ ratings.

While many in the media are suggesting that CBS was duped, I don’t believe they were duped at all. I believe they blatantly tried to manipulate presidential politics and lost because in their egocentric world they failed to realize that their monopoly on informational gate keeping and shaping of public opinion was over. Why do I believe this over their being duped? Strike One, a documentary about deranged Vietnam Vets who weren't. Strike Two, a democratic fund raiser at which Mr. Rather was the speaker that sent shockwaves through the journalistic community. Strike Three -Fraudulent memos. You're Out of my giving benefit of the doubt category.

Now reveal your sources. You have no obligation of confidentiality to someone who commits forgery and fraud.

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Kudos to that. Three strikes, you're out.

Garrett O'Hara said @ 09/17/2004 04:40 PM MST