Did the DNC have the dubious CBS documents before CBS? Allah takes a fresh look at the Rathergate timeline based on a careful examination of the LA Times story I linked to this morning. And here’s a taste of what he found:
[…] If the LA Times is right, then Kerry’s campaign had Burkett’s information before CBS got the memos from its mystery source, a possibility that until now had seemed unlikely given the six-week timeline mentioned in the Post on September 10th. Not only that, but the story seems to have attracted Mary Mapes’s renewed attention right around the same time that Kerry’s people were getting stuff from Burkett. An interesting coincidence, no?
Indeed. And as a bonus, the purported date on the Abilene fax—September 2 [can anyone confirm?*]—would fit this new timeline perfectly.
Nipples. Hard. Now.
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see also: Wizbang
*The LA Times story dates the fax via document examiner Emily Will, who “said her copies showed a fax footer with a time stamp that read 6:41 p.m. Sept. 2”—the day before story producer Mary Mapes called executive producer Josh Howard to tell him “”I’ve got [the documents].”
I have yet to see this date elsewhere, so I’ll keep my eyes open for some sort of verification.
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update: Oh. And as a reminder—or in case Kos happens by here wearing his forensic typography expert hat (which, I’m told, he fashioned for himself out of Jiffy Pop tinfoil stuck through with a plastic propeller)—here.
Bless Kos’s heart. He spent HOURS and HOURS studying types of typewriters and fonts and such.
Oh well, kept him off the ‘proof Bush is actually Satan’ theme for a while anyway.
A little respect – that’s Wing Commander Kos, 1st Donk Moonbat Squadron.
Oh, sure. Make with the innuendoes about a lousy little memo mix-up that any fool can see is easily explained by the simple device of travelling through time using (for example) that Acme Chronocopter advertised on ABC News last week.
Meanwhile, you’re completely missing the big story, the real scandal of this campaign – George W. Bush (family man! Ha!) and the lingerie fetish video. Explain that with Times Roman and stuporscripts!!
“Nipples. Hard. Now.”
Jeff, your the only one I know of besides maybe Shepard Smith, who gets turned on by a news story.
Not that thats a bad thing….
MaDr…
Jeff,
Try some Bag Balm on those things. This could lead to chafing!
Jeff isn’t the only one getting turned on by this. I’m starting to get a pup tent over here….
MaDr’s comment is obviously forged. Kos’s rank would’ve been abbreviated (but without periods!)
Fools – you missed the biggest clue that it was a fraud. Everyone knows that rather than “Moonbat Squadron” its “Wing-Nut Squadron”!
Back to school.
This story is getting so sexy, my Net Nanny is starting to look at me funny.