**protein wisdom EXCLUSIVE. MUST CREDIT protein wisdom** protein wisdom: “To jump right in: this forged document story has really taken on a life of its own. Question: will all this negative press damage the credibility of CBS News, and do you fear some in the public will come to believe CBS essentially manufactured an anti-Bush story?” Rather’s ego: “I don’t believe either of those things for a second, no. I
September 10, 2004
Friday life lesson
When you have nothing left to add to the debate, walk away. **** The ‘Shannon Elizabeth comments on the CBS documents story’ Friday life lesson update: “Oh, those memos are so totally fake! Unlike my breasts. Which, have I ever shown you my breasts? Nipples like graham cracker pie crusts. Honest.”
September 10, 2004
Likely NOT responsible for creating and releasing the potentially-forged CBS documents
Actor Ron Silver Taco Bell’s Santa Fe Chalupa w/ sour cream Styx’s The Grand Illusion (LP only) Former Mets and Athletics pitcher Ron Darling Caribbean jerk chicken Heather Nauert / cream-chipped beef Keith, the dumb guy who cuts my lawn Bobby Fischer’s “trouser rook” Tampa, FL / cork
September 10, 2004
CBS to CBS: “We question the timing of our own gross incompetence”
CBS/AP: Questions are being raised about the authenticity of newly unearthed memos that say President Bush’s National Guard commander believed Mr. Bush was shirking his duties. The memos, which were obtained by CBS News’ 60 Minutes, say Mr. Bush ignored a direct order from a superior officer and lost his status as a Guard pilot because he failed to meet military performance standards and undergo a required physical exam. The
September 10, 2004
Will the monkey regale us with tales of love and loss?
“When the monkey emotes, he likes his words to look their very best. That’s why he chooses the new Selectric Composer, only from IBM.” **update** “Now available in lightweight lefty!”
September 10, 2004
Aaron Hawkins (Uppity-Negro.com), RIP
Aaron and I almost never saw eye to eye on politics, but his was a powerful voice, and as a writer, his talent was always on evidence. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family.
September 10, 2004
Document Authentication Experts 1, the unholy alliance of Oliver Willis and creme-filled sponge cakes, puffy.
Washington Post, Page 1: 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. Experts consulted by a range of news organizations pointed out typographical and formatting questions about four documents as they considered the possibility
September 10, 2004
Like a dog returning to its own vomit…
Democratic strategist MaryAnn Marsh—making a return appearance on “Hannity & Colmes” this evening—was given yet another opportunity to correct her earlier statement that President Bush betrayed his country by not fighting in Vietnam. But Marsh, in what has become standard operating procedure for blinkered Donk flacks, declined, insisting that she stands by that statement—then she tried once again to make the case that Bush betrayed his country by not fighting
September 9, 2004
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! Isn’t that a land shark?”—then turned and ran from the podium like a Girl Scout frightened by her first period.
September 9, 2004
Another moment of unabashed pragmatism
Sure, run with it. We can always retract it later.*