MSNBC says Rather.....

[PearliePoo2]

Has come up with new info on the TANG * story that he feels (Rather) will vindicate him
I Knew it! whoo hoo

[AtomicKitten]

1. Rather says the follow-up mea culpa story was BS and biased.

This could become vewy, vewy intewesting.

[PearliePoo2]

20. oh yes indeed

The reporter just now said again that Dan has his pride and has always believed in his story and its' TRUTH.
Reporter said 4 other people were fired at the time but so far none of them have said anything about Rather's suit. (yet?)
MSNBC keeps repeating the story as they do most of their stuff, kind of a loop.
HOWEVER.....every time so far, the reporter offers a few more tidbits.
I didn't catch the reporter's name but he said he used to work with Dan and knows of his integrity and pride.

[reality based]

2. What? Did Bush betray us?

(Rhetorical question)

[acmavm]

8. Oh crap. Now see what you've done! The putz's in Washington

will have to hold another vote and condemn your post. You said betray us. Shame shame shame on you.

[reality based]

13. Bring it on

[budibudinski]

12. lol cross out the word General & replace it with 'President"..

Move on's next ad..haaaa

Wish they'd do it. C'mon Moveon..I dare you..double dog dare even!!!

I want to watch the frenzy of exploding pukes' heads.

[Jensen]

3. K&R

I hope this is true!:bounce:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. IMHO this has been The Best news in a while! If Rather has info to prove

that Shrub was AWOL, WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!!!

[TexasProgresive]

19. In my mind he ain't "was" AWOL but is AWOL and

an unindicted and untried deserter. He should be in a cell in Levenworth and not the Oval Office.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. Sounds good to me! eom

[ClayZ]

34. I hope he does it bigtime! K and R

[Flying Dream Blues]

5. Well, the truth of the story has never been in doubt. In typical

Rovian fashion, the hero is the villian and the complete worthless zero, * is free to be spouting off lies about how Dems hate children since they want to add funding to the SCHIPS program.

[helderheid]

6. REC 3!

[Catherine Vincent]

7. Has Rather been working on that story since he left?

Hot damn!

[acmavm]

14. If I was Dan Rather this is ALL I would have done since I suddenly

had all that free time on my hands.

I hope that he finally puts this issue to rest. We all know the truth. Hell, most of the world knows the truth. But proof is what we need. Hardcore, unequivocable, unimpeachable truth.

[glitch]

33. If I was Dan Rather I would be going after all the Bush corruption stories.

I love that he's going after election fraud too.

He'll have to live forever to cover them all though.

[AlCzervik]

9. yay, a good news story!

please be true, please be true, please be true.

[Donnachaidh]

10. no shit? woo hoo!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :party: :woohoo: :woohoo: get me Dan!

[blm]

11. This is what I expected and hoped for, no matter how long it took to get the evidence.

And I notice he did it very quietly.

Now, if only a Diebold and ESS whistleblower would step forward with evidence we could do the same about the election.

[Gregorian]

15. This was in the back of my mind. Yeah!

Because Rather is the sophisticated man that he is, I just knew this wasn't frivolous.

Yabba dabba doo. Please let this lead to impeachment. The motherfucker was AWOL!!!!!!!

[AllyCat]

39. Impeachment? With this Congress? Never.

But maybe more people would start to notice and through these Repukes and DLC loonies out so we can get a people's government started again.

[PearliePoo2]

16. The anchor asked the reporter

"Why did Dan wait this long"?
The reporter said because he now has NEW info on the story that he (Dan) feels will vindicate him.
so...it will all come out (hopefully)
Damn, I followed this day and night when it was happening and felt literally sick when they screwed Dan over.
I have been waiting a long long time for this payback.
I also think Dan asked for this amount of cash because it would do exactly this...get the MSM attention right now!
And it has! :bounce:

[democrank]

17. Good news.

Rather has fewer chains restricting him now. That might spell trouble for Junior. Let`s hope.

http://www.awolbush.com/

[PearliePoo2]

18. Yeah but I just had a scary thought.......

Dan watch your mail...I'm serious

[Auntie Bush]

38. And don't fly small planes need not be said. But knowing the bush administration

he shouldn't even dare fly big planes. That wouldn't bother them if it guaranteed they got their man. Think LIHOP!

[Missy M]

21. I love it....

I was sure Dan Rather would do this someday and I am thrilled. I always believed in him and the Tang story as reported by Dan.

[Liberal In Texas]

22. It's been a pretty mixed day hasn't it?

They were only able to muddle the truth of Little Boots service because of the provenance of a letter which was blown way out of proportion.

Good for a Kick and a Rec.

[PearliePoo2]

23. yeah, mixed day but.......

this one could be HUGH!
All that file scrubbing by Rove and the Thugs to clean up little Bootsie's files and now it's baaaack.
Maybe Shrub will ask Vitter if he has any extras left in the Pampers Pak?
Does anyone remember when the typist secretary said she recalled the CONTENT of the memo being accurate?
That important little fact was overlooked since everyone was so fixated on the fucking FONT.
Leavenworth baby!

[Liberal In Texas]

40. Yep, I remember.

My RW "friends" shoved that font thing in front of me. That's all they could focus on, the font! Not the truth of the story, not that the secretary affirmed that it was true.

Just that the font couldn't have been done in the '70s. I worked with those bloody IBM typewriters back then and I knew that the font was possible. It would take another ball or something, but it could be done.

But that is what they do. It's misdirection. And they're good at it.

[kath]

50. Not only are they good at it, they're absolute fuckin' MASTERS at it.

Witness the MoveOn.org kerfluffle, only the most recent example of DOZENS of times that they control the language and the spin and win, dammit.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

24. Oh! I can not wait to hear/see this new info/evidence!!!!

Hope Mr. Rather takes this thing all the way so the rest of us get the info!

Go get 'em! :applause:

[Hepburn]

25. What I have never understood is....

...everyone knows * was AWOL. Why try to hide it?

[PearliePoo2]

27. Most of US know it........

but I can tell you that there are freeps I work with who are still in line with the Roveian spin. One guy even told me just yesterday that Clinton was a silverware thief. Really!
I printed out an article to show him that was de-bunked and I think he finally believed me.
On the run-up to the election if the mass population knew and saw real evidence (on the evening news) that Chimp really was AWOL, it would have swayed some serious votes.
Same thing with scrubbing his DUI. They couldn't take any chances with either of those hot issues with the sheeple "base".

[Kingofalldems]

28. I read this morning he's on Larry King tonight

I certainly will tune in.

[PearliePoo2]

29. oh crap

I work tonight until 9 pm PDT.
Do you know what time Larry King's show airs?

[Kingofalldems]

31. 9 Eastern

[Cha]

30. I hope so! The truth's out there and

leave it to a stellar investigative reporter like Rather to do the story of his LIFE!

[Senator]

32. Sounds good

I would caution folks though, that what we consider "new" is quite different than what it means to the Euphemedia. And that's just fine.

Anything publicly discussed on AWOL is a body blow to this teetering regime.

---

[provis99]

35. technically, Bush was a deserter, not just AWOL

Once you're AWOL beyond 30 days, this switches you to the category of military deserter. If Ford hadn't pardoned all Vietnam-era deserters, Bush would still be liable for charges.

[Senator]

44. Gosh, I hope we don't have to shoot him.

That could be kind of depressing.

"Do you ...ah... have any last words ...uh... Mr. President?" (Al Franken)

Still, think of the TV ratings!

And BTW, it doesn't look like the Coward in Chief is as off the hook as it might seem:

In 1974, President Ford offered clemency to Vietnam draft resisters and deserters. Only 27,000 of 350,000 eligible applied. The offer expired on April 1, 1975. In 1977, President Carter pardoned those who dodged the war by not registering or fleeing the country.

It's possible that his application and grant of clemency has been "disappeared" from his record, like the records of whatever other havoc he wrought as a plastered pilot, but I don't think knocking up senoritas down in Reynosa qualifies as "fleeing."

--

[datadiva]

48. Maybe thats why he pardoned them in the first place

Maybe he knew about this then and was doing it as a favor to poppy. You never know.

[eridani]

36. Oh, so that''s what it is.

For a moment there I thought that Dan was timing the lawsuit for maximum effect on the 2008 elections. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :) :evilgrin:

[lligrd]

37. Yes! God, I Hope This Is True

We all knew the story was true whether that particular piece of evidence was or not. The reason the story was so believable to begin with was because it is true.

[Garbo 2004]

41. Boston Globe ran articles on Bush's NG svs & concluded he did not fulfill his obligations.

"The reexamination of Bush's records by the Globe, along with interviews with military specialists who have reviewed regulations from that era, show that Bush's attendance at required training drills was so irregular that his superiors could have disciplined him or ordered him to active duty in 1972, 1973, or 1974. But they did neither. In fact, Bush's unit certified in late 1973 that his service had been ''satisfactory" -- just four months after Bush's commanding officer wrote that Bush had not been seen at his unit for the previous 12 months." http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/09/08/bush_fell_short_on_duty_at_guard/

[BlooInBloo]

42. Nice to see DUers changing with the wind, and supporting him...

... whereas back when the shit was happening, they happily jumped all over him when the republicans snapped their fingers.

[Shipwack]

43. Don't remember that -at all-... do you have any links saved? nt

[givemebackmycountry]

45. Here is a question that no one has raised -

Rather works for HDNET.
HDNET is owned by Mark Cuban who owns the Dallas Mavericks and Cuban is VERY rich.
So rich in fact that he wants to buy the Chicago Cubs.

Rather says that he and Cuban get along very well, and I have heard Cuban say that he thinks Dan is a man of great integrity.

I wonder if Cubans stable of lawyers have helped Rather, and I also wonder if Cuban has Rather's back and is greasing the rails for this to happen.

I may do some research when I get home tonight.
I would like to know how much of a role (if any) Cuban is playing in this.

Mark Cuban has a TON of money.

[MessiahRp]

46. I hope he is...

It's far beyond time someone in Corporate America grew a conscience and fought back to end this propaganda right wing media corruption we're enduring. The current media climate is dangerous to the future of our Democracy and needs to be countered at the very least.

Rp

[Horse with no Name]

49. What adds another layer to the story

is that I read a piece awhile back that said Cuban was a Republican.

[Aviation Pro]

47. Like maybe young dauphin Lt. Bush....

...WAS NEVER A FUCKING PILOT, MUCH LESS AN AVIATOR OF AN F-100 AIRCRAFT!