Yeah, Carl Rove did it. Right. And black helicopters are everywhere.

According to the Washington Post, not exactly a bastion of conservative philosophy, the memos were sent to Rather by a man named Bill Burkett.

Quoting the Post:

“The man CBS News touted as the ‘unimpeachable source" of explosive documents about President Bush's National Guard service turns out to be a former Guard officer with a history of self-described mental problems who has denounced Bush as a liar with "demonic personality shortcomings."

And this:

“For 10 days, CBS declined to name Burkett as the person who provided the disputed Guard documents, saying only that they came from an "unimpeachable source."

Finally, CBS realized that their "unimpeachable source" was a complete whackadoo. So they gave Burkett up and went running for the hills.

So tell me, conspiracy fans, how in the world did Carl Rove manage to get those false documents into Burkett’s hands?

Oh, I forgot – Rove evil. Can do anything. Black helicpters everywhere.

"In his effort to demonstrate his mistreatment, Rather will detail how network executives curried favor with the administration, offering him up as a human sacrifice."

Oh, pah-leeze, Sidney. Are you (and Dan Rather) actually trying to make the case that a major MSM channel like CBS was trying to get in bed with the Bush Administration? CBS? Are you saying the same MSM outlet that never missed an opportunity to blame George Bush suddenly grew fond of him a month before the election?

Wake up and smell the Starbucks.

The "Editor's Choice" on the many, many responses to this article includes just five "worthy" letters. Remarkably, all of them support Blumenthal's point of view. This, despite so many, many opposing points of view. And they say there's no media bias.

(You can select "Only Editor's Choices" at the top of the page that begins "Letters to the Editor. That is, of course, if you only want one point of view).

For anyone actually interested in the truth about all this, rather than simply relying on Joan's axe-grinding bias and hackneyed half truths, you can get an intelligent, detailed and comprehensive account of the story by going to realclearpolitics.com/ and reading "Rush Limbaugh Makes His Case" by Byron York.

Trust me, it's worth it -- not just to discover how ugly and irresponsible Joan's bias really is, but to discover how refreshing fact-based, forthright reporting can be.

Gee, Joan, maybe you should try listening to Korn sing "Lies" while you read Hillary's "Living History." It might help you rethink the day this country really hit bottom. Especially the part where she refers to the Monica Lewinsky affair as "the most devastating, shocking and hurtful experience of my life." Boy, for her, THAT was quite a whopper. But for me, it rang true. Because I'll always remember the day this country hit bottom as the day my four-year old daughter asked me what oral sex was, after watching the evening news report on Willie's sexcapades.

DurianJoe:

Obviously, you did not read York's article. If you had, you'd be able to back up your claim that he distorted the facts (as Joan did) by taking the time to cite an example rather than simply drinking the Kool Aid.

As for Media Matter's "documenting" anything -- please wake up and smell the Starbucks. Media Matters is NOT, as the MSM likes to call it -- a "watchdog group." As York points out:

"In addition to its ties to major Democratic donors and to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Media Matters is a deeply politicized organization down to its lowest levels. In the past few days, it has posted eleven stories on the Limbaugh matter. Those postings were written by, among others, Julie Millican, a veteran of the Kerry campaign, MoveOn.org, and the Democratic turnout organization America Coming Together; Sarah Pavlus, formerly of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Andrew Ironside, who worked for the Howard Dean campaign; Adam Shah, a lawyer who worked for the Alliance for Justice, the organization best known for opposing President Bush’s judicial nominees; Jeremy Schulman, a former spokesman for Colorado Democratic congressional candidate Dave Thomas; and Matthew Gertz, former deputy campaign manager for Connecticut Democratic congressional candidate Diane Farrell, as well as intern for New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer."

Durian Joe,

If you can actually read Byron York's article and still defend the point of view of Joan Walsh and Media Matters, then you've drunk quite a tall glass of Kool Aid indeed, my friend. And you're right, I assumed way too much about you. I should have known by your brilliantly satirical mispelling/abbreviation of Repugs. Or the injection of the phrase "fat ass" in reference to Limbaugh. You see, I neglected to see these as clues that I've been trying to reach someone who still lives in their mother's basement. But fear not, Jo-Jo, you'll be writing columns with all the sophistication of Joan Walsh herself in no time at all.

For anyone actually interested in the truth about all this, rather than simply relying on Salon's axe-grinding bias and hackneyed half truths, you can get an intelligent, detailed and comprehensive account of the story by going to realclearpolitics.com/ and reading "Rush Limbaugh Makes His Case" by Byron York.

Trust me, it's worth it -- not just to discover how ugly and irresponsible Salon's bias really is, but to discover how refreshing fact-based, forthright reporting can be.

I'm not a Limbaugh fan, Durian Joe. I'm a fan of the truth.