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Rather was right, Lieberman is (still) wrong, and when will Clinton's rivals go after her?
Joan Walsh [2007-09-26]

  • To all you conspiracy theorists:

    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.

    -- virtue001
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    Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:29 PM
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