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Bush Camp Creates Fake Documents As Dirty Trick
MSNBC revealed tonight that the memos purporting to be written by George Bush's commanding officer regarding Bush poor performance 30 years ago are indeed fake. What was unexpected was that these documents were actually produced by members of the Bush reelection campaign for an intended "sting" operation against Kerry's reelection camp. They had expected that Kerry would latch onto these as a means to attack Bush only to have the rug pulled out from under him after going out on a limb. This failed when CBS' Dan Rather seized onto them and they became front page news from which the Kerry camp distanced itself.
MSNBC was curious about how the documents had been so easily debunked by an unknown person on a web page using a pseudonym.
Certain "errors" had been included in the documents that could later be used to debunk them and to show that they were not written on a typewriter in 1972, but actually produced on a computer.
MSNBC assigned investigative reporters to track down the identity of the debunker and they found that the unknown person was actually an attorney working for the Bush reelection campaign.
The news organization attempted to interview the attorney, but he refused them access. The original documents has been mailed out anonymously to multiple news organizations and a copy eventually ended up in Dan Rather's hands. Rather's "source" was duped just as Rather was.
This is not the first election where dirty tricks have been used to try to damage an opponent, but it is reported to be the first to be done this close to election day, and indicates a sense of desperation in the Bush camp.
MSNBC revealed tonight that the memos purporting to be written by George Bush's commanding officer regarding Bush poor performance 30 years ago are indeed fake. What was unexpected was that these documents were actually produced by members of the Bush reelection campaign for an intended "sting" operation against Kerry's reelection camp. They had expected that Kerry would latch onto these as a means to attack Bush only to have the rug pulled out from under him after going out on a limb. This failed when CBS' Dan Rather seized onto them and they became front page news from which the Kerry camp distanced itself.
MSNBC was curious about how the documents had been so easily debunked by an unknown person on a web page using a pseudonym.
Certain "errors" had been included in the documents that could later be used to debunk them and to show that they were not written on a typewriter in 1972, but actually produced on a computer.
MSNBC assigned investigative reporters to track down the identity of the debunker and they found that the unknown person was actually an attorney working for the Bush reelection campaign.
The news organization attempted to interview the attorney, but he refused them access. The original documents has been mailed out anonymously to multiple news organizations and a copy eventually ended up in Dan Rather's hands. Rather's "source" was duped just as Rather was.
This is not the first election where dirty tricks have been used to try to damage an opponent, but it is reported to be the first to be done this close to election day, and indicates a sense of desperation in the Bush camp.
*TINFOIL HAT ALERT*
), are a pathetic joke. 
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