Dan Rather: "My Story Was True"

[mikeysnot]

63. Rove, .... Read Fortunate Son

He purposely gave all the incriminating evidence of * to Hatfield so that they can attack the messenger and discredit the message.

The boat scene was straight out of The Godfather.

Hatfield had a criminal past. When the first publisher had gone to press, the family put pressure on the publisher stating that "the author has an axe to grind and is of dubious character"

They got cold feet and pulled the book and destroyed all copies.

Soft Skull press went to publish and NO mainstream paper would review or publish or acknowledge the book existed.

They then cut off all access to employment and credit and Hatfield committed suicide.

They made harassing calls to anyone associated with the author.

Sound familiar.

The book actually presents Bush in a positive light. But then again I read it in 2002.