Ha Ha CBS Evening News repeating the five questions (on now)

[troublemaker]

Repated the five questions then mentioned the Boston Globe story on Bouffard's new comments.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/09/11/authenticity_backed_on_bush_documents/

Then they reported Hodges newfound doubts. CBS (with appropriate snark) said they believe Hodges' first story, and continue to stand by the docs.

[Guaranteed]

1. Dammit, missed it. nt

[seabeyond]

9. me too

i have missed everyone of his shows, lol

maybe you all talked about it below

[complain jane]

2. I love the fact that

they practically disregarded the forgery debacle and instead kept the focus where it belongs, on the questions about Bush's actions.

[dennis4868]

20. They did not disregard....

the forgery issues last night...they addressed it last night!

[Cush]

3. Kudos to CBS for not backing down

[DrBlix]

11. Thank Dan Rather and CBS

We owe a gratitude to CBS and Dan Rather for this. Show your appreciation by telling them so.
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[mahina]

27. done, thank you

for the link!

[Jane Austin]

33. Done, and thanks for the nudge and link.

n/t

[Nite Owl]

4. Looks like CBS is standing

firm on the validity of the documents. If they were just going to cave into the pressure from the WH I think they would have by now or just dropped the story.

[BlueNomad]

6. yes but the best part was this...

"CBS is standing by it's story and will continue to report on it"

haahhah wonder if there is more to come.....

[krkaufman]

31. They must. CBS' credibility is on-the-line. n/t

[MuseRider]

5. I had to laugh

when he said the they would continue to investigate and report on this story. It almost, but not quite, sounded like a Nyah Nyah.

[Catfight]

18. What a cool picture with the rainbow! I keep humming thr Rod Stewart

version of, "People get Ready, there's a train a coming, don't need no ticket, just get on board!" I'd love to nominate this song as the DNC song for the Dream Team of Hope.

[wildflower]

25. I think this calls for...

"Peace Train"!

"Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun

Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again

Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun

Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train

Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you

Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true

Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again"

--Cat Stevens


-wildflower

[spooky3]

37. yes, I love it too--written by Curtis Mayfield--lyrics linked inside

http://www.melodymakers.com/music/songs/songs.cgi?peoplegetready

People get ready
There's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage you just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesel comin'
Don't need no ticket you just thank the Lord

...

[Catfight]

39. This part reminds me of Bush's followers:

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own soul
Have pity on those whose choices grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's throne.


I just wish they could see that Bush's crusade of the sword will not promote peace through war. It is back wards thinking. If the faithful would take off their blinders, they would see that this man called George Bush is heartless, a truly heartful person would be at every funeral he could be at crying along with the broken hearts. He wouldn't be at every fund raiser promoting fear.

I think this song would really make a powerful statement at one of Kerry/Edwards rallies on the train! I wonder if we could get a choir to sing for them?

[SidDithers]

44. Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions....

the original was written after the Martin Luther King march on Washington.

Sid

[TrueAmerican]

7. I just set my Tivo up for a daily recording of CBS news

LOL

[fearnobush]

8. Drum roll please......Texans for Truth

<http://www.texansfortruth.com/>

[Nana]

23. Thank you

For the link...Love it!

[henslee]

10. CBS should air Faherenheit 9-11. What about it Mr. Moore?

[Skip Intro]

17. Talk about ratings

assuming the afilliates would air it

[dennis4868]

22. Wasn't it CBS.....

that would not play the moveon.org ad during the super bowl? seems so long ago.....

[Rose Siding]

26. They also caved to pressure and canned Broslin's Reagan portrayal.

Wasn't that CBS?

[dennis4868]

28. yep.....

so CBS is not so innocent but CBS News has done no wrongs from my point of view the past 4 years....

[pacalo]

35. That was Les Moonves' department; no affiliation to CBS News.

[henslee]

29. yup but politics makes strange bedfellows, even though the affair might

be short lived.

[pacalo]

34. That decision wasn't made by CBS *news* -- different department.

[dennis4868]

36. yep.....

i alluded to that in my posts....

[pacalo]

42. My bad -- I see now that you did. :)

[Toots]

45. Isn't CBS owned by Disney?...Nevermind just found out it's ABC

Or is that one of the other networks? I thought CBS was owned by Disney and GE but could be mistaken. Remember Disney refused to Distribute the movie in the first place.:shrug:

[Proud2BAmurkin]

12. BWAAAAAAAA

.

[My Pet Goat]

13. Anyone catch that undecided now voting for * ?

She seemed scared. Just been to Russia to adopt a child during the terrorist attacks. Now supports Bush.

This supports my view that Kerry needs to argue that Bush does NOT know how to "fight them over there." Ask the public, do you feel confident that we on course to victory in Iraq? If not, do you think losing another war will help in the war on terror? What happened to the search for OBL? Why did they pull back in Afghanistan? Why is * friends with Saudi Arabia, where most of the hi-jackers came from?

[2Design]

38. I did catch this and don't understand how any 'thinking' person

can think Bush makes us safer.

1. ignored memo on bin lade
2. went to classroom to sit for over 20 minutes after hearing we were under attack
3. never went to his guard duty
4. opted out of guard and vietnam
5. Never got bin laden
6. Bomb afgan when the terrorist were from Saudi Arabia
7. Let all of bin laden relatives go but tortures all the relatives of Iraqis
8. Bomb iraq who had NOTHING to do with 911

9. Stiring up a hornet nest all over the middle east and creating more terrorists

10. Can talk without notes written by others

[DemFromMem]

14. What's up CBS' sleeve

I've been trying to figure out why the White House is still not piling on claiming the memo is fake. My hunch is that CBS may know how to get their hands on the original document, the White House suspects this and if they directly went after CBS on the fraud issue, CBS could make them look really bad by trotting out the original. It's a chance the White House is not willing to take.

I also think that CBS is holding to the story because it is the first part of a bigger story they're working on - namely, what Bush was doing during the missing time. They hinted at that in the 60 Minutes piece and Josh Marshall has indicated that at least two news organizations are working on stories along these lines (aside from what Kitty Kelley is going to say in her book). If CBS is not firm in defending its credibility now, they're going to be in a bind when they're ready to drop the next shoe.

[roseBudd]

15. I think the source is a mistress of killians's

I bet it was his secretary

[hlthe2b]

19. Now that's an interesting theory....

Would certainly explain the family's defensiveness as well...

[crickets]

21. Ding!

I think we may have a winner.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

41. and the effort to discredit the memo will make it all that much more......

EXPLOSIVE!!!!!!!!!!

[newyawker99]

43. Hi DemFromMem!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[spanone]

16. Please email CBS with encouragement. They will need it.

Rove will lean on them hard.

[In Truth We Trust]

47. Done!

[GOPAgainstGW]

24. HERE’S “INSIDE SKINNY” ON THE RATHER-BUSH/GOP SMACKDOWN!

Dan Rather is a Texas native. He was born and raised outside Houston and then after completing college, cut his television journalist teeth at a National network station in Houston.

He took on the Bush Family "Texas Mafia"(BFTM) several times in the early 70's, and this current situation is more of the "blood feud" between he and H.W. Bush. Dan Rather is very solid, a real pro, first-class credibility (unlike those flake GOP-ops reporters at Fox), and will NOT back down from a deal that he knows he is right. I/we have never seen Dan do it once in 35 years!

The Bush Family Texas Mafia (BFTM) tries to destroy anyone that takes them on, hell just look at their damn track record. You all know this!

More importantly, we will make some phone calls on this deal, and in particular if CBS “60 Minutes” has something cooking to bag the BFTM on several matters we are aware. We keep hearing "little things" on this subject, plus the Washington Post has been digging on this next deal for over a year.

It has to do with the Bush Family corruption, documents the Fed accidentally discovered at Enron (which was a Bush Family business "front operation"), and Bush's "War Dog" House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Houston) being under a massive Texas criminal grand jury investigation, for fraud, bribery, extortion, money laundering, and criminal abuse of his political office.

The big kicker is Bob “$200,000 donor to O’Neill’s SBVT” Perry (Houston) is involved with DeLay in his criminal enterprise and we mean BIG TIME! Also eleven (11) other BFTM members are involved, in varying degree, including the Texas Governor and other ranking elected State officials, and many of them could go to jail over this deal.

The BFTM is doing everything possible to keep the lid on it, and also get W elected. BFTM needs W elected so he can do Presidential Pardons for BFTM Enron buddies, (Ken Lay), DeLay, Perry, and others that get convicted and sent to prison over this massive criminal enterprise.

That in a nutshell is what’s going on with all the Bush-Cheney-GOP totally outright fraud in their campaign. They don’t have a platform to run on, so the con and fraud game is all they got!

They are going nuts because Rather stuck his nose in it. If you recall Dan Rather has stayed pretty neutral in his reporting on the O’Neill-SBVT fraud scam. We know, what I just delineated, because we are well connected Republicans, have several influential Houstonians in our “Beat Bush” cartel, along with two Houston criminal attorney’s – NKR

PS: It should be noted that CBS is owned by Viacom. 70-75% of campaign donations by Viacom (VIA) executives and its political action committee, have gone to the Democratic Party and its candidates. Just some interest info, nothing else!
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[Scorpious_Maximus]

30. Response from CBS

I wrote the other day, and they wrote back.

Names deleted to protect people.





Mr. XXXXXXX

Thank you for taking the time to write. Your support is
appreciated. As you can imagine, we've been inundated with negative emails.
It's refreshing to hear from a viewer such as yourself. We strive for the
highest level of journalistic integrity and will continue to do so, no
matter what the cost. A free society demands free, unmuzzled media
expression.

XXXXXXXXXX,
CBS Evening News




They need the support! Please write.

[GOPAgainstGW]

32. Excellent - Much Thanks!! Viacom (CBS) WILL NOT Back Down on this Deal!

There's a good reason for it too!

[ItsMyParty]

40. Now, Dan---take on Iraq!!!

The rest of the news media is trying to bury Iraq as much as possible. This would be the frosting on the cake. Have CBS blast Iraq news for the first ten minutes of every program and show what a mess it is and how so much is under the control of the insurgents, etc. Show the people what else the Bush crime family doesn't want America to see!! Come on CBS!!!

[Algorem]

46. "The Swift Boat Veterans acted in a more legitimate way than CBS News"

Said Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday,I hope someone tapes that thing this morning because I don't think they put up transcpipts and it was incredibly awful.Brit Hume and Kristol outdid themselves in ridiculousness.