Caller to NPR or CSpan today: I believe Rather because...

[spooky3]

would he want to have the last big story he did before retiring turn out to be a fake and ruin a reputation he built up over a lifetime? Would he take ANY risk of doing that? I don't think so.

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My comment: Sorry, I'm paraphrasing, because I heard it in the car this AM, and hope I came close. I thought it was a VERY good point.

[unfrigginreal]

1. I just hope that Dan doesn't back down

due to lack of ANY support. I worry about that a little after an interview he gave a while back where he indicated that if he had reported a story a certain way( I think it was the lead up to the Iraq War ) he would have been crucified. I don't remember all the specifics but it was a real eye opener that the truth will be trumped for popular opinion in the media.

[saracat]

2. Rather will never back down.

He hates Bushco because Ashcroft threatened him. He stood up tp Ashcroft and publicly told him om Larry King that he better start watching his own back as opposed to trying to discredit him(Rather)

[spooky3]

3. I agree. But maybe that comment is all the more reason to believe him

because if he is concerned about being "crucified" then no WAY would he allow himself to be associated with a poorly supported story that he knew would be controversial.

Just a silver lining to that dark cloud about the truth being trumped.

[GOPAgainstGW]

4. 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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Special CBS Page for Dan Rather Bush AWOL Story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/06/politics/main641481.shtml

Email Special Thank You to Dan Rather: [e-mail]
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
524 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019

And if you want to send Marcel Matley, the expert from the CBS News report tonight, a email of support:
Marcel Matley - A and M Matley
San Francisco, CA 94188-2401
Email: [e-mail]

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[bagnana]

5. thank you for that information!

I hope 1/2 of what you discuss actually comes to light.

[TeeYiYi]

6. Wow. I didn't know that about Viacom . . .

. . . that's good to hear.

I sent this to CBS earlier today:

Hi. I just wanted to take a minute to thank Dan Rather for sticking to his guns regarding the idiotic suggestion that Selectric typewriters didn't have superscript. And the New Times Roman argument was beyond ludicrous. Dan Rather is the last of a dying breed of newscasters who are true journalists willing to look for and report the truth. I've had my television dial soldered on CBS for the Evening News for over a year now. I finally gave up on the other networks. Watching Dan Rather even changed how I view my local stations because I started watching a different local broadcast to make sure that I didn't miss Dan. Anyway, please tell Mr. Rather thank you for reporting the truth and not succumbing to intimidation by narrow minded propagandists.

Three cheers Dan! I hope you never retire. ~sig §{;¬·

TYY