What happened last night?

[Stephanie]

Please point me to the 60 Minutes thread - I am looking but so far can't find it. And please provide a recap of last night's events, if you are so inclined. I'm sure it will be useful to others as well.

I was out late last night and came home to see lots of crowing here at DU but I still can't figure out exactly what happened, and I bet I'm not the only one.

Rather interviewed the secretary?

[unfrigginreal]

1. Yes, Rather interviewed the secretary

Go to this thread and you can watch the video.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x818641

[Stephanie]

3. Thank you

I can't watch video on this machine, but thanks for the thread.

[Nederland]

2. Rather did well

He back away from assertions that the documents were authentic and concentrated on their content. He used the secretary to bolster the opinion that, even if the documents turn out to be fake, their content was in line with sentiments that Killian had expressed while he was in the guard. In effect, Rather shifted the focus away from the technical details of the memos (which, IMHO, will turn out to be fake) and onto the questions of whether Bush was AWOL, had protection from above, etc. I think he did well.

[Stephanie]

4. And is there more to come?

I am waiting for someone to get at the Honorable Discharge claim. I'm sure it's a lie.

[Kolesar]

6. Did Rather well. (link to CBS News video clip)

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?clip=/media/2004/09/15/video643791&sec=3415&vidId=3415&title=Questioning%20Memos\'%20Accuracy%20&hitboxMLC=60minutes

[Stephanie]

5. Does anyone have link to the play-by-play thread?

I'm looking for last night's thread on this so I can get the gist of what happened. Thanks in advance!

[unfrigginreal]

7. There's so many threads that I wouldn't know which to point you too

if you do a search on secretary you'll get a huge list.

Here's a link to a CBS story that sums up the interview quite well:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/15/60II/main643768.shtml

Here's a link to another video thread in case you can view either quicktime or media player:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=109&topic_id=13318#13324

[Stephanie]

8. Thanks! Can't watch video at the moment

Thanks for the threads to read!