Mary Mapes is the former CBS Sixty-Minutes producer responsible for dethroning her boss - broadcast legend Dan Rather. Like regrouped Baathist insurgents, she has been making the sympathetic talk-show rounds hawking her book about the short-lived, easily discredited hatchet job on the Bush re-election campaign. The gist of the story was that George W. Bush while serving in the Texas Air National Guard (read draft evader) was accorded favorable treatment due to his family connections. They claimed that Mr. Bush had missed mandatory flight physical evaluations and had failed to serve the full term of his enlistment. Bloggers shot down their proof as forgeries and the accusers went down in flames.
Why doesn't someone ask Ms. Mapes why she and Mr. Rather reserved their righteous indignation for one veteran but ignored the war record of the other Vietnam era veteran seeking the Office the Presidency of the United States of America. After all, John F. Kerry was a confessed war criminal and by his own words had engaged in and covered up atrocities against humanity. Furthermore, he had the audacity to run for the highest office in the land. How could they fail to stand for all that is "good and true" by not opposing such an outrage?
Be assured that if George W. Bush had John Kerry's war record, he would not be the President today.
While Ms. Mapes cries about the vast right-wing blogosphere conspiracy that tragically wronged her, Dan has been rather silent lately.
3 comments:
Well said, Whit!
Wish I could totally screw up at my job, get fired, and get a book deal with a $750,000 advance as a result.
jblog: we could probably arrange two out of the three.
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