Crash!

If you read my last entry, you’ve been waiting for the crash.

It happened thanks to ABC News laying out the evidence that the memos revealed by CBS were forged. Not good news for Kerry. The article’s conclusion sums it up:

Many Democrats are worried that if they are found to be forgeries, it will be a setback for Sen. John Kerry’s campaign to defeat Bush in November.

Its hard to come away from reading the article and not believe that articles were forgeries.

  • Beth

    Not only did we hear a crash, Jase, but that window was in the dining room and right across from it is the breakfront (guess there's now a reason it's called that) that is full of china and crystal. The ball is still in flight, and as soon as the "plumbers" can be found (check Kerry's pocket!), we'll hear the ball rattling around that cabinet. To carry out the metaphor. 🙂 This is an interesting story (though I have to admit I'm getting so tired of the same old stuff popping up I just didn't have the heart to cover it on my blog). FactCheck.org had this pretty well covered this morning and the ABC article seems to have it all as well. There was one point that ABC didn't have in the story: The alleged author's personnel chief doesn't think the docs are real either. Quoting FactCheck: "The AP also quoted the personnel chief in Killian's unit at the time, Rufus Martin, as saying he believes the documents are fake: 'They looked to me like forgeries. . . I don't think Killian would do that, and I knew him for 17 years.'" I can see the look on the neighbor's face right now, watching the flight of the ball and thinking "That's my Royal Doulton with hand-painted periwinkles!" (bonus points if you know that reference!)

  • Beth

    Not only did we hear a crash, Jase, but that window was in the dining room and right across from it is the breakfront (guess there's now a reason it's called that) that is full of china and crystal. The ball is still in flight, and as soon as the "plumbers" can be found (check Kerry's pocket!), we'll hear the ball rattling around that cabinet. To carry out the metaphor. 🙂 This is an interesting story (though I have to admit I'm getting so tired of the same old stuff popping up I just didn't have the heart to cover it on my blog). FactCheck.org had this pretty well covered this morning and the ABC article seems to have it all as well. There was one point that ABC didn't have in the story: The alleged author's personnel chief doesn't think the docs are real either. Quoting FactCheck: "The AP also quoted the personnel chief in Killian's unit at the time, Rufus Martin, as saying he believes the documents are fake: 'They looked to me like forgeries. . . I don't think Killian would do that, and I knew him for 17 years.'" I can see the look on the neighbor's face right now, watching the flight of the ball and thinking "That's my Royal Doulton with hand-painted periwinkles!" (bonus points if you know that reference!)

  • Not only did we hear a crash, Jase, but that window was in the dining room and right across from it is the breakfront (guess there’s now a reason it’s called that) that is full of china and crystal. The ball is still in flight, and as soon as the “plumbers” can be found (check Kerry’s pocket!), we’ll hear the ball rattling around that cabinet. To carry out the metaphor. 🙂

    This is an interesting story (though I have to admit I’m getting so tired of the same old stuff popping up I just didn’t have the heart to cover it on my blog). FactCheck.org had this pretty well covered this morning and the ABC article seems to have it all as well. There was one point that ABC didn’t have in the story: The alleged author’s personnel chief doesn’t think the docs are real either. Quoting FactCheck: “The AP also quoted the personnel chief in Killian’s unit at the time, Rufus Martin, as saying he believes the documents are fake: ‘They looked to me like forgeries. . . I don’t think Killian would do that, and I knew him for 17 years.'”

    I can see the look on the neighbor’s face right now, watching the flight of the ball and thinking “That’s my Royal Doulton with hand-painted periwinkles!” (bonus points if you know that reference!)

  • Not only did we hear a crash, Jase, but that window was in the dining room and right across from it is the breakfront (guess there’s now a reason it’s called that) that is full of china and crystal. The ball is still in flight, and as soon as the “plumbers” can be found (check Kerry’s pocket!), we’ll hear the ball rattling around that cabinet. To carry out the metaphor. 🙂

    This is an interesting story (though I have to admit I’m getting so tired of the same old stuff popping up I just didn’t have the heart to cover it on my blog). FactCheck.org had this pretty well covered this morning and the ABC article seems to have it all as well. There was one point that ABC didn’t have in the story: The alleged author’s personnel chief doesn’t think the docs are real either. Quoting FactCheck: “The AP also quoted the personnel chief in Killian’s unit at the time, Rufus Martin, as saying he believes the documents are fake: ‘They looked to me like forgeries. . . I don’t think Killian would do that, and I knew him for 17 years.'”

    I can see the look on the neighbor’s face right now, watching the flight of the ball and thinking “That’s my Royal Doulton with hand-painted periwinkles!” (bonus points if you know that reference!)