The main point that the forged CBS memos were supposed to bring home is: “Bush got preferential treatment to enter the Texas Air National Guard, and his records there were sugar-coated to cover up various rule violations and/or AWOL incidents.”
According to the memos, the person who issued those orders to Killian to “sugar coat” Bush’s records is retired Colonel Walter Staudt. He was Brigadier General at the time.
Well, Staudt has just come forward and given ABC an exclusive interview to the basic effect of, ‘That’s bullshit. I never issued any such orders, nor was I ever pressured by anyone else to do so. Even if I had, how would CBS know it? They weren’t there and nobody from CBS ever interviewed me about it.’ Staudt remembers Bush because apparently “[h]e was highly qualified. He passed all the scrutiny and tests he was given.”
I’m not a brilliant career journalist like Dan Rather, but if I were going to lie about something someone said, I’d make damn sure not to do it while they were still alive and kicking.
The utterly pathetic “Fake But Accurate” stance CBS has taken in recent days is now just a “Fake” stance. I have to say, there’s been something strangely, horribly fascinating about watching this train wreck unfold over the past week.
Bill Hobbs sums it up: “Dan Rather should not resign immediately. He should be fired.”
Via Instapundit.
