September 22, 2004

CBS

I've been trying not to follow politics too closely, partly because my mind's pretty made up about who I'm going to vote for, and partly because the desperation and obfuscation of the Bush campaign is starting to feel like a Christopher Guest mockumentary about a floundering campaign.

But this CBS thing goes beyond all limits. CBS finds some documents that question what exactly the hell Bush was doing when he was in the Texas Air National Guard, to throw on the pile of evidence that he wasn't really doing all that much. The Right is outraged because a couple of CBS' documents were fakes - never mind that they aren't challenging any of the claims made from any of the sources. So CBS has to apologize, and once again the attention is deflected away from the fact that Bush has never been substantially challenged on this.

At least that's my understanding, from my half-paying-attention. If someone has proof that Bush served honorably, let me know...but you might want to collect the $50 grand reward first.

So if I'm CBS and want to make nice with the Right (ahem), why not this: give Bush a full hour to explain, at length and in great detail, everything that he did during his ANG service. No reporter, no possibility of misunderstanding or journalistic confusion. Then we can move on from the past, and find out what if any plans Bush has for the future.

Comments

I can't stand it!! I just can't stand it!!

Posted by: cathy at October 7, 2004 11:19 AM

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