All ye Republicans, lend me yer big floppy, charming ears. What Dan Rather did with those memos was wrong. He mislead us with false information. To think we would believe that George W. slacked off toward the end of his National Guard duty....that's an outrage!
But let's see....who else mislead us with false information recently? Seems to me I remember somebody who told us that Saddam was an imminent threat, repleat with WMDs, Biological and Chemical agents with little remote control planes that could fly through our cities, spreading death across America. He even showed us a bit of evidence: satellite photos of buildings, testimony from Iraqi exiles like Chalibi, yellowcake from Nigeria. Who sold us this false information backed by dubious sources? George W & Co.
Bush's evidence, much like the RatherGate Memos, turned out to be false. Therefore, if you're upset with Rather's false evidence and misleading story, then certainly you should be upset with Bush's false evidence and misleading story.
The big difference is that Rather's "miscalculation" has only led to a firestorm on Blogs, while Bush's miscalculations have led us into a deteriorating state of occupational war.
The consequences of Bush's false information have been more serious than Rather's.
The end of Rather at CBS News? The end of CBS News itself? SHOCKING!
The end of the US as a respected leader of the free world?
The instigation of an questionable war in the heart of the Middle East?
...mmmore than SHOCKING.
I'm thinking Congress should call hearings about the "memos" Bush & Co. sold to us before the invasion....seems to me that is more their job than going after Dan Rather.
And I'm no Rather fan...stopped watching him years ago and the last time I saw him was when he interrupted a golf tournament to announce Reagan's death.
He was terrible...