Fraud Exposed

The documents CBS used in its 60 Minutes segment attacking Bush have at this point been thoroughly discredited. Powerline led the way in exposing this fraud, proving once again that "new media" is kicking the crap out of the "old media". In its zeal to elect Kerry, the "old media" seems to not be above anything. Captain's Quarters has an excellent analysis of this scandal, linking to a report from The Prowler alleging that the Kerry campaign was actually the ones who provided these documents to CBS.

Not only does it paint the entire Democratic party machine from Kerry and Terry McAuliffe down as completely dishonest, but also incredibly incompetent. How long would it have taken to have a document specialist verify the memos, especially given that even the campaign had its doubts? Voters who manage not to be completely put off by the dishonest have to ask themselves whether they want the country run by people this flat-out stupid. And fair or not, the whole mess winds up in John Kerry's lap. It's yet another case of misfiring a grenade, only this time the wounds won't be superficial.

This is undoubtedly the most incompetent political campaign in recent memory.

On the other hand, The Commissar has proof that Kerry actually did spend Christmas in Cambodia.