Ace:

As a longtime reader of this site, I feel I have the credibility to make the following two assertions:

1) Worst. Top-Ten. Ever.
2) FREE JOHNNY COLDCUTS!!!!!

Rather says he was misled. He reminds me of a teenage girl: "But he said I wouldn't get pregnant!"

Right.

Get 'em Ed!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Christine Iverson
202-863-8614

Washington, DC--Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie issued the following statement on CBS’s admission today that memos regarding the President’s National Guard service are not real.

“We accept CBS's apology for a breach of the journalistic standards that provide the American people confidence in news organizations, but some disturbing questions remain unanswered.

“CBS has now answered questions about the authenticity of the documents but questions remain surrounding who created the documents, who provided them to CBS and if Senator Kerry's supporters, Party committee, or campaign played any role.

“Did Bill Burkett, Democrat activist and Kerry campaign supporter, who passed information to the DNC, work with Kerry campaign surrogate Max Cleland? Did Bill Burkett's talks with ‘senior’ Kerry campaign officials include discussions of the now discredited documents? Was the launch of the Democrat National Committee's Operation Fortunate Son designed with knowledge of the faked forged memos? Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that no one at the DNC or Kerry campaign, ‘had anything to do with the preparations of the documents,’ but what about the distribution or dissemination?

“In an effort to regain the trust of the American people CBS should not only investigate the process that led to the use of these documents but they should identify immediately those engaged in possible criminal activity who attempted to use a news organization to affect the outcome of a Presidential election in its closing days.”

Notice how Gunga Dan and Co. have yet to apologize to W for defaming him?
Any bets when that happens?

How bad is it for Kerry?

This fucking bad.

Ace,
not your best top ten effort. It needed something to this effect:

Dan Rather grabbed Mary Mapes by the back of the head, kissing her fully on the lips, telling her she had disappointed him, and sent her catfish fishing on the Rio Grande--Mexican side.

There's no pleasing some people. Try to post a nice topical Top Ten, and the next thing you know you've got more critics than a prize pig in a pie-jumping competition. (I have no idea what that means, but somehow I can just see Dan Rather saying it.)

Didja notice that even with the climbdown, CBS still didn't admit everything the b'sphere/WaPo/ABC uncovered. Instead, their new info was that Burkett misled them. That way they "broke" the story and they don't have to face up to the huge and inept coverup they attempted. That is, they don't have to face it unless we hold their feet to the fire.