Ace,

While I admire and agree with the fervor with which you attack this ambulatory lump of offal, I must point out to you that while you identify the paper that published his "essay" as the DAILY NEWS, your link leads to NEWSDAY. Was it published in both?

Dude. Relax. I like you, I like your writing, I agree with you 100%. And it was well written. But you're overstating this piece's significance. What he's saying isn't any different than what every other leftist has been saying. But people aren't buying any more. All of the bile being spewed by the MSM right now is nothing more than their version of "I'm melting! what a world, what a world!"

Seriously, slip into the PJ's, have a brew, and take a moment to gloat. No need to let him raise your pulse. This guy just doesn't get it, he never will, and he's preaching to a CHOIR that never will.

Let's remember that he's wrong, this wasn't a vendetta, it was a crusade for the truth, and we want to KEEP it that way. As soon as we start trying to MAKE them wrong, we will become what he accuses us of, we will ourselves become Dan Rather.

The sad clown irony is that he fails to realize that Dan Rather and CBS are guilty of exactly what he accuses their detractors of.

Grain of salt, man.

Il--

I screwed up on the NYDN/Newsday thing. You're right. I fixed.

Brian--

The piece isn't important, except that it shows that, once again, the liberal media immediately goes to a leftwing writer for comment, even when, quite obviously, you'd want a Rather-critic commenting.

No matter how inappropriate, their rolodexes only turn to the left.

Plus, this is yet another example of the left whining that their precious source of power-- the domination of the dissemination of information -- is slipping through their fingers.

Ace,

I don't disagree with you at all. My only concern was that you seemed to be lettign it upset you too much. It's nothing new, and it's nothing but Sound and Fury. Just don't want to see you stress over another laughable leftist screed.

Bravo!

I'll only pick up on one thing that irked me (beyond all the things you already mentioned):
"feigned indignation"
Feigned?

You have no idea Danny.

You have no f'n idea.

I wonder if Danny understands how very priveleged he is to even GET a superior ass-whupping by someone of your expertise. Damn fine work.

This is off topic but in the local paper yesterday there was a story likening a hazing incident at John Kerry's old boarding school St. Paul's to Abu Ghairb. Having survived that school in the 90s I can say with some certainty that SPS is one of the most liberal high schools in the country. It looks like they completely overreacted to what these kids did, I'm still trying to find out exactly what happened but what I have so far is at.

http://curbsideprophet7.blogspot.com/2004/09/st-pauls-new-abu-ghraib.html

No question they deserved punishment but the correlation in the press to Abu Ghairb shows how disconnected from reality they are.

Ace,

No, a single can of Whupass is not sufficient.

One cannot understate how egregious and outrageous is this scandal.

A major broadcast network, willfully used forged documents in collusion with an opposition candidate's election team, to influence a Presidential election, at a time of war, and once exposed, there has been no retraction, or firings, or apologies to the President or to a deceased man's family, both of whom this fraud injured.

No, this is the most vile and contemptible abuse of broadcast news, ever.

To add to his almost immeasurable temerity, Dan Rather, still clings to the risible and reprehensible claim that the memos are, in fact, authentic!

And no, the anger here is both real and appropriate.

It.Must.Continue.

I do, however, take one small exception to the post.

Did you have to use Rilke as an example?

I love Rilke.

A truly righteous fisking!

It amazes me that the DNC and their supporters thinks it somehow makes everything alright if they can make people believe this was a plot by the insidious Karl Rove.

Has it occurred to them that as more people become aware of how laughably poor these forgeries were, they will also become aware that the people who tried to pawn these off as legit have one of two problems.

They either:

1. Think the general public is intensely stupid.

or

2. They themselves are intensely stupid.

Either choice makes them unsuitable to run the country.

Heads up ACE, There is a ROTFLMAO Dan Rather mystery novel afoot at IowaHawk. My Teleprompter is Deadly

You're in it.

Gumshoe Dan, legendary PI, is met by the familiar 32-30-41 silouette of his old squeeze Mapes, and starts on his latest adventure based on the words passing her sultry lips. But after starting, Dan quickly realizes this one is shaping up to be even more painful than a Texan man having to sit through an entire chick movie.

I think you are, ACE, unfortunately, a 2nd fiddle, described as one of the BlogWorld's Leader's "sadistic goons".

A Link:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2004/09/my_teleprompter.html

Reading that moron's comments reminded me of something I heard from a Hollywood nit-wit not too long ago.

History Channel recently did a "True Story of William Wallace" piece. They had various specialists in Scottish history doing the rundown of his life story and comparing it to Braveheart, which touched off all the recent interest in the man.

During what seemed like an intelligent interview with the Randall Wallace, the guy who "adapted" the screen play, he said one of the most asinine things I've every heard.

When asked about all the cliche Hollywood drama BS he inserted into the story, his response was, "I don't let the facts get in the way of the Truth." And yes, that capitalization was quite obvious. He then went on to drivel on about how he beleived that because he had the same last name he was just sure he was a decendant of Wallace.

It was really quite pathetic.

Slightly OT :

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_el_pr/bush&cid=694&ncid=716

The headline (which was on front of Yahoo news which I try and avoid) was 'Bush Mocks Kerry's Leadership Credentials'...

Now try and find an ounce of mocking in the article (except from Kerry where he refers to Osama Bin Forgotten)...The first half of the article is mostly Kerry quotes, and Bush talking about how evil the Iraqi beheaders are.

Ace,
Do not chill out. Do not have that beer. Do not relax.

I don't think Martin Luther would be remembered today if he didn't get pissed off and nail some new rules up on the church doors. Yeah, there was a lot of hand wringing from the powers that be then, but a lot of things changed and history was made. MLK, Jr. got really riled up too. He wasn't preaching sweet nothings to the masses in front of that reflecting pool. He was pissed. And damn it, he had a right.

Now, don't get me wrong, you're not in those two guys' class. But you're right to get angry, viscerally angry, about dishonesty. Angry about pride. Angry about stupidity. But, you're also really funny. And I for one come here to see that too. Just remember there's a realy good reason to be angry but an equally good reason to mock these hacks. Pinch off a little bit of whoop ass and a little bit of humor. Bring to roiling boil. Let cool. Serve your revenge really, really cold.

Birkel

Another liberal fisked. BTW, notice at the bottom of the Newsday column the clever use of the "Republican Guard". Nice. So we of the VRWC are equivalent to Nazis AND Saddam's hitmen. Sure, that's it....

Ace,

I see your other readers' points and stand corrected.

Simply...You are the best!
Thank you, thank you...
I too, have been flabbergasted by the left wing talking heads on TV, who always seem to have the need to say "Conservative" or "Partisan"
or "right wing", "RNC attack machine" or even "republican" before letting anyone else have an opinion! I don't hear those same labels being slapped on their side!
I agree with EVERYTHING you said.
Awesome, I'm saving this. THIS IS A BFD.
Hey Left wing attack machine, get a clue, we won't let this go away.
I'm sick of being bullied by you, and also you telling me, what is important.
Thanks again for the great article!

Linda L

"The right-wing attack machine works by personalizing issues and demonizing "enemies" with overheated language and cartoon-like characterizations."

But Bushitler is a term of endearment, right?

Gah.

Dan Rather did not make a mistake, he was not bamboozled by a Bush hater, he was caught at what he always does. Take a point of view, surpress any facts or evidence that disagree with him and run with the story.

His people interviewed the colonel's son and ex-wife, both told the interviewer that the information about Bush was bogus, but since it did not support Rather's point, it was ignored ---only run with the facts that support our point of view. There were no errors, they finally got caught, and now the network is trying to run an ivestigation about the wrong thing, investigate why a reporter like Rather has been allowed to use 60 Minutes as a propaganda outlet for so many years.

BrianB,

Eh, you're not "corrected." It's a judgment call. I wondered if this post was a little too screedy and angry and unhinged when I wrote it; when you commented about my being a little too emotional, I was worried that shit, I really went all unprofessional and Michael Moore on everyone.

But I think sometimes people really do get angry and sort of want to see that anger expressed.

I don't know. I think it was cathartic, too angry, useful, and unprofessional all at once.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.