Dear Bart, Sorry you (and much of America) fell for
that Karl Rove “counterfeit” shit on Bush’s National
Guard Records.
“Typeface” aside, you and I know that the allegations
were true. Bush not only skipped the “drug test,” but
he also skated on his Guard duty for the last 1.5 years.
It’s my belief that Rove and his minions knew this was
coming and “dummied up” the evidence. This is part of
Rove’s partisan history — political ju-jitsu, making
what is true seem false. Rather (and his CBS producer,
Marla Mapes) were right about Bush shirking his National
Guard duty, but Rove (and his accomplices) stuck them
with suspect documentation — and thus, not only
counteracted the truth, but also undermined a true
war hero, John Kerry, at the same time.
Machiavellian genius or pure Republican evil.
The choice is yours — and history’s.
Best, David
Bart says: Hey, I didn’t fall for anything.
*I* would’ve made sure all my ducks were in a row
BEFORE I made the accusation – something Dan Rather
couldn’t figure out and his screw-up gave Bush the
forever pass of desertion during wartime.
In 11 years doing this page, I’ve never made a
mistake THAT big and I don’t have an army of
fact-checkers and producers and interns backing me up.
Dan Rather got outplayed when the stakes were miles high.