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| Interesting Speculation on why CBS would RATHER walk the plank |
| 2004-09-14 |
| Ok..I know about linking to blog comments - but this is actually very interesting....hat tip to links from Belmont Club Referring to Rather's daughter Robin, it notes: One report describes Robin Rather as an environmentalist and "a likely candidate for Austin Mayor in 2006." Another report states that she lives in the same congressional district as the former Texas lieutenant governor and heavyweight Democratic contributor Ben Barnes. He is the man behind most of the charges about President Bush's service record. Potential mayoral candidates and heavyweight campaign contributors tend to mingle. And according to that second report, Robin Rather and Barnes worked together on Democratic party fundraisers--perhaps including that March 2001 event described above. Dan Rather refuses to disclose the provenance of the forgeries, and CBS claims that they came from Lt. Col. Jerry Killian's "personal" files, which his widow and son deny. So where did they come from? And why is Dan Rather stonewalling--despite the terrible risk both to himself and to CBS News? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Did the documents come from Barnes? If so, how did they make their way to Dan Rather? Was Robin Rather the conduit, either for Barnes or for some unknown party? If so, then Dan Rather's seemingly inexplicable conduct suddenly makes sense. If the disclosure of certain facts could be expected to cause his daughter severe damage, what father would not risk everything he had to attempt to insulate her? Is that what happened? Who knows? I don't. There are too many ifs. Ask the Rathers. posted by S.Y. Silverstein at 9:08 PM Far from convincing proof, but certainly an interesting speculation. |
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