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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:08 AM
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Congressman Hinchey see hand of Rove.......
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/02/22/hinchey2.htm

Democrat Maurice Hinchey has turned an army of right-wing bloggers into a quivering mass of indignation.
Hinchey suggested that presidential political mastermind Karl Rove is behind the fake documents that brought down several top executives at CBS. The controversy led to the early retirement of longtime anchor Dan Rather, many believe.

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"Now, I mean, I have my own beliefs about how that happened: It originated with Karl Rove, in my belief, in the White House ... . Once they did that, then it undermined everything else about Bush's draft dodging. … That had the effect of taking the whole issue away."
The documents in question addressed Bush's military service in Alabama in 1972 while on leave from the Texas National Guard. Ultimately, CBS could not prove that the memos were authentic.

Meanwhile he was tape recorded by someone from littlegreenfootballs

http://www.recordonline.com/

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