Druthergate goes on

I keep thinking about the reckless pursuit of George Bush that has led Darth Ranter to this impasse. I can only assume that Dan shares the rage over the Florida electoral votes and has bought into the "We wuz robbed!" meme, which anyone but a radical partisan would see as a justification for using phoney documents, and then continuing to push the story even after the fraud is found out. It comes from a "they did it to us, so this is payback" logic. Not only is there no basis for revenge, it is also totally incompatible with the role of honest broker CBS has assumed. Rather may think he's serving a patriotic purpose, but he has all but delivered George Bush a second term.