JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT, WHICH IS SURE TO PLEASE NO ONE….
For what it’s worth, here’s what I would do if I were running the Kerry campaign. Get some genuine dirt on George W. Bush, and then create an obviously forged document saying the same thing. Then, after the other side has exhausted itself fighting over the details of the “forgery,” I’d present the real thing!
A good way of killing two birds with one stone. Something like that was on my mind last week when I speculated:
…..the big bad Old Media may be having one at the expense of the blogosphere.
Hey, even if they haven’t done that already, I think it’s worth keeping in mind.
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The problem is, of course, the Boy That Cried Wolf problem.
Once they’re caught promoting an obvious forgery, they will be taken less seriously even if they’re getting it correct.
Or, to quote the Simpsons, “HA HA!”
What if the forgeries look nothing like the original? Especially in this case where they look EXACTLY like an MS Word document. I think the outrage and skepticism would be forgiven by those that matter (swing voters).