27-06-2009, 04:39 PM
I'll try.
Rather has been demonized not just by the MSM, but also by significant elements within the JFK research community.
In the wake of the "W"-related incident -- which was a set-up from the very beginning -- that led to his ultimate downfall at CBS, Rather has been portrayed by his alleged colleagues as an emotionally unbalanced and untruthful egomaniac.
Rather much earlier had been chastised by many of my colleagues in the ranks of JFK researchers for his description of the Z-film (which is at variance with the version we are allowed to see today) and his claim that he was stationed just north of the Triple Underpass waiting for a film drop (he is not visible in any Dealey Plaze photos taken at the time of the hit).
In fact, the indictment written by Monty Evans -- The Rather Narrative -- was, for a time, essential reading.
My point: An endorsement by Dan Rather almost certainly will be the kiss of death for Family of Secrets insofar as it will permit the MSM to make the "If Rather likes it, it must be crazy!" charge over and over again.
If, however, Tom Brokaw made a similar endorsement (and of course he won't; Tom Not-So-Terrific is bought and paid for by the same people who sent the Greatest Generation to die for a global racket) ...
Hope this makes sense.
Rather has been demonized not just by the MSM, but also by significant elements within the JFK research community.
In the wake of the "W"-related incident -- which was a set-up from the very beginning -- that led to his ultimate downfall at CBS, Rather has been portrayed by his alleged colleagues as an emotionally unbalanced and untruthful egomaniac.
Rather much earlier had been chastised by many of my colleagues in the ranks of JFK researchers for his description of the Z-film (which is at variance with the version we are allowed to see today) and his claim that he was stationed just north of the Triple Underpass waiting for a film drop (he is not visible in any Dealey Plaze photos taken at the time of the hit).
In fact, the indictment written by Monty Evans -- The Rather Narrative -- was, for a time, essential reading.
My point: An endorsement by Dan Rather almost certainly will be the kiss of death for Family of Secrets insofar as it will permit the MSM to make the "If Rather likes it, it must be crazy!" charge over and over again.
If, however, Tom Brokaw made a similar endorsement (and of course he won't; Tom Not-So-Terrific is bought and paid for by the same people who sent the Greatest Generation to die for a global racket) ...
Hope this makes sense.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene