McCain goes on the offense, asks White House to condemn ad that denies Kerry’s war record

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McCain condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on
White House to follow suit

McCain condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on
White House to follow suit 08/05/2004 02:19 PM
McCain condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on White House to follow suit .. McCain has come out against .. Senator John McCain, .. condemned the ad .. condemning

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"President Bush Said On Thursday That He
Did Not Believe Senator John Kerry Lied
About His War Record, But He Declined To
Condemn The Television Commercial Paid
For By A Veterans Group Alleging That
Mr. Kerry Came By His War Medals
Dishonestly (Free New..."

"President Bush Said On Thursday That He
Did Not Believe Senator John Kerry Lied
About His War Record, But He Declined To
Condemn The Television Commercial Paid
For By A Veterans Group Alleging That
Mr. Kerry Came By His War Medals
Dishonestly (Free New..." 08/27/2004 03:50 PM

McCain Criticizes Ad Attacking Kerry on
Vietnam War Record (washingtonpost.com)

McCain Criticizes Ad Attacking Kerry on
Vietnam War Record (washingtonpost.com) 08/05/2004 10:53 PM
washingtonpost.com - ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5 -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) rushed to John F. Kerry's defense Thursday, condemning a new ad claiming the Democratic presidential nominee lied about his military record and betrayed his Vietnam comrades by protesting the war.

Senator Asks White House to Explain Khan
Leak (Reuters)

Senator Asks White House to Explain Khan
Leak (Reuters) 08/09/2004 11:36 AM
Reuters - A U.S. senator asked the White House to explain how and why the name of an al Qaeda informant was leaked to the press, saying it may have hurt the war on terror, a letter from the lawmaker said on Monday.

Wesley Clark on Kerry’s sterling
military record

Wesley Clark on Kerry’s sterling
military record 04/28/2004 10:22 AM
NYT

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White House to project record deficit

White House to project record deficit 07/27/2004 06:30 PM

White House to Project Record Deficit
(AP)

White House to Project Record Deficit
(AP) 07/28/2004 08:08 AM
AP - The White House will project soon that this year's federal deficit will exceed $420 billion, congressional aides said, a record figure certain to ignite partisan warfare over President Bush's handling of the economy.

White House Releases Bush Military
Record (AP)

White House Releases Bush Military
Record (AP) 02/10/2004 08:06 PM
AP - The White House, trying to end doubts about President Bush's Vietnam-era military record, released documents Tuesday that it said proved he had "met his requirements" in the Texas Air National Guard despite long, unexplained gaps in his service.

Gonzales Defends His White House Record
(washingtonpost.com)

Gonzales Defends His White House Record
(washingtonpost.com) 01/07/2005 04:23 AM
washingtonpost.com - Attorney general nominee Alberto R. Gonzales strongly defended his tenure as White House counsel yesterday, including his conclusion that the protections of the Geneva Conventions do not apply to alleged terrorists, and he suggested that the United States should consider renegotiating the international treaties to better wage its war on terrorism.

White House Projects Record $445B
Deficit (AP)

White House Projects Record $445B
Deficit (AP) 07/30/2004 11:54 AM
AP - The White House projected Friday that this year's deficit will hit a record $445 billion, further fueling a campaign-season dispute over President Bush's handling of the economy.

White House Forecasts Record Budget
Deficit (Reuters)

White House Forecasts Record Budget
Deficit (Reuters) 07/30/2004 11:54 AM
Reuters - The White House said on Friday the federal budget deficit will grow to $445 billion this fiscal year, a new record likely to fuel election-year fights about President Bush's economic policies.

Did the White House release forged
documents about Bush's service record?

Did the White House release forged
documents about Bush's service record? 09/09/2004 04:24 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Charles at Little Green Footballs presents a persuasive argument that the memos recently released by the White House about President Bush's National Guard service are forgeries.

I opened Microsoft Word, set the font to Microsoft’s Times New Roman, tabbed over to the default tab stop to enter the date “18 August 1973,” then typed the rest of the document purportedly from the personal records of the late Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B. Killian.

And my Microsoft Word version, typed in 2004, is an exact match for the documents trumpeted by CBS News as “authentic.” The spacing is not just similar—it is identical in every respect.

(Background: CNN reported that "the White House, without comment, released to the news media two of the memos, one ordering Bush to report for his physical exam and the other suspending him from flight status." Here are PDF copiesof the memos the White House released.)

I think the documents are indeed forgeries, but who made them? Could it be a White House dirty trick to make the Democrats look bad? Are there real documents that these forgeries are based on that are even more damning about the President's behavior? I'm sure there's more news to come. Link (Thanks, Bob!)

UPDATE: Eric sez: If you weren't reflexively looking for the interpretation of events that reflected most poorly on Bush, you might have noted that the White House did not release those records, they merely passed along without comment copies that had been sent to them by CBS.

UPDATE:David sez: "Saw your post on this on BoingBoing. Fark.com had a couple big discussions today about the potential forgeries (here and here ).

Someone posted the two images (White House released and Word generated), so I fired up an image editor and had a look. While the font character spacing are very similar, most typography experts in the threads agreed that the original had type-write like characteristics (number 8 slightly high on the line, etc.) that would be hard to reproduce in Word. More importantly, the superscript "th" which caused most of the interest is not in the same position in the two images (see attached superimposed comparison).

It's possible that the original was generated on a typewriter with a proportional width Times New Roman font wheel or ball (available at the time), with the same common margin settings as Word uses by default. The superscript used in Word is artificially generated (smaller font size, elevated baseline), whereas the typewritter superscript "th" would need to be carved in the same space as other characters, which is why it appears lower. David Schwab

Royal genes may win Kerry the White
House (Reuters)

Royal genes may win Kerry the White
House (Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - The U.S. presidential election will be largely fought over Iraq and the economy, but if royal genes have anything to do with the result, Democrat John Kerry is destined to dethrone George W. Bush this November.

Telegraph | Opinion | Could Kerry slum
it in the White House?

Telegraph | Opinion | Could Kerry slum
it in the White House? 08/05/2004 01:47 AM
Could Kerry slum it in the White House? .. MARK STEYN:

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Timing gets out of whack when Pentagon
excludes France, Germany, and Russia
from Iraqi reconstruction bids, then
White House asks the same countries to
forgive Iraq debts

Timing gets out of whack when Pentagon
excludes France, Germany, and Russia
from Iraqi reconstruction bids, then
White House asks the same countries to
forgive Iraq debts 12/12/2003 06:52 AM
Bush Seeks Help of Allies Barred From Iraq Deals 12/12 .. the New York Times

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Kerry, Rival Nader Discuss White House
Bids

Kerry, Rival Nader Discuss White House
Bids 05/19/2004 08:45 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 20 2004 1:27AM GMT

Bush Aide Says White House Is Not Linked
to Anti-Kerry Ad

Bush Aide Says White House Is Not Linked
to Anti-Kerry Ad 08/20/2004 04:37 PM
The president's spokesman said the White House had nothing to do with accusations John Kerry lied about his military service.

Kerry Camp Accuses White House of Berger
Leak

Kerry Camp Accuses White House of Berger
Leak 07/21/2004 09:34 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 22 2004 1:52AM GMT

The CIA Agent Flap: FBI Asks for
Reporters to Talk. White House Asked to
Release Reporters from Confidentiality
Understanding About WH Treasongate Leak

The CIA Agent Flap: FBI Asks for
Reporters to Talk. White House Asked to
Release Reporters from Confidentiality
Understanding About WH Treasongate Leak 01/03/2004 08:18 AM
this is something .. Time Magazine .. Time

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Kerry Hits Back at White House, Defends
Patriotism (Reuters)

Kerry Hits Back at White House, Defends
Patriotism (Reuters) 04/16/2004 02:18 PM
Reuters - Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry, lashing out at the White House's "twisted sense of ethics and morality," accused Republicans on Friday of distorting his record and attacking his patriotism.

Kerry, Rival Nader Discuss White House
Bids (Reuters)

Kerry, Rival Nader Discuss White House
Bids (Reuters) 05/19/2004 05:52 PM
Reuters - Democrat John Kerry held "a friendly discussion" with rival Ralph Nader on Wednesday but did not ask the independent candidate whose third party run could sink his presidential bid to drop out of the race.

Yahoo! News - Kerry Hits Back at White
House, Defends Patriotism

Yahoo! News - Kerry Hits Back at White
House, Defends Patriotism 04/17/2004 03:24 PM
Whatever You Do, Don’t Question Kerry’s Patrioitism! .. the Massachusetts senator said .. NOW IT'S PERSONAL!!

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"Yahoo! News - Kerry Hits Back at White
House, Defends Patriotism"

"Yahoo! News - Kerry Hits Back at White
House, Defends Patriotism" 04/17/2004 03:09 PM

Kerry vows to defend country, restore
credibility to White House
(USATODAY.com)

Kerry vows to defend country, restore
credibility to White House
(USATODAY.com) 07/30/2004 07:02 AM
USATODAY.com - An exuberant Sen. John Kerry, wading through a throng of delegates on the floor of the Democratic National Convention, clambered to the podium Thursday to challenge President Bush over the war in Iraq, the war on terrorism and economic policies at home, declaring, "I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty."

Yahoo! News - Global survey shows 30 of
35 countries want Kerry in White House

Yahoo! News - Global survey shows 30 of
35 countries want Kerry in White House 09/08/2004 09:55 PM
a new poll you'll love .. 30 of 35

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To Liberate From the White House the
White House Press

To Liberate From the White House the
White House Press 03/14/2005 04:35 PM
Dan Weintraub, who covers politics at the Sacramento Bee, wants "an aggressive, curious and analytical press corps, based anywhere (including cyberspace), fact-checking the snot out of the White House and writing critically about the president's statements, proposals and actions."

Bush Declines to Condemn Attack Ads on
Kerry (Reuters)

Bush Declines to Condemn Attack Ads on
Kerry (Reuters) 08/12/2004 11:53 PM
Reuters - President Bush praised John Kerry's military service as honorable on Thursday but declined to condemn ads from Vietnam veterans who questioned the Massachusetts senator's military record.

"House Speaker criticizes McCain over
tax cut opposition"

"House Speaker criticizes McCain over
tax cut opposition" 05/21/2004 12:54 AM

Would it have been Kerry-McCain or
McCain-Kerry?

Would it have been Kerry-McCain or
McCain-Kerry? 06/12/2004 06:16 AM
Kerry unsuccessfully courted McCain as his running mate. He deliberately didn't officially offer the position, but apparently it's solid that he unofficially offered it. Very interesting news. (NYTimes link)

McCain Is Said to Tell Kerry He Won't
Join

McCain Is Said to Tell Kerry He Won't
Join 06/11/2004 11:46 PM
John Kerry has repeatedly asked Senator John McCain, the independent-minded Arizona Republican, to consider being his running mate.

CNN.com - McCain on talk of run with
Kerry: 'No, no and no' - Apr 11, 2004

CNN.com - McCain on talk of run with
Kerry: 'No, no and no' - Apr 11, 2004 04/12/2004 02:09 PM
McCain on talk of run with Kerry: 'No, no and no' .. Kerry's running mate .. shuts it down .. on

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McCain condemns anti-Kerry ad

McCain condemns anti-Kerry ad 08/05/2004 04:04 PM

say ‘don’t ask, don’t
tell’ doesn’t work

say ‘don’t ask, don’t
tell’ doesn’t work 12/12/2003 05:38 AM
Good for them! .. come out .. NYT .. :-)

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McCain Urged to Join Ticket with Kerry

McCain Urged to Join Ticket with Kerry 05/16/2004 04:41 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 16 2004 7:47PM GMT

Kerry Brings McCain Aide To Campaign

Kerry Brings McCain Aide To Campaign 09/15/2004 07:32 PM
John Weaver, political director to McCain's pres. bid, informally advising Senator John Kerry, may go to work forKerry's campaign .. Rather's defiant interview to the New York Observer .. neat article from the ny observer .. says:

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Kerry Keeps Recruiting, McCain Keeps
Resisting (Los Angeles Times)

Kerry Keeps Recruiting, McCain Keeps
Resisting (Los Angeles Times) 06/12/2004 04:43 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — John F. Kerry had more than half a dozen conversations with Sen. John McCain about the prospect of him joining the Democratic presidential ticket, but the Arizona Republican repeatedly told his longtime friend that he was not interested, according to an associate close to McCain.

Kerry Says McCain Good Choice to Head
Pentagon

Kerry Says McCain Good Choice to Head
Pentagon 05/13/2004 02:15 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 13 2004 6:01AM GMT

"Rep. Porter Goss said Thursday that the
uproar over allegations that White House
officials purposely identified a covert
CIA agent appears largely political and
doesn't yet merit an investigation by
the House Select Committee on
Intelligence, which he..."

"Rep. Porter Goss said Thursday that the
uproar over allegations that White House
officials purposely identified a covert
CIA agent appears largely political and
doesn't yet merit an investigation by
the House Select Committee on
Intelligence, which he..." 08/12/2004 02:13 AM

CBS News | Poll: McCain/Kerry Ticket A
Winner | May 26, 2004 19:10:35

CBS News | Poll: McCain/Kerry Ticket A
Winner | May 26, 2004 19:10:35 05/29/2004 04:47 PM

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