Holy wild accusations!

So, the other night, 60 minutes ran a piece purporting to show new allegations in Bush's National Guard service.

Point one: Who Cares?!? This was over 30 years ago. I don't care. Bush hasn't made it an issue. I don't particularly care about Kerry's medals either. What he did when he got home is a lot more interesting to me, as well as his history in the Senate.

Point two: There's currently a ton of discussion going on at various places (Captain's Quarters, Powerline, & LGF) that claims the memos are forgeries. The LGF entry is particularly interesting. So much so that I'm going to try his experiment myself.


First, the August Memo.
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Taking a look at that one, it seems like what LGF is claiming - a spot on match. I had to make the ordinal using superscript (as a law student, ordinals are turned off on my Word so it doesn't mess up case citation), but it looks like a letter for letter, space for space match.

Second, the May Memo.
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This one, starts out looking like a spot on match until you reach the last line. It's close - very very close (the difference of one space on the last line someplace, or a slightly smaller margin), but not quite a match on my system.

Draw your own conclusions. If the accusations are in fact true, and these are forgeries, then criminal charges should be brought. Throw the book at that guy. If they're NOT forgeries, then the blogosphere needs to back the heck off or be considered conspiracy theorists - black choppers, tinfoil hats, the whole nine yards. It's a big claim the bloggers are making - and this could be the MSM's version of rope-a-dope. I guess we'll see.

UPDATE: Upon review, it looks like I pushed the date on the August Memo over one tab stop too far - I'll fix that later and repost the image. And that's done.

More Update: INDC Journal is running more analysis from forensic experts - watch that space for updates.