Reply #77: People Believe What They Want To Believe

[HoosierModerate]

Newbie here. A midwestern moderate who stopped by to see what the folks at DU were saying about these documents.

Let me preference my remarks by saying that I am leaning to W., but I am still giving Kerry a chance, listening to his plans and am looking forward to the debates.

But I am really disappointed in this issue relating to the NG documents. I'm sorry, but they're fake. The first one with the superscripted "th" with proportional Times New Roman font dated 1972. I'm sorry, but within the first 5 seconds of looking at that document, I was thinking "this can't be". Open Microsoft Word and type out the exact same words with the defaults. You will end up with a document that looks almost exactly like the memo. That isn't a coincidence. A 1972 typewriter will not produce a memo that looks just like a 2004 word processor. Think, people.

What really bums me out is that this is going to hurt Kerry. And I am 99% sure that he had nothing to do with it. Some moron of the left (I know there are morons on the right also, so don't freak out) pulled this out of his butt in the style of Richard Nixon. And it has a good chance of blowing up in the Democrats face, just like Watergate (I'm not comparing the two as equal).

I also think a lot of the people on this forum are drinking the kool-aid. They are believing anything, and grasping at straws to support their beliefs in what appears to be a avalanche of contradicting evidence.

IMHO, you only hurt your cause with this type of thinking. Look at the issues based on the facts, and try not to let your emotions rule. I think most Americans aren't too impressed with W's National Guard record. It isn't an incredible military career, by any stretch. But when some idiot of the left trots out forged documents to make that case, you have to repudiate it and not support it. Otherwise, your overall cause will suffer.

CBS is going to issue some type of correction, most likely stating that at least some of the memos are forged. Kerry is going to repudiate the documents and ask that the person who supplied them be investigated.

I hope that most of you do to. It is the only way that this issue won't blow up in the Dems face.