That people like Rather and Juan Williams believe the forged documents speak to a greater truth is precisely because the conventional wisdom was created by people such as Burkett and Barnes (and Lechliter)long ago.

In other words, there is nothing to back the conventional wisdom. Burkett and Barnes over the years spouted mistruths and those that wanted to believe disseminated their spoutings far and wide. Any supposed confirmation was hailed, any refutation was dismissed.

So along come Barnes (and possibly Burkett is hiding in this process somewhere too) to confirm the CW they created in the first place.

It’s bizarre.

Just as Kerry’s lies created the conventional wisdom that our military is filled with f—ups and baby killers. Which lead to the instant confirmation of this CW when the Abu Ghraib story broke.

So when people today hear of Kerry’s testimony back in 1971 it confirms to them the CW that was created by Kerry himself. ‘What’s wrong with what Kerry testified to? It’s the truth. We all know it.’

Again, bizarre.