Ben,

I agree – the WH can just sit and smirk. WayMoreThanRatherStupid hung himself with this. They worked on a story for four or five years and decided to go on the air with it using preposterously forged documents.

RatherMoronic has had a vendetta going for any and all people named Bush for nearly two decades now. Did he expect the WH to say, “Yo, Danny Boy, notfuhnuttin’ and juss between us guys, but doze docs you sent ovah ahh pretty badly forged. You sure you wanna use doze tings?” Rather called and asked the equivalent of, “Has the President stopped beating Laura yet?” and expected an answer?

Rove took one look at those docs and gave out clear instructions, “Give copies of these to anyone who asks, just make sure the CBS fax info is along the top edge there – we wanna make sure credit is given where credit is due. After that, just say, ‘The President has an Honorable Discharge’ and sit back and wait for the fireworks.”