“With respect: answer the questions,” said Dan Rather, the CBS News anchor. He was asking a direct question to President George W. Bush, his re-election campaign and his political allies in the press and on the Web. “Weíve heard what you have to say about the documents and what youíve said and what your surrogates have said, but for the moment, answer the questions.î

Huh? The very question presupposes that President Bush has been hiding something. He is supposedly guilty and should admit it immediately. Dan Rather doesnít seem to even begin to consider the possibility that the president never did anything wrong.

Rather and his ilk have it totally backwards. One is obligated to find evidence of guilt. The President need not find people who remember his whereabouts some thirty five years ago. This could be virtually impossible since the younger Bush was merely another airman. Does Rather have evidence that the president didnít fulfill his obligations. If not, itís time to shut up.