The docudrama

So it continues to unfold. Now the Boston Globe has an article attesting to the authenticity of the Killian docs.

After CBS News on Wednesday trumpeted newly discovered documents that referred to a 1973 effort to ''sugar coat" President Bush's service record in the Texas Air National Guard, the network almost immediately faced charges that the documents were forgeries, with typography that was not available on typewriters used at that time.

But specialists interviewed by the Globe and some other news organizations say the specialized characters used in the documents, and the type format, were common to electric typewriters in wide use in the early 1970s, when Bush was a first lieutenant.

Philip D. Bouffard, a forensic document examiner in Ohio who has analyzed typewritten samples for 30 years, had expressed suspicions about the documents in an interview with the New York Times published Thursday, one in a wave of similar media reports. But Bouffard told the Globe yesterday that after further study, he now believes the documents could have been prepared on an IBM Selectric Composer typewriter available at the time

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For the most important election of our era, we sure spend a lot of time debating on stupid shit. Focus here, people. The import is the questions that these documents raises about his service time. If you really think Bush's service is going to make a difference in the election, then stick with Barnes. Stick with what was already done by the Globe. Talk about how he failed to fufill his obligation in the Guard. That should be damning enough. Continue to attempt to prove these new documents are real, and debunk and fight back as needed. Maintain the focus, folks, and don't get caught up in an argument just to prove you are right. There is an election to win out there.