There was an ABC news story that featured a memo from "Senate Republicans" about the Terri Schiavo congressional bill, pointing out how it was a "winning issue" for the party. I distinctly remember seeing that memo on the screen and thinking it somewhat silly and distasteful if it was real.
Well, as it turns out...
The "unsigned" memo isn't composed of real "talking points," nor is it in standard format for memo operating procedure. No reporter has been able to offer evidence of its authenticity. As further proof to suggest the memo may be fake, the title says that it's tied to S.529, a bill concerning a US anti-doping agency, not Terri. There may be an explanation for all of this, but as [Power Line] says, "the burden now is clearly on ABC and the Washington Post to explain why they are not the victims of a hoax."...
Yesterday's NY Times offers clues to possible origins: "As tensions festered among Republicans, Democratic aides passed out an unsigned one-page memorandum that they said had been distributed to Senate Republicans".
I'm a little disappointed there will be no use for typographic analysis this time around, those posts were most amusing.
Plus, an amusing, unsourced story about paid protestors:
“I was walking through the Dallas airport with some colleagues and one of them recognized two of the same protestors we had seen outside the event in Albuquerque. We had some extra time, so we decided to talk to them. They were very polite and explained to us they had just come from protesting an event nearby. One of them very quickly identified themselves as professional protestors.”“Not that they just liked to protest, but that they actually got paid by liberal interest groups to travel the country protesting."
Posted by eric at March 24, 2005 11:13 AM