Naturally Stoned

Roger Stone, a longtime GOP operative, has been tagged by the DNC as a possible source of the allegedly forged Bush/TANG documents. Stone refused to deny the story in today's New York Post. Here's a link to the full story.

According to this DNC press release, GOP talking heads have cancelled a bunch of press appearances.

In the last several hours, the Bush campaign has also cancelled scheduled appearances by Dan Bartlett on cable networks this evening. These cancellations came as the Bush operatives refused to appear live alongside Kerry campaign official Joe Lockhart.

That's quite a counter-attack. They must know Lockhart would bring it up. At least the DNC is sinking their teeth in and won't let go, muddying the waters, a classic RNC technique.

Add this to what's already known, that the White House said to CBS they would not challenge the authenticity of the documents, prompting CBS to stop their attempts to authenticate. It's Dirty Tricks 101, you have to admit that. Who knows if we'll ever know the story. One thing we have learned is this: don't go to air with photocopies. That's just dumb.