Dan Rather May Have Cost Kerry the Election

 

Longtime Democratic strategist Pat Caddell said Friday that if documents aired by CBS newsman Dan Rather Wednesday night turn out to be forged, as alleged by experts, the presidential race "is over."

"It would be the end of the race," Caddell told Fox News Live. "It would be the end of the race," he repeated.

"[Democratic officials are] so involved in this," the former Carter pollster worried. "They have gotten themselves so involved in this issue [in] the last 24 hours that somebody's going to, if they're not authentic, they're going to be blamed for it. It's incredible to me that they've gotten in this."

Caddell said he wasn't trying to sensationalize the issue, explaining that instead "I'm trying to save my party, you know, by telling the truth."

He said that forfeiting the presidential race would be the least of his party's problems if Democrats are tied to any forgery scandal.

"The race is over – and we've got bigger problems than that," he warned.

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Friday, Sept. 10, 2004 9:07 a.m. EDT

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Tuesday, June 25, 2002

Goldberg: Why Aren't Media Talking About Rooney's Rather Complaint
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Andy Rooney Admits Rather's a Liberal
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Dan Rather: Ashcroft is Out to Get Me
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Dan Rather: Bush Issued Bogus Terror Alert to Cover-up 9-11 Bungle
Wednesday May 22, 2002; 10:51 a.m. EDT

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Friday, May 17, 2002

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Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002

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Tuesday, January 29, 2002

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Monday, Jan. 21, 2002

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Thursday Dec. 12, 2001; 9:26 a.m. EST

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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001

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Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001

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Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001

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Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001

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Wednesday August 1, 2001; 11:14 p.m. EDT

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Tuesday, July 31, 2001

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Thursday, July 26, 2001

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Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:37 a.m. EDT

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Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:29 p.m. EDT

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Monday, July 23, 2001

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Thursday, July 19, 2001

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