Rather Gives "The Impression He Will Call The President As A Witness" in CBS Suit

Posted by Paddy at 2:00 PM on September 26, 2007.

This post, written by Paddy, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Blog

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Former "Evening News" Dan Rather choked back tears on several occasions today when discussing his decision to file a lawsuit against CBS and he left many audience members with a sense that he may call President George W. Bush as a witness should the lawsuit proceed to trial (and Rather said he hoped it would).

How sweet would that be? The article goes on to say that Rather doesn't dismiss calling GWB & GHWB to testify.

Words can't describe the joy I am feeling right now. Nothing would be better than getting those men in court. But, something tells me if it ever came to that, Dan would get in an "accident" or something.

More from the Examiner:

In the lawsuit, Rather claims he was unjustifiably squeezed out of CBS by network executives following a 2004 story about President Bush's service record in the Texas Air National Guard. After evidence emerged that the story's primary documents were possibly faked or forged, Rather stated on air that "if I knew then what I know now, I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question."

Joynt asked Rather if he believes the president hates him, and Rather responded by saying that "hate is a strong word." Then, he began to well up. "You've never met anybody who had more respect for the presidency than I do," said Rather, choking back tears. He stood by his 2004 story, saying "we got the truth, but we left ourselves vulnerable."

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