HE'S NO AL GORE:

Gore campaign rejected allegations similar to CBS report, former campaign chief says (MATT KELLEY, September 21, 2004, AP)

Former Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign heard but did not pursue allegations about George W. Bush's Air National Guard service, similar to the information in discredited documents aired by CBS News this month, a former campaign official said Tuesday.

Tony Coelho, who ran the campaign for several months in 2000, said he did not follow up on the claims because they were not serious enough to demand further attention.

"Of everyone I talked to, no one had anything that rose to the level that we should get ourselves into," Coelho said.

That's one hurdle cleared--the Kerry campaign is now worse then the Gore campaign. Next up--the Dukakis campaign.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 21, 2004 7:54 PM