Dan Rather, CBS News Anchor:
- given false documents he thought were true.
- failed to thoroughly investigate the facts.
- reported the documents to the American people as true in order to make his case.
- when confronted with the facts, apologized on national TV and launched an immediate investigation.
- retracted his entire story.
- number of Americans dead as a result: 0
- Republicans believe he should be fired as CBS News Anchor.
George W. Bush, President of the United States:
- given false documents he thought were true.
- failed to thoroughly investigate the facts.
- reported documents to the American people as true in order to make his case.
- when confronted with the facts from several other Intel advisors, Continued instead to report untruth and stonewalled an investigation For nearly a year.
- has never apologized or accepted reponsibility for a war launched against a country that had not attacked us.
- number of Americans dead: 1,100 and rising daily; number of Americans wounded: 7,000 and rising daily; number of Iraqi civilian men, women, and children dead: estimated at over 11,000.
- Republicans believe he should be given four more years as President.