Originally Posted by Moskie

There's one aspect about this subject that keeps bugging me: the fact that Bush himself, or some official representative, has not said anything about it.

Assume the memos are false. Bush, presumably, would know that the memos are false, because.... he was there. Now wouldn't the first thing he should do is to make sure that the puts out a clear, strong denial of the memos? All these forgery theories have come from journalists and experts and what have you, but neither Bush nor a representative of his administration have said *anything* about the authenticy of these memos. Well, excluding the fact the White House received and distributed them, but that doesn't really say anything concrete.

This is the most compelling reason for me that makes me think the memos are real. Bush doesn't want to deny them, because if the memos are proven to be true, he takes two blows instead of one.

So to anyone who thinks these memos are part of some conspiracy against Bush, why hasn't the Bush administration come out and clearly said they know the memos to be false?