Didn’t Cecil do a column on this one and conclude there was no real evidence, just rumors (and not many of those)?
How exactly does one spin a presidential sex scandal so that it’s positive toward the president? Why don’t you flesh that idiotic idea out for us a bit. Give us the headlines and the lead story lines. Is it something like:
BUSH SEEKS THE LOVE THAT LAURA NEVER GAVE HIM. It’s all HER fault.
Something like that? Yeah, right…
Ever wonder why Bush takes so many long vacations - just about a year’s worth so far in his presidency?
Why a guy who’s so well coordinated he became a fighter pilot, yet these days he falls off his bike? Or whatever?
And before you dismiss the National Enquirer out of hand, keep in mind that they are among the least sued major publications in the US. Which means when they publish, they tend to get it right—the first time.
The squestions above are mine, by the way, not the the Enquirer’s. But read the article yourself.
I guess nobody loves this thread. I was about to move it to IMHO. I guess I’ll let it bunk here, though.
Lynn
For the Straight Dope
No. Because I’m smart enough to realize that a president’s vacation isn’t like yours or mine-- he still does his job, just in another place. Obviously, you aren’t smart enough to understand that.
Emphasis added.
Are you contending that no figher pilot ever falls off his bike? Or whatever? Not only am I smart enough to figure out the vacation riddle, I’m also an experienced enough cyclist to know that all of us fall off our bikes from time to time. Or whatever.
Uhm, no, it doesn’t mean that. Or whatever.
Forgot to add to that last part…
What it means is that 1) they hire very good lawyers making it extremely expensive to sue and 2) most people don’t bother to sue because only complete morons like you believe the stories in the first place.
Or whatever…
The Enquirer actually has a fairly good investigative reporter team. God only knows why, but they have, in the past, broken stories now and again, on real news subjects. Is this one of them? I don’t know.
The National Enquirer story is being pursued by other newspapers. It’s only a matter of time before it gets more major coverage. I happen to believe it. I know an alcoholic that has been dry some 30 years and is quite active in AA. He tells me that Bush is without question a “dry drunk”. I’m not saying that alcoholics absolutely cannot dry out without AA, but they have the best track record of all. Since Bush never went to AA, I’d say his sober time will be of limited duration.
The Scottish bicycle accident should have been a wakeup call. I find it hard to believe that someone as athletic as he could have such an accident sober. He recently stumbled getting off a plane in San Diego. His New Orleans demeanor seemed to me somehow odd, the more I think about it the more I think he was recoveing from a bender. The Smoking Gun has some interesting links and video documenting old D Dubya I.
The Katrina debacle was the last straw for someone in the inner circle. They couldn’t take any more and leaked the story. I predict in two weeks that will be all the nation talks about.
See post #33 above.
Anyone who loses a truth-telling contest with Saddam Hussein and still gets re-elected could surely be fellated by his own mother, sans dentures, and survive politically?
Yeah, right… and the Easter Bunny is banging Mrs. Claus while Santa is out…
Yeah, we’ll see about that.
You happen to be highly partisan, too, and given to believe anything bad about Bush.
Well, that settles it right there. Your friend (who has never met Bush) knows this “without question”. Perhaps that’s the problem-- the unwillingness to question part.
Wanna bet?
I would not be surprised to see Bun-bun considering this.
Nah, Bun-bun isnt the GMILF type.
Santa’s daughter, on the other hand…