I haven' had a drink in fowty yeahs...no since I was fowty...whatever. I mean...oh I jus' love you guys! (passes out.)

Interesting show on the history channel about Hitler and his unconventional relationship with his doctor who injected him with amphetamines on a daily basis... soon he couldn't function without a hefty jolt of speed... annnnd, remember the old joke about Spiro Agnew being Richard Nixon's life insurance policy, nobody would dare take out Nixon or they'd get Agnew.... how lucky can we be, if the POTUS cracks up, the acting president will be Dick Cheney, and that would be, ummmmmmm.... an intertesting choice...

Ed Schultz just interviewed an editor with the National Enquirer. The editor said the paper stands by its story "150%" and would go to court over it if they had to. He said that they have 2 different sources for the story, and that the sources had been informing the National Enquirer about this story for about the last month or so.

Notably, the editor said that a "highly respected" newspaper has also been working on the story and could well publish something on it in the next week or two.

He also said to expect Laura to be traveling alot more with Bush so she can keep a close watch on him.

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From the "smartass" side of me,
I'd like to offer 'W' the following drink recipe;

2 ounces amber rum
1/4 cup passion fruit juice, or 1 tablespoon passion fruit syrup
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
1/2 teaspoon grenadine
Juice of 1/2 lime
Cherries and orange slice to garnish
Ice cubes

In a cocktail shaker mix the rum, passion fruit juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add the grenadine, and lemon juice and stir to combine. Add the ice cubes and shake. Strain contents into a cocktail glass. Garnish with orange and cherries. Yield: 1 serving

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Yup, a New Orleans Hurricane


-- Modified on 9/23/2005 8:01:07 PM

The National Enquirer? Come on, we haven't stooped that low have we? I'm not much of a Bush supporter, but this doesn't even deserve a response.

newsstand of grocery stores, I have to suppress an almost unbearable urge to wipe my behind.
I will believe a story like this one when truly reliable news outlets that research and document their stories with factural information write one.
I am sure that Mr.Bush is in over his head, but trash journalism did not lead me to that conclusion.

I'm certain that the Bushies will sue over such a comment.  Unless of course it's true.

the wingnuts thought that N.E. was reliable when they were writing about Clinton's affairs.

that they write plenty of lies and occasionlly have a true story. As I stated, I will wait until a reliable news service research the information and confirm that it is true.

The Clintons didn't respond to the many scurrilous claims that have been made by the National Enquirer and others of its ilk, and I don't believe President Bush should respond to this one. Why dignify it with a response, or worse yet, a lawsuit?

"The president didn't look all that relieved or happy, however. His eyes were puffy from lack of sleep (he had been awakened all through the night with bulletins), and he seemed cranky and fidgety. A group of reporters and photographers had been summoned by White House handlers to capture a photo op of the commander in chief at his post. Bush stared at them balefully. He rocked back and forth in his chair, furiously at times, asked no questions and took no notes. It almost seemed as though he resented having to strike a pose for the press."

Is that they are non-verifiable and undermine the journalism profession when they are wrong.

Even Bob Woodward of Watergate fame questions the use of so many unnamed sources by today's media; and he wasn't talking about the tabloid rags, he was referring to the mainstream press!

Consider this:

1. President Bill Clinton was the poster boy for why unnamed sources are bad. There were numerous anonymous accusations that were published during the White Water and the Lewinsky scandals.  Most never came to fruition and no one was ever held accountable.

2. They can hurt people. Look what happened when the mainstream press reported that U.S. soldiers were desecrating the Quran at Guantanamo Bay. It set off riots in the Middle East that killed people. The source soon backtracked, saying he/she didn't know for sure that the story was factual.

The problem with the media today is that everyone wants to get the story first. The rush to be first leads to shoddy fact-finding and reporting that produces inaccurate stories.

The fallout is that people don't know what to believe anymore, and I don't blame them.

From where I sit, getting it right is more important than getting it first!

Peace!
Catmando97

Yes, the wingnuts took it seriously, just like the wingnuts on the left are taking this seriously. Neither party has an exclusive when it comes to wingnuts.

Citing someone else hypocrisy and using it as an excuse for your own hypocrisy does not absolve you from being a hypocrite yourself.

I'll remember that for the next time someone quotes Fox.  May I borrow it?

Some people are passive questioners, others are active questioners. Since I have never seen Mr.Bush in a meeting, I have no idea of which he is. A passive questioner would use some form of physical activity to substitute for questions that are rocketing through his or her mind, in that sense it is not a surprise that a person that is a passive questioner would rock actively.
Look, I am not attempting to defend Mr.Bush, I have stated several times here that he is not close to being ready for prime time, I doubt that he ever was. His great moment in the sun after 9/11/2001 would have been put in by any President, even a passivist because that person would not have had any other choice than to be resolute.
The measure of a leader is how his or her performance tracks over many trying events, when that measure is used, Mr.Bush comes up well short.
But having written the last two paragraphs, I think that truth and decency would dictate that rumors of his drinking be confirmed by fair, balanced investigative reporting. It such an investigation find nothing that supports the rumor, and I say nothing - not what some want to read or hear, then I am perfectly ok accepting the information as fact.

news stories is that they can damage people or force them to spend valuable time publicly defending themselves, while all the while the people that are responsible for the lies cannot be held accountable.

not be allowed to wipe my ass. So do not suspect me of being one.

Sorry Still tryin25, but some people's definition of a rightwinger is someone who does not attack Bush at every opportunity, and who does not blame the republicans for everything that is wrong with this country. I guess that includes us in the middle, who try to think for ourselves rather than blindly following our party of choice.

a substance abuse problem.

Falling off the wagon would not be unbelievable.   Not exactly the same order of incredibility as Martians landing in DC.

Not that I could imagine a Prez with a substance abuse problem.

psychobabble. Let me clarify your glaring whitewash about Bush's "great moment" after 9/11. It was three days after 9/11. He spent 9/11 in a classroom shitting his pants and then flying all over the country on Air Force One hiding from phantom missles--and he was probably drinking heavily then too. His "great moment" was a PR stunt staged 3 days after the attacks.

I knew that there was something wrong with Reagan during his second campaign and he got slowly worse throughout his second term. If you could see clips now you'd know it in hindsight. In the same way, I can see that something is wrong with Chimpy--slurred, halting speech, irritable, and falls down a lot. But to be agreeable with you, I'll keep an open mind. He is either drunk or brain damaged. Take your pick.