Friday, September 23rd, 2005...9:47 am
Sorry, I Can’t Buy It.
A story has been making its way around the liberal portion of the blogosphere that Pres. George W. Bush is back on the sauce. The story originated with an overly dramatic account in the always reputable National Enquirer of Laura Bush walking in on the President while he is about to take a shot. Supposedly she said “Stop, George.”
Something we all say, but with different punctuation.
According to the article, the President was so distraught over the destruction from Hurricane Katrina that it drove him to drink.
And therin lies my problem with the story.
As much as the schadenfraude infected portions of my lefty anatomy would be stimulated by it, I can’t believe this one. If he was driven to drink, one would have to assume that the guy was engaged and also aware of the full scope of what was going on. To say that he needed a drink to deal with this crisis is giving him far too much credit.
9 Comments
September 23rd, 2005 at 6:34 pm
“making it’s way…”
it’s = it is
its = possessive of it
September 23rd, 2005 at 6:43 pm
Its…I mean it’s fixed.
Smartass.
September 24th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
Like you, I have a little difficulty believing that particular story.
But unlike you (I guess,) the reason I doubt the story is because it is highly likely that Bush has been occasionally binge drinking, all along. The Enquirer story paints this as maybe a 1st-time thing, which I doubt.
Alcoholism is a progressive disease. Without treatment it just gets worse. And Bush has never been in treatment of any kind.
A year or so ago he even slurred words during a speech and press conference, causing a writer at the NYT to admit that Bush looked like he was medicated.
He probably alternates (or even sometimes combines) mild anxiolytic drugs and alcohol.
When I can stand watching him on TV for 5 minutes he often seems to me to be “on something.” It’s my nursing experience drug-radar thing.
I could be wrong.
September 24th, 2005 at 2:25 pm
I agree with the poster above me. I think Bush has been drinking since 9/11 actually.
September 24th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
Don’t know about Bush, but Karl Rove must have had a few drinks before shooting off his mouth at a conference last week.
I mean, Karl Rove cracking jokes off about Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson (and in front of Bob Novak at that– the last line of the story lists him as in attendance)? I bet his lawyer, who has advised him to keep his mouth shut about it probably called and blistered his ears.
September 25th, 2005 at 10:44 am
Rove is probably still hyped on his pain meds.
September 25th, 2005 at 12:12 pm
A source quoted in the article mysteriously says of Bush that “Everyone’s drinking around him.”
Also, after re-reading it, the article does in many instances imply that some people think Bush has indeed been sneaking drinks all along. Obvious enough.
Cheney has had several DWI’s, but he is much more reticent about his personal life. There is no reason, however, to assume that he himself is entirely free of alcohol-related problems.
Cheney is a man who gained 35 pounds of weight after having suffered a heart attack, so I would not presume he would be compliant regarding other matters of his health.
Generally speaking, if an organization is sick at the top, illness and codependence will resonate all through it at all levels.
Note how all the bell-ringers have been booted out of this administration.
Face it, the entire White House is alcoholic. Not just the people who work there, but the entire organization.
September 26th, 2005 at 1:42 am
Better a drunk than the leftist potheads and junkies mass-halucinating Democratic party talking points.
September 26th, 2005 at 3:19 am
You know you misspelled a word there.
Are you on pot yourself?
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