BUSH'S BOOZE CRISIS

dubya: accused by the national enquirer of going back to being a drunk
clinton: got his cock sucked by a presidential groupie/stalker intern
reagan: went senile
nixon: went nuts (haw haw, "went nuts")
LBJ: couldn't/wouldn't do anything wr2 vietnam

That's true. It could help him regain his common-man stature. Hey, who hasn't gone off on a bender because of job stress?

Damnit, I was hoping no one had said this yet...then I finally get to the end of the thread.

oh, i understand it quite well -- and i know that they know the ins-and-outs of the defamation laws QUITE well.

which doesn't mean that this story is TRUE -- but that they also know the risks of their line of work.

yup... but that's what their readership reacts to. a "gwyneth paltrow is quitting acting to go feed starving children" rumor wouldn't make NE headlines, but a celebrity with a substance abuse problem never fails to, no matter how much of a non-shockah it is.

RJG there was another thread that did that, once. it was several years ago.

-- RJG (RJ...), September 23rd, 2005.

Whoa! Back. Forward. Back. Forward.

Whoa!

the other way to spin the "bush is a real man" thing is... bush got so loaded after hearing the news that he was in a stupor for a couple days before he realized he needed to get off his ass and actually do something.

seriously... you hear something shitty and you say, "fuck, i need a drink." you get a drink. but THEN, you get off your ass and do something ASAP. the drink is for the courage to actually do what you've gotta do. not sit on your ass for a few days while shit gets even worse.

eh. bush's got senioritis anyway. when's president skips day again?
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Whoa!

Back, and to the left. BACK, and to the left. BACK, and to THE LEFT.

I'm not a conservative by any means, but if I were, I'd love nothing more than to see a bunch of liberals NAME DROPPING THE NATIONAL FUCKING ENQUIRER.

yeah, that was my thing. it's like, schadenfreude & all is fun, but consider the friggin' source. Yeah, they did the Monica thing, and the Genifer Flowers thing, and the Limbaugh on drugs thing, but still...

still, who else wants to bet that this whole thing is a plant?

...and after a brief "extraordinary rendition," he was ready to report back to the National Guard as commanded.

Seriously, this story's credibility is questionable. What's not questionable is that, meanwhile, Senate Republicans are fixing campaign finance laws to give incumbents an 8-1 spending advantage over challengers, slipped into a transportation spending bill which includes emergency spending for relief from Hurricane Katrina...

The Fix Is In

Here’s my point: would it be great fun to get some real proof that Saint George was drinking on the job? Tremendous fun. Hours of fun for the whole family, without a doubt. But, like extra-marital blow jobs from mildly attractive interns, while frowned upon, just not a very big deal in the grand scheme of things. There are worse things than drinking, and he’s already done most of them....

I'm not doubting any greater scheme here, but if this is the best they can come up with.. well, wow, I mean... when the only way to help a president out is fabricate an alcohol binge, how low can you go?

(Bass!)

as i understand those laws, it would be virtually impossible for a president to sue anyone for libel, so they're on pretty safe territory with a story like this whether their sources are reliable or not.

No stupid see Clinton made the economy "work" back in the 90s while Bush doesn't care about black people you obviously have got a lot to learn about American politics because of this Clinton forever wins and Bush loses (but steals the win nevertheless through the Supreme Court right guys!?1!)

Jody there are many many parts of the NE that I don't understand, but the main one I do get is the part where they reinforce conservative morals in the most hypocritical way possible..

It is incredibly odd how their non-celebrity articles read like "feel good" 700 Club segments about middle-American life. I think it's populism more than anything. You're already slamming the "elites" in every other article so you might as well score some more points with the Common People™ who dance drink screw because there's nothing else...etc
For what it's worth, the people I've talked to who've had articles done by the NE say the Enquirer actually does 5x as much fact checking as mainstream publications who've done similar stories. At this point they know the importance of watching their hides, I'm sure.