I was reading through the Daily Mirror today, which is good for a few laughs, and I came across this story. It is about a new book that is coming out, authored by Kitty Kelley, in which she details George Bushs alleged white powder fetish.

Apparently the book is obsessed with the old, boring claims that Bush used to be a coke head, which we all remember from the last election cycle. These claims couldnt interest me less, nor do I think there is much validity to the more outlandish claims, such as the one about Bush snorting lines at Camp David when his father was prez. Apparently Kelly was paid a four million dollar advance for the book

I really dont care whether or not Bush participated in the drug culture of the late sixties; we are going to be hard pressed to find a baby boomer presidential candidate who didnt experiment, as weve learned with Clinton, Gore and now, yes, Bush. It boggles my mind that people still get into a tizzy about allegations of drug use by presidential candidates, especially when the allegations involve drug use that took place 25 years prior. For all I care, Bush could have spent much of 1970 face down in a mountain of cocaine, like Tony Montana in Scarface (in fact, this would impress me greatly). As for the allegations that Bush snorted coke at Camp David dont believe it. Remember those allegations concerning Clinton running drugs from a backwater Arkansas airport when he was Governor? They were equally dubious.

And just in case you are one of the dozens of people who believe that the Daily Mirror is stringent about checking its facts and getting the whole story, I give you this quote at the bottom of the story, contained within a mini paragraph, attributed to a pre-surgery Bill Clinton (I’m not quite sure why this is at the bottom of the page, actually):

“This sure isn’t how we planned to spend Labor Day weekend but we’re doing our best to enjoy it.”

The problem is, this appeared on the Bill Clinton Blog which is an obvious hoax. If youve read any of it, and you have a reasonable amount of critical reading skills, this is self evident. I mean, theres one posting where Clinton writes about going to a gay club with Kevin Spacey before hightailing it to a hetero club, where the women were all over him, clawing, pushing and kissing him, fighting for his attention before a cat fight broke out, at which point one woman fought off her assailants with lip stick. Funny? Yes. True? Um, what do you think?

Good job, Daily Mirror. Keep reaching for that journalistic rainbow!

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