QUOTE: Chris Lawrence mentions in passing:
"the Democrats have had to resort to smearing... both Dick Cheney and George Bush as relapsed alcoholics."
I happened to be involved in a discussion of politics with people (who are unaware of my, shall we say, complicated political leanings, and so naturally assume that I totally agree with them) a few weeks ago where this particular bit was sort of cast into the conversation very matter-of-factly, and no one seemed troubled by a lack of, say, evidence it was true (unless you count some dodgy attempts at reading into body language and speech patterns). I understand that political affiliations are not particularly rational (I don't like John Kerry, never have, and I couldn't really give you a reason why; I've always felt the opposite way about John Edwards), and so I can accept irrational Bush-hatred, but it does occasionally boggle the mind what people let their political affiliations allow them to believe.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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