I know, I know it sounds a bit crazy, but bear with me on this one.
When I first heard about the national enquirer article citing Gee Duhbya drinking again I of course celebrated thinking "man this is it, everyone is going to know what a drunken immoral clown this a-hole is". But when I actually read the article, I was taken aback at how this portrayed him as a man who has just too much on his shoulders, and cared too much. And what a great gal his stepford-wife is for caring about him. And he cares sooooo much for the dead soldiers, that he just can't help him self, he has to take a shot of Jenna's, hidden bottle of Jack. .
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Now if you look at this from unka Karl's view, although it could backfire, the risk reward ratio is pretty good. First 60% of Americans now think GW is a hopeless dunce. So this story does nothing but reinforce their "reality based" opinions. While 60% is huge, it's not nearly as telling as say 89% thinking he's a H.D, those are impeachment numbers, and house-of-card falling numbers. So Karl is after that 29% that is for the most part hopelessly stupid, (yet are 100% of the national enquirer readership) but who may actually get it when they get slapped cross the mug with the rotten fish called "high gas prices" and are unable to drive to the 7-11 to pick up that pack of Marlboro lights and busch tall-boy. Yes they may be stupid, but thankfully they are also selfish. So Unka Karl is trying to do some preemptive strikes on the terminally stupid, by appealing to their only sympathetic streak, the one being saved for the knucklehead in chief. Or better yet, he's providing them with another excuse to support Bush as "good, Christian man "when talking with their friends, while sitting around scratching off lottery tickets and comparing tires on their trailers. As for the other 11% they are the video-of -bush-eating-babies supporters.
I think that unka Karl knew this was coming, that Bush was just too out of hand and it was going to get out there. Maybe Bush would fall off another non-existent bike, or choke on air, or something similarly as stupid, and some college news guy not associated with any major news conglomerate decides to actually do some reporting. So Karl had to get out in front of the story, and give it this spin. Now when Bush finally does admit he has been drinking again ( Over/Under 3 months, just before Christmas) he will garner huge amounts of sympathy, and how about that horrible press digging into his personal life, and what a guy admitting he has a problem, and dadgummit, theres `ol Jeebus ready to jump right in and throw him back on that wagon. Now if that doesn't bring a tear to they eye of every national enquirer reader right at Christmas I don't know what would. (OK, maybe a rescued puppy story) . Plus this has the added benefit of taking the heat off of Rove just before he gets indicted for high crimes.
So tell me, should I use Reynolds wrap, or the store brand when building my new chapeau.