Wise move, I think. Let's Kerry refute the Swift Boat charges with a VERY FRIENDLY interviewer and audience. There's a great quote from the Daily Show's executive producer in the Wash Post piece on this:
"George W. Bush has put a moratorium on talk about his behavior under the age of 40 and everyone [in the press] is abiding by it. 'Were you or were you not an alcoholic or did you just have a drinking problem?,' 'Were you or were you not a drug abuser?' Meanwhile they're debating whether [Kerry's war] wounds drew blood or were they superficial, or occurred in the same day, or whether he shot a guy wearing a toga. . . . How is that possible?"Which got me wondering, what ARE the various chargers/rumors about Bush's early days that have yet to be fully cleared up, or at least aren't being talked about nearly enough. I'll list the ones I remember, any others?
1. He's an alcoholic
2. Caught on film drunk years after he claimed to have given up booze.
3. Girlfriend rumored to have had an abortion
4. Didn't show up for all of his military service.
5. Used dad to get out of serving in Vietnam.
6. Refused to get military physical because might have been doing drugs.
7. Wife killed someone by driving through a stop sign.
8. Refuses to deny that he once (or more) used cocaine.
9. Told reporter at 1988 Repub convention that he and dad talked about "pussy" a lot.
10. Rumored to currently be on anti-depressants.
11. MIA on September 11 while America was at war.
What else?
