George Bush, the Alcoholic (Pt. 3)
Yahoo!'s health columnist continues his series about the dangers of Bush's "dry drunk" syndrome. "Like most alcoholics, the president is a frequent liar, but he is not a particularly good one. He has surrounded himself with advisors who embrace the strategy that if one repeats a lie over and over with complete conviction that it becomes true."Rock Solid Journalism
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