[L.N. Smithee]

I thought all the Buchanan pukes had slinked away forever after getting only four tenths of one percent of the vote after running one of the most racists campaigns in history. Why are you repeating their old slander?

For the record:

• It wasn't "Buchanan pukes" that started the rumors about those photos of Bush, it was Democrats;

• Among the things that could be said about the Buchanan campaign of 2000, "one of the most racist...in history" isn't one of the accurate ones. Pat had a black female running mate, and any of his allegedly bigoted stances pale in comparison to those of candidates like David Duke, George Wallace and Strom Thurmond (and that's just in the twentieth century);

• If you had asked me if I was a Buchanan supporter instead of accusing me of it, I would have shown you that I address Buchanan supporters specifically in the threads PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AN ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION and REALITY CHECK: 3rd Party Candidates Must Get 50% PLUS ONE of Electoral Votes to Win;

• Those photos have never been proven to exist -- not even nutty Bush pseudo-biographer J.H. Hatfield claimed he could track them down. If they ever existed, it's a good bet that they don't now, or else they would have surfaced in the all-out effort to get Dubya out.

• It was a joke, OK? But even so, Bush is acting as if Fox has some sort of mysterious hold over him, the way that W just nods whenever Fox insists on American concessions.

In the future, do yourself a favor and do some research before flying off the handle.

[FITZ]

A naked picture wouldn't hold that much power --- maybe it's a clothed picture of Rove --- maybe clothed in pink women's underclothes, or a chain around his neck. The Mexican leaders know they hold a lot of power over us for some reason.