That would be more than "nonsense" that we would have gone through...ugh.
Although there was a great deal in the media about this supposed scandal, I do not think it was a great topic around the watercooler at the time. In other words, I do not think the average American even cared about this basically media-created scandal in 2004. But yes, that is too horrible to contemplate, but to tell the truth, it WAS contemplated by some, and that is why it happened.
Of course, I was in shock because I thought Fitz had indicted Dick Cheney. As it turned out, the bar hag was so drunk she misinterpreted what she saw on the tube by the bar. It was Cheney's AIDE who had been indicted but for awhile there I believed that bar hag. BTW, have you ever noticed that a lot of bars have bar hags as regulars?