[Exigence]

Lehane's comments underscored the importance of the all-but-forgotten DWI story, which many suspected was a Democrat dirty trick designed to throw Bush off balance during the final days of the campaign.

Only idiots -- and the mainstream press -- "suspect" this was a Dem dirty trick. The rest of us *know* it was.

[UncleJeff]

If it had been an untrue "smear" I could understand why it was a "dirty trick", but it was true and Bush's people lied about it and tried to cover it up. How is that algore's fault??