Theyre b-a-a-a-c-k! Those horrible weapons of mass destruction may not be much use at destroying people, but theres still hope for them, in some quarters, as a useful means to the destruction of George W. Bushs presidency. After a brief lay-off late last year and during the early part of this, in which the media tried out with greater or less enthusiasm other anti-Bush stories, such as the budget deficit, the criticisms of his former treasury secretary, Paul ONeill—by the way, a prize of five shares of Alcoa stock, no questions asked, to anyone who can explain to me the meaning of the most famous of these, that the President was "like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people"—the alleged arrogance, partisanship, or duplicity of the State of the Union address, and even a patently absurd allegation that he had gone AWOL during his National Guard service, the media returned in February to its constant theme of last summer and autumn, those famou ...

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