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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: hmaly who wrote (132929)2/16/2001 4:23:27 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1570472
 
Harry,

<<<I think the American people should have had more time than a few days to evaluate whether they wanted an alcoholic running the country. <<<<<<<<

Are you somehow under the mistaken impression that a DWI means you have alcoholism.

No.

What about the guy who might have several drinks to celebrate his sons birth? Does that one night of drinking make him an alcoholic?

No.

Is a social drinker an alcoholic?

Some are, some aren't.

GW freely admitted he had drinking problems when he was young. He also declared that he was in a alcoholic program and hadn't had a alcoholic drink for 15 yrs. The public knew this well in advance of the election,

Really, I wasn't aware of it until his DUIs came to the surface. I suspect many others weren't either. I don't remember a statement re his drinking being in a campaign brochure that I saw of his.

Now, no one knows...and we only have his word that he has been sober for 15 years. Hopefully, he will stay sober for the next 4 years. <<<<

You not only have the word of GW and his friends, you also have the press reporting that he never takes a drink, even on social occasions.

So what...that means very little.

Isn't that good enough for you? If not, why not.

Because an alcoholic can successfully hide his/her drinking for years from most everyone except maybe other alcoholics.

ted






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