I bought you drinks, I brought you flowers...

James Mann, our favorite Truth-To-Power teller, offers a could-be explaination for why the story about Bush's taking to drink- if it is true- was leaked.

This was given to them most likely by a White House figure- perhaps laying the ground for this?

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Could be BS, could be something. Time will tell. Frankly, its a perfect "out" for Bush. I can hear the faithful now...

"But he's a good man, just sick, thats all..."

Elsewhere, Shakespeare's Sister, following up on the same question, notes:

before you get all snooty about the credibility of The National Enquirer, I’d just like to remind you that particular rag has broken none too few political scandals wide open—including Gary Hart’s tryst with Donna Rice, Jesse Jackson's affair and illegitimate child, Pardongate, and Rush Limbaugh’s drug addiction. As far as political scandals go, they’re usually, well, right.

Again, we here at Dictionopolis in Digitopolis don't know, and we're not pretending we do. But...