Moral blindness: Bush in denial about 'Champagne Unit' privilege

Moral blindness: Bush in denial about 'Champagne Unit' privilege
Molly Ivins
(c) 2004 Creators Syndicate
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17657

AUSTIN, Texas --- Oh for heaven's sake, doesn't anyone know how to research a story anymore? I have never seen anything as silly as this ridiculous Republican chorus that, aha!, Ben Barnes is a Democrat and so we know he's lying!

The question is not whether Ben Barnes is a Democrat. Ben Barnes has never claimed to be nonpartisan or not to have any affiliation with the Kerry campaign. Of course he does. He's been a major Democratic player for years. The question is whether Ben Barnes is telling the truth about how he got George W. Bush in the Texas Air National Guard.....