Trust me -- I have decidedly mixed feelings when it comes to GWB.  But once again: I won't get directly into the current politics of the situation here.  But at the same time I won't hesitate to discuss and to point out the underlying philosophies which drive certain observable factual phenomenon -- like how it was possible for a woman with a totally fabricated story to get the NYT's to buy into her story for three solid years:  running up to the publication of a book -- and apparently without the slightest hint of a thought that something was fishy.  The reason stemmed from the fact that the good folks at the NYT's wanted to believe her story.......because it fell in line with their own accepted template.

There are other aspects to this situation as well -- that the woman is an attention-hungry fraud, etc., etc..  But that's nowhere near as interesting as the reasons behind the total failure of a major news organization to make any any efforts at all to verify a 'dramatic' story.  A story made from pure vapor.  And this isn't the first time that they've done something like this -- it's just the latest example.

BTW - who is Santa Clause?  A sanctified lawyer?  Or maybe it's just the title of a fairly recent seasonal movie?  I don't seem to recall that the movie studio made any claims in regards to the story being an actual fact.  But then again -- perhaps the NYT's would believe that the movie's tale was a fact, were it to be presented to them in the correct manner.  Perhaps it would help if the movie mentioned oppressed, drug-addicted elves.

There are some BIG money-making opportunities here, for anyone with a good imagination -- and the correct take on matters (of course).

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