“[There is] absolutely no evidence of George W. Bush ever using cocaine. This is an outrageous slander. As for his military service, he did his duty. Nobody has found legitimate fault” – David Thompson, in Dan Drezner’s comments.

What’s that, Skippy? It’s not a joke? There are actually people who believe this kind of crazy nonsense? Well, bugger me. On the plus side, I think America disqualifies the criminally insane from voting.

Update: actually, I think this *is* a joke and David Thompson is a parody. Unless someone can explain how this could be *intended* to make sense (on John Kerry getting the date of his undercover mission to Cambodia wrong by a whole four weeks):

“Indeed, it is a very serious character flaw. The stated date makes all the difference in the world. It’s similar to a previous president claiming he did not have sex with Monica Lewinsky. Kerry claimed that the date was Christmas and by doing this he slandered his country and fellow soldiers.” (from later in the same comments thread)