Bush Marriage Breakup!!!!

Media Matters covers this Globe story as a matter of balance following the NYTimes article on the Clinton's marriage. It's tabloid, it's crap.

But what I find much more interesting is the politics of it. The trash tabloids you see at the checkout lanes are owned and run almost exclusively by huge right wing donors. In all your time in the checkout lanes have you ever seen a negative story about Bush before?

I would guess that there are two elements at play here.

1) "Give the people what they want." Broadly speaking, America no longer likes Bush, and thus, like so many famous figures before him, are looking for stories that tear him down.

2) The politics have reached a point where this is allowed.

As political indicators go, tabloids are a pretty poor one, but I think it's symptomatic of the distrust/dislike/disdain bubbling up from the American people. I would parallel it with the significant increase in Bush jokes on the late night shows since November of last year. (I don't have a link to the source study handy, you're gonna have to trust me. Up something like 30%.)

(Also, just as an aside, if you did click through to look at the Globe front page, didn't it titilate you a little? Aren't you the least bit curious? "Nasty Fights - Booze Problems - Laura Urges Counselling."

I'm actually headed to the grocery store momentarily, and I'm willing to bet when I get there, I'm probably gonna find a long line so I can flip through it.)

UPDATE: It took just a minute. I didn't even have to go to the grocery store. Here's the complete text and a scan of the splash page. (I don't know the source blog.) And, no, I don't believe it. But I find it fun nonetheless.