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In article <M30y6.120228$lj4.3586974@news6.giganews.com>, Clay Colwell 
<eris@io.com> wrote:

> In dfw.general Simon <simons@spam_offwho.net> wrote:
> > 'Ol George claims he hasn't touched a drop of the devil's drink in 
> > fourteen years -- since a hangover after his 40th birthday party:
> 
> >    http://detnews.com/1999/nation/9908/09/08090095.htm
> 
> > Suuuure:
> >    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/bush/bush.shtml
> 
> I just wish I could see the label on the bottle; I've read that
> Shrub is supposed to be a big fan of nonalcoholic beers like
> O'doul's, so I'd want to be certain that the bottle he's holding
> isn't one of those

Well, even "non-alcoholic" beers actually have alcohol in them, to a 
maximum of .5% by volume.

   Does O'Doul's contain any alcohol?
�
   O'Doul's, as a malt beverage with less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, 
   is not legally considered "beer"; however, it is brewed like a beer 
   from which almost all of the alcohol is removed.
�
   The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms states that any label of 
   a malt beverage with less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume which 
   uses the term "non-alcoholic," must also contain the statement 
   "contains less than 0.5 percent (or .5%) alcohol by volume."

   <http://www.odouls.com/premium/premium_content_FAQ.htm>

Drink enough, and you *will* get drunk.

Hence, Shrub would be lying if he claims he hasn't "touched a drop" <of 
alcohol> since his 40th birthday:

   He added: "I don't think I was clinically an alcoholic. I didn't have
   the genuine addiction. I don't know why I drank. I liked to drink, I 
   guess." Mr Bush insists he has not had a "drop of alcohol" since 1986.

   <London Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/specials/sp26b6.htm>