DEFENDING THE EX-DRUNK

“I am 38 years old, drank my way through college, come from a relatively well to do family, was never really sure what to do with my life, have been very happily together with one and the same woman, have two daughters and am terrible at speaking in public. If someone would put me through the horrors of what passes for a political campaign, I am not sure how I would look to the outside world.” Thus says a reader in the Book Club today. Frank Bruni also weighs in again: “My goal wasn’t — and isn’t — to provide some sort of final verdict, to bolster or to bash Bush.” For more debate, check out the Book Club today.