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The National Enquirer is just out with a bombshell. The tab reports on its website today -- for issues available in New York tomorrow and nationwide on Friday -- that George W. Bush is back on the sauce, caught by Laura downing a shot after he learned of the Katrina crisis.

His worried wife yelled at him: 'Stop, George.'



Following the shocking incident, disclosed here for the first time, Laura privately warned her husband against 'falling off the wagon' and vowed to travel with him more often so that she can keep an eye on Dubya, the sources add.



'When the levees broke in New Orleans, it apparently made him reach for a shot,' said one insider. 'He poured himself a Texas-sized shot of straight whiskey and tossed it back. The First Lady was shocked and shouted: 'Stop George!'



'Laura gave him an ultimatum before, 'It's Jim Beam or me.' She doesn't want to replay that nightmare — especially now when it's such tough going for her husband.'

Actually, we sort of glad to hear the president is drinking again. 'Brownie, you're doing a hell of job,' makes a lot more sense coming from a drunk man.

Bush's Booze Crisis [National Enquirer]

Bush Boozing? [Wonkette]

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(Via Gawker.)