Did you know I'm old enough to remember when Bush would have flunked a security clearance for his past drug use? When Bush said he hadn't used drugs for x number of years (25 I believe), I think he was tacitly admitting drug use.
Isn't that just a reflection of how bad this country has gotten? That we can discuss the past illegal drug use of a sitting "conservative" president of the USA?
And regarding principled, don't you think Bush's response that didn't really answer the question of "Did you use illegal drugs?" was unprincipled? I mean either ignore it or answer it but don't tap dance around it. But we digress.
Bush's signing that bill was damnable, no matter how you look at it.