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Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account
WashingtonPost ^
| 09/09/04
| Howard Kurtz
Posted on 09/08/2004 8:06:39 PM PDT by Pikamax
Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account
By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2004; Page C01
President Bush's former sister-in-law denied yesterday that she had given author Kitty Kelley any information about allegations of past drug use by Bush.
Sharon Bush is quoted in Kelley's forthcoming book about the Bush family as making one of the allegations, and Kelley's editor said in an interview Tuesday that she had provided "confirmation" for the information.
But Sharon Bush, who is divorced from the president's brother Neil, said in a statement: "I categorically deny that I ever told Kitty Kelley that George W. Bush used cocaine at Camp David or that I ever saw him use cocaine at Camp David. When Kitty Kelley raised drug use at Camp David, I responded by saying something along the lines of, 'Who would say such a thing?'
"Although there have been tensions between me and various members of the Bush family, I cannot allow this falsehood to go unchallenged."
Doubleday, Kelley's publisher, was quick to dispute her account.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushfamily; denial; kittykelley; sharonbush
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To: MOgirl
I fully expected perky Katie to have Kelley on...but even I didn't think that she would give her three days. I hope the media gets blown out of the water on this one. I hope Barbara Bush sues her a$$!
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:19:45 PM PDT
by
Wait4Truth
("There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat!" - GWB)
To: Pikamax
I was hoping Sharon would deny being the source. Now she needs to go to the talk shows, especially Larry King, and say the same. This will blunt the KK attack.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:20:03 PM PDT
by
plushaye
(President Bush - Four more years! Thanks Swifties.)
To: Pikamax
Time for a law suit. Do it now before the perky one can talk to kelly. Go for a restraining order.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:20:33 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(It ain't over till the TRex throws out TF'n)
To: Pikamax
Doubleday referred a reporter to Lou Colasuonno, a former tabloid editor who was then providing public relations advice to Sharon Bush and arranged last year's lunch with Kelley. Asked about the disputed quote on drug use, he said: "From what I've seen reported in the media, and having not seen the book, I would not describe it as inaccurate." Does this count as a non-denial denial? "I would not descrsibe it as inaccurate."
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:21:11 PM PDT
by
Brandon
To: Pikamax
This is a huge blow to this already credibility-challenged book's credibility.
I was a little nervous about this, but this really is a massive hit on this book.
To: Pikamax; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; devolve; potlatch; Geist Krieger; Smartass
Sharon Bush on Dubya snorting crack at Camp David:
"Although there have been tensions between me and various members of the Bush family, I cannot allow this falsehood to go unchallenged."
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:22:51 PM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(Jihad - coming to a school near you - 55 days until November 2nd - 9/11 is this Saturday.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
The dems lies are unraveling fast
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:23:09 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Pikamax
This is an example of why responsible authors tape record their interviews. In any event, the Bush coke charge is now without any traction whatsoever. I hope Kelley pushes it though. It will help traduce her credibility on everything else.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:23:18 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: Pikamax
You guys don't get it, they don't care if it's true. They plan on throwing as much mud as possible and hoping it will stick. If they are caught in a lie, they will deny it's a lie, they will go on and on and on just as thought it was never challanged.
This is Marxism at it's most developed. Just tell the lie, someone may believe it.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:23:48 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
(If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
To: Pikamax
Kitty Kelly, napalm splattered on Kerrys retreating swift boat.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:24:07 PM PDT
by
AmericanCheeseFood
(Kerry for a stronger America, through French hygiene practices.)
To: Pikamax
Kelley "has notes to corroborate both these conversations," Herz said, and Bush "understood that anything she said could be used for publication."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! And Kerry has his own after-fiction reports for his medals!
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:26:25 PM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
To: Happy2BMe
Thank goodness for an honest person!
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:28:19 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
To: McGavin999
You guys don't get it, they don't care if it's true. correct.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:29:20 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: jsk10
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:30:40 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Torie
I am wondering if Kerry is deliberately trying to depress turnout with these attacks and turn this into a base vs base election?
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:30:44 PM PDT
by
ambrose
(http://www.swiftvets.com/)
To: Shermy
"...[Sharon] believes, and is prepared to reveal in her book, that the Bushs are far more pragmatic and calculating than has ever been seen before. She will show that the family orchestrates its public image from top to bottom. She will reveal that the family is in essence a political operation." And the Bush family is so "calculating", so "orchestrated", that absolutely nobody in the universe is onto the fact that Neal is a worthless twit.
Yeah. Right.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:30:47 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Pikamax
What does one more lie matter to the Bush haters?
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:32:10 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: MOgirl
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:33:25 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: Wait4Truth
Hello,
I truly believe that the Old Media (which is now more accurate than the MSM) will render themselves irrelevant during this election cycle. They have bitten too deeply of the poison apple and can not seem to stop their self destructive behavior.
Times, they are a changin....
Glad to be here, MOgirl
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:33:40 PM PDT
by
MOgirl
(In memory of Walton Wayne Callahan, I love you forever.)
To: Pikamax
Kitty Kelly conjured filth and stale tales of Bush AWOL. Yawn.
Nocturnus interruptus for another DUmmie wet dream.
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posted on
09/08/2004 8:34:21 PM PDT
by
ipa
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