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New Tapes Say Bush May Have Smoked Marijuana (Gasp..! Bush Smoked Marijuana)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7682264 ^

Posted on 02/20/2005 2:03:25 PM PST by rs79bm

By Sue Pleming ( <---- LIBERAL ALERT!) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush indicated in interviews secretly taped by a friend before he became president that he had used marijuana but would not admit it for fear of setting a bad example for children.

Portions of the tapes, recorded from 1998 to 2000 by author Doug Wead without Bush's knowledge, were aired on ABC News on Sunday and published by The New York Times. Their authenticity was verified by the media outlets but has not been independently checked by Reuters.

"I wouldn't answer the marijuana question. You know why? Because I don't want some little kid doing what I tried," Bush purportedly says on the tape.

He added: "But you got to understand, I want to be president. I want to lead. I want to set -- Do you want your little kid say, 'Hey, Daddy, President Bush tried marijuana, I think I will?"'

In the tape, Bush mocks former Vice President Al Gore -- who fought him for the presidency in 2000 -- for admitting he smoked marijuana.

White House officials did not dispute the tapes' veracity and indicated the president was disappointed by their release.

"These were casual conversations that then Gov. Bush was having with someone he thought was a friend, and that's what they are," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters traveling with Bush to Europe aboard Air Force One.

NOT AWARE

McClellan said Bush, who was governor of Texas when the tapes were made, was not aware he was being recorded and the White House found out only when contacted by the New York Times for comment.

"Look, I think that, one, the comments in the tapes speak for themselves. And two, I think that what I just said pretty much speaks for itself," McClellan said when pressed about the details.

"Those were issues that were addressed ad nauseam four years ago and they were conversations that took place more than four years ago," he said, adding that Bush had not been in contact with Wead for several years.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dougwead; drugwarrior; hypocritical; wod; wodlist
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To: rs79bm

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read.html?id=2963

Quotes from George Bush's secret audio tapes.


(political Gateway) - Feb 20 - Quotes from audio records by Doug Wead during 1998/2000 of George Bush candidly speaking about politics and himself.
Mr. Wead said he withheld many tapes of conversations that were repetitive or of a purely personal nature.

Editor's Note: These quotes are taken from the New York Times article. We are trying to get the full unbiased transcripts of them.


21 posted on 02/20/2005 2:15:29 PM PST by maggief
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To: Dustbunny

Exactly Dustbunny! I don't give a rat's rear if he smoked pea vines! I have no doubt if confronted, he would admit it and I believe he didn't say anything for the reasons he gave. My Lord, what lengths will the press go to in their never-ending quest to discredit this man???


22 posted on 02/20/2005 2:16:24 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: rs79bm
So....from this I'm to gather that Bush smoked pot once or twice.....now feels that it was a mistake....and didn't want it to become an issue because he didn't want kids making the same mistake because "The President did it"?

Plus, the conversation is apparently not scripted for the public, so he probably meant it?

What's the problem?

23 posted on 02/20/2005 2:17:50 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (“I know a great deal about the Middle East because I’ve been raising Arabian horses" Patrick Swazey)
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To: rs79bm; Admin Moderator

Title is incorrect:

New Tapes Say Bush May Have Smoked Marijuana


24 posted on 02/20/2005 2:18:42 PM PST by maggief
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To: rs79bm
Desperate to did up dirt, it's pathetic more here
25 posted on 02/20/2005 2:19:28 PM PST by traderrob6 (http://www.exposingtheleft.blogspot.com)
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To: Howlin
Does anybody know where this quote came from? It is NOT in the New York Times article.

Reuturs probably made it up.
26 posted on 02/20/2005 2:19:38 PM PST by rs79bm (Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
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Wead said he's keeping some of the material private, because it's too personal and could land him in legal trouble. He also said he made all of the recordings in states where it is legal to do so. -- abcnews.com.

What a pile of garbage. How are we supposed to know if these tapes are legit? They only use exerpts they want us to hear, and only use the NY Times "audio expert" (whatever that is) to authenticate. I can just see this 11th tape coming out just before his 2nd book where Bush "admits" to all kinds of preposterous things.

27 posted on 02/20/2005 2:20:47 PM PST by captainblacksmith
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To: rs79bm
So what? I smoked it twice in college....

I tried it, didn't like it, I DID inhale(Klinton couldn't even do that right), and I never did it again.

28 posted on 02/20/2005 2:21:33 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("It's easy to hide behind a microphone, son" - Coach Mike Ditka)
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To: captainblacksmith
They only use exerpts they want us to hear, and only use the NY Times "audio expert" (whatever that is) to authenticate.

Dan Rather highly recommends the expert!
29 posted on 02/20/2005 2:22:40 PM PST by Freepdonia (Victory is Ours! (I told you so :-))
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To: rs79bm

I'm betting he inhaled, too. Not much point in smoking pot if you don't inhale, is there?


31 posted on 02/20/2005 2:24:51 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Freepdonia
"I think the proper phrase suggested by the Libertarian Party to use at all times is the "insane war on drugs. "

Dude, thass wha he said -- insi ... asna ... asanine war on drugs.

32 posted on 02/20/2005 2:25:07 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: hkg11
"drug laws that overcrowd our prisons with pot users."

Pot users don't go to prison. Sheesh!

34 posted on 02/20/2005 2:26:37 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: rs79bm

Well, considering they have tried for years to convince us he was a former coke-head this actually should be a non-starter. Cocaine use out-trumps marijuana use in my book.


35 posted on 02/20/2005 2:27:11 PM PST by riri
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To: Freepdonia

There was gentleman in California who was killed when his house was raided on "suspicion" of growing pot. It was discovered later that he was raided because it was hoped that his considerable property could be confiscated by law enforecement and he had just married a young lady who had once been arrested for having pot on her person.

He was killed by the officers conducting the raid because he was woken up and reached for a gun, a legally registered gun, thinking that his house was being broken into.

As it turned out, there was no pot being grown and there was none to be found.


36 posted on 02/20/2005 2:28:25 PM PST by mrchipping
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To: rs79bm

What a bunch of crap. I read some of the tape transcript on FoxNews earlier today and I can't see what the big deal is.It's just another pathetic attempt to bring down W. Another example of how above-board and honest Bush is-and how desperate the MSM is to try and dig up any kind of garbage on him that they think they can use to their advantage.God,they are pathetic,aren't they? Sheesh! Give it up,already!!!


37 posted on 02/20/2005 2:31:56 PM PST by gimme1ibertee (Lefty liberals never met a brain cell they could recognize.)
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To: rs79bm
WAIT A SECOND! WAIT A SECOND! Doug Wead records Bush secretly and its juicy inside information.

Linda Tripp records Monica Lewinsky secretly because she wants Linda to commit a felony by lieing in front of a grand jury and shes a Judas scumbag.

I smell hypocracy

38 posted on 02/20/2005 2:39:37 PM PST by Bommer (JFK - "Pay any Cost! Bear any Burden" TFK "I'll pay what you want and bare my @ss!")
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To: rs79bm

I'm curious about the legality of the tapes. If Dubya didn't know he was being taped, that may be a crime and the tapes evidence of that crime. The msm agencies that are running the tapes may be culpable. Remember Linda Tripp? I know that it varies from state to state.
Also remember that the Whitehouse didn't dispute the validity of dan blather's TANG documents.


39 posted on 02/20/2005 2:40:11 PM PST by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: rs79bm

Bet he inhaled too.


40 posted on 02/20/2005 2:40:56 PM PST by msnimje
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