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.
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It's not unlike a Priest betraying the confessional.
Not only a Judas, but did exactly what the President didn't want done, exposed his marijuana use to children.
Hope it was worth it to you, weasely Wead. Some things are better left private.
When did Condi Rice and Alberto Gonzales know about this pot smoking and why didn't they stop it?
Absolutely....It is betrayal of a relationship based in Christ.
Honestly, Mr Wead, "what would Jesus do?"
Amen!
I do not care if you ever smoked weed.
I have, too. Big whoop.
Best regards,
humblegunner
What does this mean? The White House did not dispute the CBS fake documents either, does this mean they are true? Since when does the White House have to burden the task of "veracity" for every little thing.
Excellent, I love it. My friends have told me things in confidence, I would never betray them like this. This man owes the president an apology.
"I have a guess which (crooked) path you'll follow."
What's that supposed to mean?
You have never denied having an affair with your neighbor and her husband either. I think that you have something to own up to.
If he never took pot, then why not simply deny it?
Why should he? If you have any evidence outside of your own fevered imagination then trot it out.
Yeah, really. Bush was disappointed. The guy will
have to live with his conscience (if he still has one).
I have it on good authority that President Bush likes to eat the flesh of dead animals cooked over a slow fire. Can anybody confirm this?
Well, I think they mean that they are disappointed
that a "friend" betrayed Bush's trust.
I didn't catch his name, but heard a man (UPI) on FNC say Wead was kicked out of GHWB's administration for using official Whitehouse stationery to express his own personal views to evangelical groups. Cal Thomas was also on the segment with Rita (Ms. Hyperventilate) Cosby a little after 5:30 PM CST this evening.
If true, Doug Wead does NOT sound like a friend or a confidant of the first or the second President Bush.
Or coveting your neighbors house.
Or gossiping
Or looking at dirty pictures.
Or smoking.
Or singing show tunes.
You going to deny it? Huh?
Prove it.
I have some one who will say that he heard that you did.
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