[Mrs.Nooseman]

Who cares if he inhaled or not.Every one tried something at one time or an other and may regret it later for what ever reason.

This is no big news,IMO.

[LauraleeBraswell]

It was just meant as a humorous response in reference to Clinton's "I smoked but I didn't inhale."

Those tapes actually made our president look even better. It turns out, he's the same person in private as he is in public. And unlike most politicians, he says what he firmly believes.

As for marijuana, he did not want to set a bad example for children by answering yes. "I don't want some kid doing what I tried." Oh, the horror.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Judith Annes point was that I couldn't possibly know about that- because I was only 3 or 4 at the time. Actually I was around 6. And I never said I remembered Clinton saying that. I was much too young to take note of it.


It's just an infamous line from an infamous politician.

[af_vet_rr]

Who cares if he inhaled or not.

I think there are some people who place him on a pedestal, who are probably bothered by this. I also think that for some, Presiden't Bush drug and alcohol problems either really hurts or really helps their position in the war on drugs.

The truth is, those people need to accept that he's just a man. He's not perfect, he's never claimed to be perfect, this is nothing new (it was talked about even when he first ran for governor, except the issue was coke and booze). He's admitted to his mistakes, when many others in elected positions on a national level have not.

To be honest, I'd almost think there was something wrong with him if he hadn't tried some of those things, when you take into account where he grew up, and where he attended school.

Some people are going to take this reply as being supportive of President Bush, and some are going to see it as attacking him. That in and of itself proves my point - nobody is perfect, and whether something is bad or not depends on who is doing the judging. I remember when I was seventeen or eighteen, I snuck some liquor out of the house and hid it in a barn. My uncle caught me, made me drink a large portion of it right then and there, and that pretty much solved any curiousity I had about the stuff. Not everybody gets caught and immediately learns their lesson.