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Wead Has Regrets, Will Give Tapes to Bush
News Max ^ | 2-23-05

Posted on 02/23/2005 1:20:49 PM PST by hope

Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 3:51 p.m. EST

Wead Has Regrets, Will Give Tapes to Bush

An old friend of President Bush who secretly recorded their private conversations and released them to the media said he has regrets and is turning the tapes over to Bush.

Doug Wead allowed journalists to hear and broadcast the tapes in the past week as he promoted his new book on presidential parents. But he said he canceled plans to be on "Hardball" on MSNBC Tuesday night to talk about his regrets because "it would only add to the distraction I have caused to the president's important and historic work."

"Contrary to a statement that I made to the New York Times, I have come to realize that personal relationships are more important than history," Wead wrote in a letter to the show's host, Chris Matthews, that MSNBC released to the public on Wednesday. "I am asking my attorney to direct any future proceeds from the book to charity and to find the best way to vet these tapes and get them back to the president to whom they belong. History can wait."

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Editor's note:

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bashbush; dougwead; nofriendofw; smokewead; traitor; weadwhacker
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1 posted on 02/23/2005 1:20:52 PM PST by hope
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To: hope

That's kinda like closing the barn door after the animals have left isn't it?


2 posted on 02/23/2005 1:22:26 PM PST by truthseeker2
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To: hope

That sounds pretty decent of him. If it turns out to be true, we are called to forgive others' trespasses.


3 posted on 02/23/2005 1:23:14 PM PST by winner3000
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To: winner3000

Decent? He should have been "decent" months ago.


4 posted on 02/23/2005 1:24:43 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: truthseeker2

I saw Mrs. Bush interviewed this morning on NBC about this. Norah Odonnell asked her how they felt.. She said.. betrayed... by a friend by taping a conversation without our knowing.....

I hope WEAD is weeded out. To little to late. He is a disgrace.


5 posted on 02/23/2005 1:25:37 PM PST by JFC ( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
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To: hope
"I have come to realize that personal relationships are more important than history"

Too late cheap skate! You've made your bed, lumpy as it may be, now sleep in it.
6 posted on 02/23/2005 1:26:02 PM PST by Jaysun (It’s a lot easier to apologize than to ask permission.)
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To: truthseeker2
[ That's kinda like closing the barn door after the animals have left isn't it? ]

-OR- like what happens to a WEAD when Round-Up is sprayed onit..

7 posted on 02/23/2005 1:26:08 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: Howlin

Getting your 30 pieces of silver is never as good as you dreamed it would be...before you actually got it.

8 posted on 02/23/2005 1:26:39 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: hosepipe
He will be the new Gary Bauer of the religious right...
9 posted on 02/23/2005 1:27:31 PM PST by Swanks
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To: Howlin
Strikes me he has seen the public backlash and realises his book will not sell so has now retracted his previous statements.
10 posted on 02/23/2005 1:27:43 PM PST by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: snugs

Too little, too late, IMO.


11 posted on 02/23/2005 1:29:00 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: snugs

The mere thought of Bush's retalitory powers may have made him think twice. Think of IRS audits and the such like.


12 posted on 02/23/2005 1:30:01 PM PST by DarthVader (John "Diarrhea of the Mouth" Kerry = Vile Smelling Excrement)
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To: hope

Sports analogy:

When the Vikings throw over the middle to Randy Moss, odds are the sound of footsteps will drown out the cheers of the hometown faithful.

Dropped ball.


13 posted on 02/23/2005 1:30:18 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (When you're a target of Islam, every week is Islam Awareness Week.)
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To: Howlin

I agree


14 posted on 02/23/2005 1:30:27 PM PST by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: Howlin

Wead really is a weed. Quite Dickensian, his name.


15 posted on 02/23/2005 1:30:38 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
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To: Swanks

I think not! He will reap what he sewed.


16 posted on 02/23/2005 1:30:51 PM PST by hope
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To: DarthVader

I don't think our current president is the type. Bill Clinton, yes. George Bush, no.


17 posted on 02/23/2005 1:31:47 PM PST by Irish Rose ("And I learned with little labour/to love my fellow-man, and hate my next-door neighbor...")
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To: hope

What an idiot. History can wait?????????? Repeat....what an idiot this man is.


18 posted on 02/23/2005 1:33:47 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust and admire Rush. He has done more for this country than he will ever know. God bless him.)
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To: hope

What an idiot. History can wait?????????? Repeat....what an idiot this man is.


19 posted on 02/23/2005 1:33:50 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust and admire Rush. He has done more for this country than he will ever know. God bless him.)
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To: hope

History? What history? Does he mean the fortune he was hoping to make is not materializing like he thought, so he now is hoping to save his good name?........FORGET IT!!! your name is now mud Wead, go live in the dirt with the other worms and weeds!


20 posted on 02/23/2005 1:34:03 PM PST by Bush gal in LA
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