Posted on 02/23/2005 1:20:49 PM PST by hope
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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That's kinda like closing the barn door after the animals have left isn't it?
That sounds pretty decent of him. If it turns out to be true, we are called to forgive others' trespasses.
Decent? He should have been "decent" months ago.
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.
-OR- like what happens to a WEAD when Round-Up is sprayed onit..
Getting your 30 pieces of silver is never as good as you dreamed it would be...before you actually got it.
Too little, too late, IMO.
The mere thought of Bush's retalitory powers may have made him think twice. Think of IRS audits and the such like.
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.
I agree
Wead really is a weed. Quite Dickensian, his name.
I think not! He will reap what he sewed.
I don't think our current president is the type. Bill Clinton, yes. George Bush, no.
What an idiot. History can wait?????????? Repeat....what an idiot this man is.
What an idiot. History can wait?????????? Repeat....what an idiot this man is.
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!
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