[George W. Bush]

The millionaire is accused of buying less than 500 grams of the drug

Oh, well, maybe a day or two in jail like Paris Hilton then.

How many pounds of cocaine in 500 grams? Something like 1.1 pounds is what I get. State treasurer or not, buying over a pound of coke should get you 10-20 years depending on the state.

Somehow, I'm thinking a well-connected politician won't get that sentence and will go to a nice Club Fed prison.

Of course, the tie-in with Rudi is ominous. Just how many of Rudi's supporters are hardened dope peddlers in public office? I was thinking Drier must be after he explained to Chrissy yesterday how Giuliani's kids hating him and moving to change their last name is actually a Good Thing because it means he can devote himself more fully to being president, but at the same time how its no one's business and every family has problems, blah-blah-blah.

[TKDietz]

How do you know that he bought over a pound? “Less than 500 grams” could mean a lot of things. In my state they’d put that on the charging document if a guy had anywhere from one ounce (28 grams) on up to 499.9 grams. I don’t know how much he had, but it certainly could have just been “party supplies” for him and his buddies planning a blow out. The guy is a multimillionaire so he didn’t need to be dealing cocaine, especially not relatively small amounts.