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WaPo Reporter Says Bush 'Didn't Pay a High Enough Price' After DUI Revelation
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Posted on 10/09/2012 6:04:48 PM PDT by chessplayer
Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake told CNN on Tuesday that candidate George W. Bush "just didn't pay a high enough price" in the 2000 election for his DUI arrest that occurred more than 20 years prior.
Blake was talking about famous "October surprises," or unforseen events occurring in the month before the election that could be game-changing. The Bush DUI revelation was a hit job planted by a Democratic source that mushroomed into a big story because of the liberal media.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:28:18 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: chessplayer
And what price,if any,has Osama Obama paid for his marijuana and cocaine use?
22
posted on
10/09/2012 6:29:06 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
To: chessplayer
I wish I could get Vlad Putin interested in some of our “journalists”.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:30:17 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: chessplayer
Poetic justice is in the eye of the beholder.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:31:07 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
To: chessplayer
In 1976 a DUI charge didn't carry the weight it did in 2000, or does today. Bush complied with the laws at the time (1976), and that was that. He deserved no more or less than he got for the charge at the time. That's not to state that it was acceptable back then, but Bush shouldn't have been held to a standard any different than anyone else at the time, and I don't believe he was.
I'm not a big Bush supporter, but bringing this up 36 years later, is asinine.
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Bush acknowledges 1976 DUI charge
November 02, 2000|From staff and wire reports
Texas Gov. George W. Bush acknowledged Thursday that in 1976 he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol near his parents' home in Kennebunkport, Maine.Bush, who was 30 at the time, pleaded guilty, paid a $150 fine and his driving privileges were temporarily suspended in Maine.
Late Thursday evening, following a campaign rally in this tightly contested Midwestern state, Bush--with his wife, Laura, at his side -- told reporters news accounts of the incident were accurate, that he had been drinking in a bar with Australian tennis pro John Newcombe and others.
"I'm not proud of that. I made some mistakes. I occasionally drank too much, and I did that night. I learned my lesson." Bush said he was not jailed after the arrest. "I told the guy (the arresting officer) I had been drinking, what do I need to do? He said, 'here's the fine.' I paid the fine."Bush said the timing of the initial news report, just days before Americans elect a new president, was "interesting." When asked where the story may have originated, he said, "I've got my suspicions."
Campaign aides of Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and officials with the Democratic National Committee both said they first learned of the arrest from news reports Thursday and said it would be inappropriate to comment on the matter.
Gore spokesman Chris Lehane said the vice president learned of the story while flying from Chicago to a campaign event in El Paso, Texas.
Kevin Kelly, news director of WPXT, a Fox television affiliate station in Portland, Maine, said his station broke the story after one of its reporters learned of the arrest while covering an unrelated matter at the local courthouse.
"Somebody made a reference to it," Kelly said. The reporter followed up with phone calls, including one to the Maine Department of Secretary of State. Kelly said the department responded with a fax that detailed the 1976 arrest. Kelly said the reporter also talked to the arresting officer, who verified the incident.
Kennebunkport Police told CNN on Thursday night that the charge against Bush -- operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor -- was a Class D misdemeanor.
Karen Hughes, Bush's spokeswomen said the 54-year-old Texas governor, who has been open about his past drinking problems, had not publicly disclosed the arrest because not even his 18-year-old twin daughters were aware of it. He has said he gave up drinking the day after his 40th birthday.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:31:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama got Mitch-Slapped in that first debate. 70% to 19% (Gallop)? That's going to leave a mark.)
To: chessplayer
[ WaPo Reporter Says Bush ‘Didn’t Pay a High Enough Price’ After DUI Revelation ]
On the otherhand Obama has not proven he is NOT AN INDONESIAN CITIZEN..
Which is known proven documented and admitted by Obama..
No records are made available for re-repatriation..
And are probably not possible to produce because he is still and Indonesian citizen..
Therefore a ringer and shill posing as an American qualified to be President.. which IS A FELONY..
26
posted on
10/09/2012 6:33:33 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: chessplayer
Lefties think that if their dirty tricks don’t work it’s because the people they tried to trick are stupid.
To: chessplayer
Yeah. If only Bush had been thrown in prison for life (or at least 50 years) Gore would have won, and saved the world from being completely destroyed from global conflagration a few years ago.
Oh Wait...That didn’t happen.
To: chessplayer
...0.15 percent became the first commonly-used legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in 1938...
...Originally 0.15 percent, it was later lowered to .10 percent. Due to federal pressure on all of the states, this limit was then further reduced to 0.08 percent.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:39:13 PM PDT
by
donna
(Pray for revival.)
To: CaptainMorgantown
"...the attitudes towards DUI were MUCH different in the 1970s" good thing for my buddies and me.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:55:14 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: chessplayer
The moron has been carrying his SoreLoserman mojo for an awfully long time, isn’t he? Thank heavens we were spared Algore. Imagine 9/11 with that blowhard in the White House.
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posted on
10/09/2012 6:56:29 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: chessplayer
But Ted Kennedy did “pay a high enough price” for his driving accident.
To: chessplayer
I am glad he let us know he can’t let go and that it is still gnawing on him.
I like thinking how his obsession is ruining his life: keeping him awake at night, ruining his days, making it hard to concentrate, feeding his obsessive behavior - driving his friends away and scaring his family.
33
posted on
10/09/2012 6:59:17 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Obamaspeak: An army of pompous phrases marching across the landscape in search of an idea.)
To: All
the media is pissed that there won’t be an opportunity to smear Romney with a drug or booze scandal. They will need to fond a willing useful idiot to claim sexual harassment or maybe make a gay accusation over the next three weeks.
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posted on
10/09/2012 7:08:16 PM PDT
by
newnhdad
(Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
To: CaptainMorgantown
I recall a poll that came out later, that 25% of undecided voters either voted against Bush, or were at least heavily swayed by the story.
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posted on
10/09/2012 7:18:16 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(I want Obama defeated. Period.)
To: CaptainMorgantown
And (6) could be added:
The DUI story had been out there years before. Everyone on FR knew about it already for example but the MSM pretended it was a new revelation.
To: CaptainMorgantown
Since Bush had run for office before (gubernatorial elections in Texas) it was odd that the story had not surfaced earlier. Someone on FR at the time argued that because the offense was so old, someone going to the courthouse just trying to find dirt on GWB wouldn’t have learned about it. But it probably was mentioned in George H. W. Bush’s FBI file (they would have collected reports on close relatives), so it may be that Hillary found out about it from the FBI files she borrowed while in the White House, and then tipped off a Democrat operative who went to the courthouse and knew what to ask for (or maybe there was enough information on the incident in the FBI files). They then held it to release at the time when it would have the maximum impact on the election. It has been estimated that that story cost GWB 4 million votes.
To: Henry Hnyellar
“Ted Kennedy did pay a high enough price for his driving accident”
No! The Swimmer died comfortably in bed unlike his victim Mary Jo Kopechne who perished horribly of suffocation.
So Chappaquiddick deprived Teddy of his White House throne, hell he nearly stole the nomination from Jimmah Carter anyway. Kennedy stayed in the Senate until G-d’s little joke took away his ability to think up even more evil for this nation. He died in office, what’s the heavy price about that?
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posted on
10/09/2012 7:24:01 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("Free speech is more important than Islam.")
To: elcid1970
I think your sarcasm meter needs calibrating.
To: chessplayer
Lets see, a DUI without injuries here in California is a misdemeanor. ANY amount of Coke is a felony and under an oz of pot is also a misdemeanor. So, Odinga admits he’s committed felonies and this d-bag think Bush didn’t pay a big enough price for something that happened 20 years ago?
I’d like to see him explode as someone brings up O’s coke use.
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posted on
10/09/2012 8:01:36 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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