New Tapes Say Bush May Have Smoked Marijuana
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South California Braces for More Rain, Snow
A house, that collapsed during an earlier rainstorm, is fenced off as cars pass by Saturday, Feb.19, 2005, in the Studio City section of Los Angeles.
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QUOTE(theglobalchinese @ Feb 20 2005, 10:39 PM)
New Tapes Say Bush May Have Smoked Marijuana
President Bush indicated in secretly taped interviews he once used marijuana but would not admit it for fear of setting a bad example for children.
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President Bush indicated in secretly taped interviews he once used marijuana but would not admit it for fear of setting a bad example for children.
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*I* would highlight another section:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4282799.stm
QUOTE
"I wouldn't answer the marijuana question," he says.
"You know why? 'Cause I don't want some little kid doing what I tried."
He feared that any such admission might affection his standing if he won the presidency.
"You gotta understand, I want to be president, I want to lead," he tells Mr Wead.
"Do you want your little kid to say 'Hey daddy, President Bush tried marijuana, I think I will'?"
Key Christians
As well as mocking then Vice-President Al Gore for admitting to smoking the drug, Mr Bush is heard dismissing him as pathologically a liar.
What is perhaps most remarkable about the conversations is how early on Mr Bush realised that reaching out to Christian conservatives would be crucially important to his political fortunes.
"You know why? 'Cause I don't want some little kid doing what I tried."
He feared that any such admission might affection his standing if he won the presidency.
"You gotta understand, I want to be president, I want to lead," he tells Mr Wead.
"Do you want your little kid to say 'Hey daddy, President Bush tried marijuana, I think I will'?"
Key Christians
As well as mocking then Vice-President Al Gore for admitting to smoking the drug, Mr Bush is heard dismissing him as pathologically a liar.
What is perhaps most remarkable about the conversations is how early on Mr Bush realised that reaching out to Christian conservatives would be crucially important to his political fortunes.
- INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING AND LYING FOR HIS OWN GAIN!!!
Thanks gabriellemy for this excellent job! You're right with your excellent analysis!
Ex-presidents see tsunami center
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Indonesian Reporters Freed; Bush Meets War Critics
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For the first time in their decades-old alliance, the US and Japan have issued a joint document that refers to the China-Taiwan dispute.
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Bush tells Europe 'no power on earth will ever divide us'
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