Another Bush Admin liar: Bush
Presented by the Religious Freedom and First Amendement Coalitions excerpt: Our objection is not with Mr. Bush having a drink or ten. It's his sanctimonious claim of continuous sobriety since 1986. If he will lie about taking a drink. He'll lie about anything!!!
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
BEHAVIOR ONE. LYING TO PUBLIC ABOUT DRINKING PROBLEM. Bush made a statement to the news media that he has not taken a drink of alchohol since 1986. Contrary evidence is a video interview at a wedding for Jamie Weiss, the daughter of Dubya's close friends Mike and Nancy Weiss. George W. Bush, seems to be the life of the party--despite his July 1986 vow to never again drink liquor and the statement he made to the public that he hasn't.
In fact, judging by his rambling performance in this 1992 wedding video excerpt, the GOP nominee's frat boy kookiness seems to have survived intact after he claimed to quit drinking cold turkey. The video was shot at the August 29, 1992 wedding of Jamie Weiss, the daughter of Dubya's close friends Mike and Nancy Weiss. Mike, a Lubbock, Texas lawyer and CPA, was Bush's campaign chairman during his first political race (an unsuccessful 1978 congressional bid) and was one of the Texas governor's earliest political appointments. Nancy, also a Bush appointee, had a prime speaking slot on the final night of the recent Republican convention.
She told the crowd, "I wish you could see how he reaches out to people, teasing those who can take it and protecting those who can't."
Indeed, what a teaser!
When cameraman T. Patrick Murray filmed Bush during the wedding reception at a Lubbock country club, the future governor took some rambling--and we presume good-natured--swipes at the newlyweds, the bride's parents, and her brother Kelly (Bush was being quizzed by a member of the bridal party). We love the part where teetotaler George actually disses two of the Weisses for not drinking or smoking. And as for those weird "only in America" cracks--not to mention what's in that glass--your guess is as good as ours...but his appearance and demeanor suggests that he was at best a bit "tipsy".
Considering how Clinton has lowered the bar, we'll leave it for others to determine just what constitutes "unpresidential" behavior (of course, when Dubya was caught on tape, he wasn't even governor yet--just co-owner of the crummy Texas Rangers baseball team). Plus, Matt Drudge's claim that the wedding video caught Bush "appearing sarcastic, obnoxious and plainly intoxicated" was a bit overheated. Our objection is not with Mr. Bush having a drink or ten. It's his sanctimonious claim of continuous sobriety since 1986. If he will lie about taking a drink. He'll lie about anything!!! |
