I responded to zonder's challenge and claims that it is well documented that Bush is an addict and a religious fanatic. He is not an addict he is a tea toting anti drugs and alcohol person
Hello? I said he WAS a cocaine addict (ah well, "user", if you feel heavy use is possible without an addiction of some sort) and an alcoholic. I realize he is a "anti-drugs & anti-alcohol person" NOW. If you had taken a minute to understand what I had written, you would have seen this:
I am not sure if a turn from "coke addict/alcoholic" into "religious fanatic" qualifies for such glorification
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Do I say Bush is an addict NOW? Read the sentence above several times before you answer.
Oh and by the way, since you guys showed a rather surprising inability to comprehend accept and comprehend something even Bush himself has acknowledged i.e., his former alcoholism, here, I will post a pro-Bush site addressing to the same issue.
Read slowly. Make sure you understand what it is talking about. You will greatly disappoint me if, after reading this site, you come back still denying Bush's former alcoholism.
Quit drinking when alcohol started to compete with family
Bush told Oprah and her millions of female viewers he gave up drinking because “Alcohol was beginning to compete with my affections for my wife and my family. It was beginning to crowd out my energy. And I decided to quit.” He said Laura had not quite given him an ultimatum. “But I think she got disappointed in some evenings.. There were some times when she said ‘you need to think about what you’re doing.’”
Source: Boston Globe, p. A12 Jan 22, 2000
Identifies with former addicts based on former alcoholism
Bush told a group of recovering drug addicts that he still identifies with their struggle, more than a decade after he gave up alcohol. Bush told the young men his Christian faith was critical in shaping his turnaround. He cast his battle in simple terms, saying: “Just like you, I’m on a walk, and it’s a never-ending walk as far as I’m concerned. I used to drink too much and I quit drinking. I want you to know that your life’s walk is shared by a lot of other people. Even some who wear suits.“ Bush has said he was never addicted to alcohol. But since giving up drinking in 1986 at age 40, he described that as a turning point in his life.
Source: Boston Globe, p. A12 Jan 22, 2000
issues2000.org
Please don't say "Oh see, he says he was never addicted to alcohol!", just take a look at how he identifies with drug addicts based on his "giving up alcohol" and how alcohol had begun to "compete with his affections for his family".
I cannot believe you lived in America at the time of his election and did NOT hear about his cocaine use, but here are a few links that say I am not making this up:
Bush should have courage to discuss cocaine issue.
Bush has dodged questions about prior drug use, not saying if he has used cocaine.
statenews.com
According to the introduction by Toby Rogers and Nick Mamatas, in 1998 Michael Dannenhauer, then chief of staff to former President Bush, told Rogers that in the seventies George W. Bush had been "out of control since college. There was cocaine use, lots of women, but the drinking was the worst."
texasobserver.org
Did the President Use Cocaine?
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