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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SecularBull who wrote (72612)	11/13/2000 12:27:36 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Martin Sheen calls George W. Bush a 'white-knuckle drunk' VISTA DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) -- Martin Sheen, America's favorite prime-time president, told a group at a California treatment center that he thinks George W. Bush is a "white-knuckle drunk." In his speech, Sheen said he was concerned that the Republican presidential candidate never received counseling after a 1976 arrest for drunken driving. "He's still in denial about it," said Sheen, a vocal supporter of Bush's rival, Vice President Al Gore. "You have got to be in a program. I did not make up the rules about that." Throughout his campaign, Bush deflected questions about drinking and drug abuse by admitting he made mistakes while young and emphasizing that he gave up alcohol at age 40. Sheen, who plays fictional President Josiah Bartlett on NBC's political drama "The West Wing," said he is a recovering substance abuser himself and does not mean to insult Bush. He said he only wants to force Bush to acknowledge the severity of drug and alcohol dependence. Sheen told the hospital workers they should welcome Bush to join a 12-step club to get over any chemical dependence he may suffer. The remark was initially met by silence. "You're not interested in welcoming him?" Sheen asked to laughter. "Well, that's all right." Sheen took part in a state-to-state campaign for Gore prior to the election that took him through Washington, Oregon, Iowa and Wisconsin. Durin his speech Saturday, the actor also praised the Vista del Mar Hospital for saving the life of his son, actor Charlie Sheen, after a drug overdose in May 1998. "I owe this man my son's life," Sheen said of hospital staffer Earl Hightower.