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

To: Bill who wrote (78030)	11/16/2000 2:35:42 PM
From: swisstrader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Perhaps this will help get you on track: Although the following information has received the most controversial reception thus far, it is only part of the larger pattern exhibited by Fortunate Son. This biography establishes that George W. Bush has never been required to play by the rules, not just in 1972. Upon finishing the first draft of Fortunate Son, J.H. Hatfield was bothered by the incongruous break in the pattern of young G.W. Bush's life. In 1972, Bush "volunteered" to work with inner-city Houston youth at the community center Project P.U.L.L. Hatfield began to suspect that the service wasn't voluntary, but court-ordered. This was confirmed by three sources who had the same story: Bush was arrested for cocaine possession but his father, Congressman George Bush, worked out a backroom deal with a friendly judge. This information was first brought up by online journal Salon, where the community center was named as the "Martin Luther King Community Center." Bush campaign spokesman Scott McClellan responded to Salon's story with a firm, "We do not dignify false rumors and innuendoes with a response." After more research, Hatfield phoned McClellan and asked if it was Project P.U.L.L. where Bush performed "court-ordered community service." McClellan's response was a sudden, almost inaudible "Oh shit." followed by a, "No comment." An interesting footnote to the 1972 allegations: Bush acquired a new driver's license from the Texas DMV in 1995 when a survey of his public records uncovered a "stale but nevertheless incriminating trail" of a past arrest.