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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (37916)	2/21/2005 7:17:55 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

As long as Wead has the 'secret' tapes (whether they exist or not) then he can protect himself against Rove. Otherwise it's paint-a-target-on-his-back time. It's just too funny. Georgie spent 20 years being drunk and stupid. There has to be more on him: photos, videos, outrageous stories. Perhaps Wead's game plan (I'm your friend so I'll only let out the safe tapes but I really really have the others in an undisclosed location) will smoke them out to make a buck before George becomes a lame quacker. ============== Wead burns Bush with secret dope tapes abc.net.au United States President George W Bush has indicated in secretly taped interviews he once used marijuana but would not admit it for fear of setting a bad example for children. Portions of the tapes, recorded from 1998 to 2000 by author Doug Wead without Mr Bush's knowledge, were aired on US ABC News on Sunday and published by The New York Times. Their authenticity was verified by the media outlets but has not been independently checked by Reuters. "I wouldn't answer the marijuana question. You know why? Because I don't want some little kid doing what I tried," Mr Bush purportedly says on the tape. "But you got to understand, I want to be president, I want to lead, I want to set - do you want your little kid say, 'hey, daddy, President Bush tried marijuana, I think I will?'," he said. In the tape, Mr Bush mocks former vice president Al Gore, who fought him for the presidency in 2000, for admitting he smoked marijuana. White House officials did not dispute the tapes' veracity and indicated the President was disappointed by their release. "These were casual conversations with someone he [Mr Bush] believed was his friend," White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said. Mr Wead, a former aide to Mr Bush's father President George Bush, released portions of the tapes to coincide with the publication of his new book and told ABC he made the tapes because he believed the president was an historic figure. "If I'd had a chance to tape record Gandhi or had conversations with Churchill, I probably would have recorded them too," he said. He also insisted his goal was not to hurt the President's credibility and said if this were the case he would have released the tapes during the 2004 election campaign. Asked about the tapes in an interview with CNN, the President's father said he was not aware of them and declined comment. Sitting next to Mr Bush was ex-President Bill Clinton, who admitted to smoking marijuana when he campaigned for the White House but said he never inhaled the illegal drug. The two former presidents are touring areas affected by the December 26 Indian Ocean tsunami. - Reuters