Bush smoked out by Wead
Monday, February 21, 2005 - 11:38 AM
President Bush can't seem to escape his past. As he was leaving for Europe new audio tapes were released with the President discussing his past drug use. Douglas Wead, a longtime Bush family friend, secretly recorded the conversations with George Bush as he was gearing up to run for President.
Our extended entry contains the transcripts of the tapes heard on ABC news.
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GEORGE W. BUSH: Well, Doug, but it's not -- it doesn't matter,
cocaine. It'd be the same with marijuana. I wouldn't answer the
marijuana question. You know why? Because I don't want some little
kid doing what I tried.
DOUGLAS WEAD: Yes, and it never stops, of course.
BUSH: 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?
BUSH: Al Gore -- (as Gore) I tried it. It wasn't a part of my
life. He doesn't give a damn, you know.
WEAD: You promised you would not appoint gays to office.
BUSH: No. What I said was, I wouldn't fire gays. I'm not going
to discriminate against people.
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