Bush Did "cocaine" not once, but many times"

[New2u]

Statement by Doubleday Regarding Kitty Kelley
Monday September 13, 3:28 pm ET


NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Doubleday regarding Kitty Kelley:
In an appearance on the Today Show on Monday, September 13, 2004, Sharon Bush repeated a denial she made earlier last week. After telling Kitty Kelley that she had knowledge of President George W. Bush "doing cocaine" at Camp David -- "not once, but many times," Mrs. Bush now denies that statement.

This denial has already been utterly discredited by a third party to the meeting at which Mrs. Bush made the statements. Doubleday and Kitty Kelley, author of "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty," firmly uphold the accuracy and veracity of reporting on this topic. Further, Doubleday and Ms. Kelley affirm that Mrs. Bush was read her comments on the day following the meeting in a telephone conversation, lasting over an hour, that was witnessed by Random House Vice President Peter Gethers -- that those comments included her remarks on cocaine use at Camp David -- and that she once again agreed that these comments were true.

The following are undisputable facts:

-- Mrs. Bush confirmed that she was aware of cocaine use by President
George W. Bush at Camp David when his father was President

-- Mrs. Bush confirmed that such usage occurred on more than one occasion

-- Mrs. Bush knew that Ms. Kelley planned on using this information in her
book and was read the exact quotes that would be utilized

-- Mrs. Bush continued to have a good relationship with Kitty Kelley --
long after the meeting in April at which she confirmed the cocaine
report

-- Mrs. Bush called Ms. Kelley in May, 2004 after which there was a
friendly correspondence.


Additionally, Today Show host Matt Lauer and Mrs. Bush suggested that Kitty Kelley had a "relationship" with Lou Colasuonno, a public relations executive who witnessed the April 1, 2003 lunch meeting between Kitty Kelley and Sharon Bush. Kitty Kelley had never met or spoken with Mr. Colasuonno prior to April 1, 2003. Kitty Kelley has never had and does not have any personal, social or financial relationship with Mr. Colasuonno.




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Source: Doubleday

[Mephistopheles]

This either means he's the world's biggest hypocrite with his "War on drugs", himself being addicted to cocaine, OR that's his way to get rid of his addiction...

Or it could be a way to hide his drugaddiction, as some of the really anti-gay protestors are gay themselves refusing to acknowledge it.

Just my 2 cents...

[MrMacphisto]

"Bush says, 'I didn't snort.' News at 11...."

[New2u]

You're right, this is becoming George W. Bush's version of "I didn't inhale".

[Strider]

This either means he's the world's biggest hypocrite with his "War on drugs", himself being addicted to cocaine, OR that's his way to get rid of his addiction...

The roots of the drug war(or as I like to call it,the war on supply and demand)go back at least to Nixon.

[MrMacphisto]

Thanks New2u... :cool:

Strider, actually, the War on Drugs began around the turn of the 20th Century... A large portion of the American population was indulging in some kind of addictive drug back then, with all the "elixirs" that so-called doctors were selling at street markets. As a backlash began against this "debauchery," another interesting development occurred: women got the vote. As a result of a new female electoral body (and as a response to the flagrant domestic abuse that occurred from alcoholic and drug-abusing husbands throughout the country), many drugs were outlawed (like Absinthe and various opiates), and soon, alcoholic prohibition began. Ironically, organized crime picked up these new illicit markets.

As for certain other drugs, there were political reasons for their illegal status. Marijuana, for example, was outlawed due to a political conflict between traditional paper manufacturers and hemp paper producers, but that's a story for another thread....

Anyway, the War on Drugs, at one level or another, has been around for over a century. It's funny how history would almost suggest that we were better off as a nation with a significant addict population than a nation riddled with hundreds of drug syndicates (and that's not even including the disreputable behavior of the legal drug dealers: pharmaceutical companies).

[Strider]

All drugs should be legalized.That's basically the long and short of my views on the subject.