Posted on 02/27/2005 7:50:54 AM PST by rface
Thank you...who cares whether or not President Bush used in the past? I certainly don't. Why should it matter whether or not he is using NOW, provided that he does so responsibly & respects the rights of others?
I used to smoke cigarettes for 19 yrs...I quit a lil over 2 yrs ago, & if you wanna discuss withdrawal symptoms, THAT is an addiction I wish I had never gone thru. It took almost 5 months for me to begin to feel confident that I wasn't a nicotine addict anymore, & the process was a complete hell to deal w/. (due to the major stomach cramps, headaches, sleeping pattern disturbance, lack of appetite...). Makes me wonder why tobacco is legal.
This is your traditional joe conason hit piece. I recall his article in spy magazine that came out a week or so before the bush sr./clinton election that breathlessly detailed allegations, in a national enquirer tone and style, of bush cheating on his wife.
joe edits the NY Observer, which, is actually the most well written newspaper in nyc, with the exception of joe's column, which is wooden and lifeless. Sometimes Joe overcompensates for his wooden style and with a desperate need to create attention writes one of these hysterical hit pieces. If only Joe had some sense of literary style he wouldn't have to go to such extremes.
Why can't they get rehab while they are in jail so they won't do drugs again? Don't their parole officers check them for drugs when they get out?
Not all drug users NEED rehab.
Say WHAT??
JOE CONASON IS A PEDOPHILE??
Yeah, we don't need no stinkin' "proof."
this guy speaks like a criminal who was caught and makes comments about others doing more serious crime or the same crime as an excuse.
The difference is that Bush has said WHATEVER he did was a mistake, Mr. Toronto want to make the mistake a legally sanctioned activity. He could just get a prescription for ritalin, that is a cocain derivative.
I hope I remember correctly -- Jim Robinson is on this list.....but nobody's perfect
Joe Conason has never denied being a pedophile. I googled it, there's no denial on record.
Not all "drug loving" folks are on the Left ;-)
Is this is all that Conason is buiding his case on?
Now my simple-brained reading said that he used coke in 1974 or previously. We have our second coke using president in the white house. Something that diminishes the moral authority to keep people in federal prisons for drug use and possession.
I don't have a link to this. There used to be a couple of threads about it here.
Just compare Bush's nose to Clinton's beak. I rest my case.
Conason is a dufus, and hypocrisy (he is also compounding that with the class distinction) is overrated. You do not need to tell your young children (for example) every single bad thing you did.
So forget his hypocrisy argument, in my opinion. But some drugs should be legalized, and there are significant numbers of people (of all races and backgrounds, but especially minorities) who are in prison serving long sentences for mere possession; unjustly in my opinion, and use should be decriminalized.
Sounds plausible to me!
This article calls for The Senility prayer
The Senility Prayer
God, grant me the senility
to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
The good fortune
to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight
to tell the difference!
Amen
BUT...I would want to know their character from the last 20 years. I would want to know how they were conducting their life now..and how they overcame their earlier circumstances.
In GWB's case...it's apparent that he's a "real" person...with "real" experiences that doesn't like to dwell on them...because he isn't that "person" any longer.
Many of us...did things that we aren't proud of...and would do differently if we could go back. I know I would........
FWIW-
Aha! So then, Conason often replaced Monica under Clinton's desk in the Oval office? Velly entreesteeng.
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