[Quilla]

Charles Krauthammer addressed Bill Kristol's comments on Brit's panel last night quite well - Wead is a sleaze.

[Paloma_55]

You can't blame them for getting excited...after all, its like finding your dad's playboy collection under his mattress while he and mom are out to dinner.

Its pathetic, but exciting for them.

I am already hearing out-of-context bits and pieces on the national news.

The media loves it. "Hey, we have a quote saying "you don't want kids telling their parents 'President Bush smoked pot, so why can't I?'.... They left out how he got to that line of reason.

[Enterprise]

Wead is a maggot.

[SolidRedState]

This is a great post. These tapes only serve to emphasize the integrity Bush possesses and the lack thereof of Wead. To say his publisher made him do it is a cheap and sleazy out for him. This is just pure publicity for him.

[SkyPilot]

If there was anything politically useful to Democrats or the liberal MSM from these tapes, it would have caught fire by now. The story is now 3 days old.

The truth is, they didn't find any gunpowder in this story----only wet rags. And such was the case in early November, the Democrats and liberals have another hangover. This one must hurt.

[Republican Red]

Curious since I didn't see Brit's show last night - What were Kristol and Krauthammer's comments?

[camle]

lemme see, Linda Tripp taping conversations at eh behest of le officials implicating the president with sexual harassments - BAD
this dude taping conversations with bush implicating - what? (the tapes don't seem to say hwat we're told they say) - GOOD

another liberal double standard?

[sr4402]

Just another greedy journalist out to sell his soul for a buck.

[jmaroneps37]

Is this guy wead's first name Richard? That would make him Dick wead, wouldn't it?

[Egon]

I've heard Doug Wead speak on a couple of occasions. I'm extremely disappointed. I would never have thought he would do something like this.

[msnimje]

I was looking forward to the release of his book and intended to buy it. Now I will not and will encourage others to do likewise.

[Cicero]

There's no traction in these tapes. Bush says nothing of great interest to those trying to trap him. The chief impression most people will get from this affair is that Weadon is a sleaze.

He will lose his natural audience, and I doubt if he will find a new one. If he did this for money and career, he made a bad mistake.

[OldFriend]

Having heard Weasel on several shows now, it would seem the man has truly hung himself with his sleazy attempt to garner fifteen minutes of fame.

He isn't even a good liar and seemingly thought no one would be questioning him.

He weasels around how the tapes came to be in the hands of the NYSlimes.

Even the leftis media is hostile to him.

He ought to get himself to the outhouse where he belongs.

[MurryMom]

What's so especially disgusting about the Mr. Bush's opportunistic deployment of gay-bashing for political purposes is that, by all accounts and evidence, he doesn't believe a word of it. On the tapes, Bush is a "closet tolerant" who knows perfectly well that what he is doing is wrong.

When I meet people who, out of sincere conviction (usually religious) believe homosexuality is sinful and that public policy ought to be deployed to prevent this sinful behavior, I disagree with them, but understand that this sort of deep moral disagreement rooted in faith is associated with certain religious cults.

When you see someone like Bush who knows perfectly well that the view he's adopted for political purposes is wrong, but who adopts it anyway out of cyncial thirst for power, well, then, that's just totally disgusting.

[i_dont_chat]

I sent an email to Doug Wead, chastising him for releasing the private conversations with the President. Here is the response I got via email from Doug Wead:

Quote:
I know it looks that way. Wish I could live my life over and do things differently. Actually, I think the released tapes made him look good, that unlike other tape stories this was not about catching someone doing something wrong but catching someone doing something right. This is what I am doing now, not sure what else I can do.

A Personal Note: My thanks to those who have let me share my heart and regrets about recent events. Contrary to a statement that I made to the New York Times, I have come to realize that personal relationships are more important than history. I am asking my attorney to direct any future proceeds from the book to charity and to find the best way to get these tapes and give them back to the president to whom they belong.

Doug Wead
END OF QUOTE

So, my question to FreeRepublic. Do you think this is REALLY from Doug Wead? Did any of you get responses from him?

[RedWhiteBlue]

Last night I saw a few talking heads discussing this on Dennis Miller and that other show that comes on after it (The Big Idea?). All agreed, Republican and demoncrat, that this wouldn't hurt Bush at all, because it just shows that in private conversations that he is the same guy you see in public. He isn't duplicitous. And nothing is really damaging. He isn't a homophobe, etc. The only thing that some might latch on to is that he indirectly admitted that he smoked marijauna, and most people don't even care about that. They said it all made him look pretty good.

And, the demoncrats even suggested that the tapes were all a plot by none other than -- you guessed it -- the crafty Karl Rove! That evil mastermind genius!