http://www.washingtondispatch.com/sp...es/000551.html
ha ha this will fix up old George.
Noted biographer, Kitty Kelly, will be unleashing her latest work, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, in the coming weeks. According to the inside cover, a key premise of the book is "the obsessively protected public image into the family's intimate private lives: the matriarchs, the mistresses, the marriages, the divorces, the jealousies, the hypocrisies, the golden children, and the black sheep."
London's Daily Mirror is reporting that the new book delves into the drug use of George W. Bush and even the indiscretions of the First Lady, Laura Bush. The book alleges that while Bush served in National Guard he "liked to sneak out back for a joint or into the bathroom for a line of cocaine." It also alleges from a source related to the president that "Bush did coke at Camp David when his father was President, and not just once either."
Rumors of heavy cocaine abuse by Bush have been floating around for many years. The most pointed and public work was released by James Hatfield in his book, Fortunate Son. The book details an alleged 1972 drug conviction by Bush that was supposedly later removed from the record. In July of 2001, Hatfield was found dead in an Arkansas hotel room from a drug overdose. Since Hatfield's death, the work has been somewhat discredited by the author's own shady past.
During the 2000 race, Bush's team quelled the allegations by stating that Bush had not used illegal drugs in the past 25 years. The American public or the media did not push any further regarding the allegations.
One has to wonder if allegations of misconduct from thirty years ago are cogent to this election. Bush supporters have already answered the question by pushing unfounded allegations of misconduct during John Kerry's service in Vietnam. Will Kerry supporters demand the same level of scrutiny regarding George Bush's supposed cocaine use?
Only one answer is clear, this race is getting ugly.
London's Daily Mirror is reporting that the new book delves into the drug use of George W. Bush and even the indiscretions of the First Lady, Laura Bush. The book alleges that while Bush served in National Guard he "liked to sneak out back for a joint or into the bathroom for a line of cocaine." It also alleges from a source related to the president that "Bush did coke at Camp David when his father was President, and not just once either."
Rumors of heavy cocaine abuse by Bush have been floating around for many years. The most pointed and public work was released by James Hatfield in his book, Fortunate Son. The book details an alleged 1972 drug conviction by Bush that was supposedly later removed from the record. In July of 2001, Hatfield was found dead in an Arkansas hotel room from a drug overdose. Since Hatfield's death, the work has been somewhat discredited by the author's own shady past.
During the 2000 race, Bush's team quelled the allegations by stating that Bush had not used illegal drugs in the past 25 years. The American public or the media did not push any further regarding the allegations.
One has to wonder if allegations of misconduct from thirty years ago are cogent to this election. Bush supporters have already answered the question by pushing unfounded allegations of misconduct during John Kerry's service in Vietnam. Will Kerry supporters demand the same level of scrutiny regarding George Bush's supposed cocaine use?
Only one answer is clear, this race is getting ugly.
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