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02-23-2005, 03:15 PM
Secret tapes reveal future president's marijuana use
NEW YORK A published report says President Bush apparently acknowledged trying marijuana in his younger days during a conversation with a friend. Doug Wead secretly recorded at least a dozen talks with Bush between 1998 and the summer of 2000, when Bush was governor of Texas.
The New York Times says in one of those talks, Bush criticized then-Vice President Al Gore for admitting past marijuana use and explained why he would not answer questions about marijuana. In Bush's words: "I don't want some little kid doing what I tried."
Wead, a former aide to President Bush's father, discussed strategy and policy with the future president. He played a dozen of the tapes for a Times reporter.
Wead says he made the recordings because he views Bush as a historic figure.
The White House does not deny the authenticity of the tapes. Spokesman Trent Duffy says Bush -- quote -- "was having casual conversations with someone he believed was his friend."
Source. (http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&ncl=http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D2973876)
NEW YORK A published report says President Bush apparently acknowledged trying marijuana in his younger days during a conversation with a friend. Doug Wead secretly recorded at least a dozen talks with Bush between 1998 and the summer of 2000, when Bush was governor of Texas.
The New York Times says in one of those talks, Bush criticized then-Vice President Al Gore for admitting past marijuana use and explained why he would not answer questions about marijuana. In Bush's words: "I don't want some little kid doing what I tried."
Wead, a former aide to President Bush's father, discussed strategy and policy with the future president. He played a dozen of the tapes for a Times reporter.
Wead says he made the recordings because he views Bush as a historic figure.
The White House does not deny the authenticity of the tapes. Spokesman Trent Duffy says Bush -- quote -- "was having casual conversations with someone he believed was his friend."
Source. (http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&ncl=http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D2973876)