NY Daily News, "Daily Dish"
More blow-by-blow over W coke tale
Sharon Bush tried to back away yesterday from quotes Kitty Kelley attributes to her in her new slice-and-dice book on the Bush family - but she may have backed into a smoking gun....
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(Sharon Bush now says): "I categorically deny that I ever told Kitty Kelley that George W. Bush used cocaine at Camp David - or that I ever saw him use cocaine at Camp David. The one time I met in person with Kitty Kelley, she mentioned drug use at Camp David. I responded by saying something along the lines of, 'Who would say such a thing?'"
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But Sharon has one small problem: There was a third party at the lunch, an unimpeachable source who agreed to speak with us on condition of anonymity, who says Kelley's quotes are accurate.
"We met at the Chelsea Bistro on April 1, 2003," says our insider. "It was a very long lunch. Sharon was talking about affairs in the Bush family ...
very dysfunctional. She said they talk about family values, but they don't practice what they preach.
"Then Kitty raised the drug issue," our source continues. "Kitty, who can make a rock talk, said: 'I know about the drugs. I know that W did drugs at Camp David during his father's presidency.'
"Sharon agreed. She said, 'Absolutely. That's all true.'"
(Kelley's Doubleday associate publisher Suzanne Herz says Doubleday stands by the book, and is quoted: "The day following this lunch, in the presence of her editor, Peter Gethers, Ms. Kelley had a subsequent telephone conversation with Sharon Bush which lasted approximately 1-1/2 hours. Ms. Kelley has notes to corroborate both of these conversations.")
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