News orgs "actively at work" on why Bush was having probs in Guard in '73

[Karmadillo]

I wonder (snort) what those (toke) reasons (snort toke snort) might (snort snort snort) be.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_09_05.php#003455

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And here we get down to a specific and perhaps touchy point. Why wouldn't Bush show up for that physical? An Air Force pilot's physical is a bigger deal than the one civilians get on a routine basis. But still, it's not that big a deal. Even if he didn't think it was necessary, why disobey a direct order to get around it?

And on this point let me make a more general suggestion. The White House's story has changed many, many times on the Guard matter. And they've been careful -- and wisely so -- to avoid make definitive statements that would limit their room for maneuver after future revelations.

There are now two news organizations actively at work (and at least one of them is pretty far along) on a story about just why Bush was having those problems in the Guard in 1973. With that in mind, now my might be a good time to press a few more specific questions.

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[Catfight]

1. Damn right! Coke is a MUCH bigger deal than marijuana.

My parents don't even understand coke and they went crazy that Clinton smoked marijuana, so coke would be a huge deal to them. No one wants an abuser in the WH, someone who cannot control himself. It's a blight on his character and choices.

[Jacobin]

2. "If your day is done and you want to ride on...COCAINE...."

Eric knows why Smirky missed his tests

[Clark4Prez]

3. I vote for nose candy

I will be willing to bet that half of Columbia was inside Bush's right nostril in 1973.

God damn coke snorting, draft dodging, womanizer! (With no apologies to B1 Bob Dornan).

[Old and In the Way]

4. I suspect that Act II will be the Cocaine Bust and George's Community

Service. Seems that the media and Kerry's tacticians are playing up the missed time and physical so that the electorate asks Why? Once the 'Why' question is in circulating openly in the general population, the answer will be driven home. Busted for coke.

[papau]

5. seems unimpeachable 3rd party says Kitty telling truth about Bush cocaine

seems unimpeachable 3rd source says Sharon lies, Kitty truth teller
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/230275p-19

Kitty: More support for Bush coke use

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.

..."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?'"

...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.'"

[Rambis]

6. I don't care if he did do cocaine...

I am still not voting for him

[City Lights]

8. LOL! eom

[gratuitous]

7. News orgs actively at work

Well, better 10 years late than never, huh? It's about time someone at some news outlet somewhere started to take his or her job seriously!

[Supersedeas]

9. Finally taking their profession seriously--one election too late, no?

[PurityOfEssence]

10. Say...anybody got any old hair clippings from Junior?

A little DNA and cocaine sample would be fun...

Also, if there's any old document that would show what his first Texas Driver's License number is, we might be able to shed some light on his alleged drug bust. The former's probably just wishful thinking, but the latter's a very real possibility.

Liar.

[no name no slogan]

11. Shrub isn't into cocaine-- he just likes the way it smells (n/t)