bush was a coke snorting, pill popping boozer for decades & HE turned out o.k.

[Philosoraptor]

I'm just sayin'........



http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/1999/08/24/bush/

By Joe Conason


Aug. 24, 1999 | With his nebulous responses to the question of whether he has ever used illegal narcotics, George W. Bush may be doing the nation a great service. The spectacle of the current feeding frenzy is as ugly as always -- but for once the "politics of personal destruction" may encourage an overdue debate about real public policy issues:

Are the laws that send thousands of people to prison every year for drug possession administered fairly? Is justice served by incarcerating young, nonviolent drug offenders? Should the courts mandate treatment rather than imprisonment for people who make the kind of "mistake" that the Republican front-runner has now all but admitted?

Journalists playing the gotcha game delight in pointing out the contradictions in Bush's selective discussion of his own character and behavior. He is eager to inform us that he is a faithful spouse and a teetotalling churchgoer, but he is offended when we inquire about his "youthful indiscretions" -- giving off a whiff of hypocrisy that smells all too familiar at this point.

Already, however, the arguments over what presidential candidates should have to reveal about their past personal misbehavior sound shopworn and frivolous. It's obviously time for the press corps to try shouldering a little more intellectual weight.

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[pnwmom]

1. Except the whole country would be far better off today if that particular druggie

had fallen victim to "three strikes you're out" and ended up facing life in prison before his political career ever started.

:shrug:

[Philosoraptor]

2. Hoary fate would have otherwise.

America was fated to have this man in the oval office for 8 years, it was in the stars.

[zabet]

3. That is only

true if your defintion
of OK is totally fucked up.

[malaise]

4. He turned out OK for his fellow

war criminals and looters.

[peekaloo]

5. See what a strong, loving, family support system can do for a fella!

:sarcasm:

[alphafemale]

6. I guess that would require a loose definition of the term "OK"

And yeah...I'd guess he is "OK."

The rest of the world is fucked.

But...he's "OK."

Little Lord Pissypants remains in his perfect little bubble.

[pnwmom]

8. That's for sure. n/t

[undeterred]

7. Yeah.

Maybe he just hasn't messed with the right drug yet.

[Cha]

9. No one should have

to use gwbushit for an example of anything except an hypocritical loser.

[zorahopkins]

10. Bush Is Not "O.K."

Bush is definitely not OK.

He is mentally sick -- a deranged, stupid, meglomaniac.

He is not OK.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. He's ok in his own mind

But that's not saying much.