-Caveat Lector- WASHINGTON POST ASKS BUSH ABOUT COCAINE It didn't come from a grocery store tabloid. It didn't come from any of the nation's cable news channels. It didn't break on an "Internet gossip" website. Instead, it was in a Page One, 5,000-word, columns 1-5 above-the-fold scream sensation Sunday special of the WASHINGTON POST. "We need to ask the cocaine question." A question for Texas Governor George W. Bush. POST reporters Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr. finally saw the first of their reports on Bush reach publication over the weekend. The duo had been working on the spread for months. The first report was on Bush's personality -- and his past. The POST interviewed dozens of friends, family and business associates for the series, including Bush's wife, sister and mother. In the report, the WASHINGTON POST used the word "alcoholic" five times; "alcohol" 14 times; "drinking" 20 times. And then it came. POST: "We need to ask the cocaine question. We think you believe that a politician should not let stories fester. So why won't you just deny that you've used cocaine?" BUSH: "I'm not going to talk about what I did years ago. This is a game where they float rumors, force a person to fight off a rumor; then they'll float another rumor. And I'm not going to participate. I saw what happened to my dad with rumors in Washington. I made mistakes. I've asked people to not let the rumors get in the way of the facts. I've told people I've learned from my mistakes -- and I have. And I'm going to leave it at that. " POST: "Do you believe there's a statute of limitations?" BUSH: "There's never a statute of limitations evidently. Particularly when people are spreading gossip and rumors." After all of these years, no one does it better than the WASHINGTON POST. [Even though the WALL STREET JOURNAL's Ellen Pollock did take the first run at the cocaine question a few months back.] Next in the Romano/Lardner Bush series: A Texas Childhood. [And what was in those diapers?] http://www.drudgereport.com/matt.htm Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: ....a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
