Bush says he's been drug-free for seven--no, 25 years.

[Joeychgo]

Are you Kidding me?????????

ROFL - You want this guy in office? No wonder he's so hawkish......

See the Article HERE


(To be fair, this is old, from the 2000 election)
What he said

Bush's responses as they evolved through a difficult week

Somebody floats a rumor and it causes you to ask a question, and that's the game in American politics, and I refuse to play it. That is a game. You just fell for the trap ... [T]he people of America are sick and tired of this kind of politics. And I'm not participating.
Austin, Texas, news conference, Wednesday morning

I made some mistakes years ago, but I learned from my mistakes.
Baton Rouge, La., news conference, Wednesday afternoon

As I understand it, the current [FBI] form asks the question, 'Did somebody use drugs within the last seven years?' and I will be glad to answer that question, and the answer is no.
Dallas Morning News, Thursday

Not only could I pass the background check and the standards applied to today's White House, but I could have passed the background check ... when my dad was President of the United States, a 15-year period.
Roanoke,Va., news conference, Thursday morning

I have told the American people all I'm going to tell them ... I don't want to send a signal to children that whatever I may have done is O.K.
Columbus, Ohio, news conference, Thursday afternoon

 

[CaptainZilog]

Ya know, I'd rather have a president who HAS done drugs in the past. Seriously. It's an experience, and if they don't get hooked, that proves their character that much more. Besides, making laws based on second hand accounts is not good.

Now, I'm no Bush fan, but drugs == bad person is fundamentally flawed.

 

[JohnnyBz00LS]

Ya know, I'd rather have a president who HAS done drugs in the past. Seriously. It's an experience, and if they don't get hooked, that proves their character that much more. Besides, making laws based on second hand accounts is not good.

Now, I'm no Bush fan, but drugs == bad person is fundamentally flawed.

I'd agree it's pretty hypocritical to have used drugs recreationally and then keep waging an un-winnable "War on Drugs" once you are in office.

 

[Kbob]

I'd agree it's pretty hypocritical to have used drugs recreationally and then keep waging an un-winnable "War on Drugs" once you are in office.

Are you serious? So since I used drugs when I was young I shouldn't do anything to try and keep my kids from using drugs because it's "hypocritical"? If I knew that someone tried to give my kids drugs, I'd certainly give them my own version of the "War on Drugs".

 

[MonsterMark]

Are you serious? So since I used drugs when I was young I shouldn't do anything to try and keep my kids from using drugs because it's "hypocritical"? If I knew that someone tried to give my kids drugs, I'd certainly give them my own version of the "War on Drugs".

WAY TO GO Kbob!!! GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CaptainZilog]

Good, because you're a parent and it's your duty to raise your child - NOT the government.

But this god awful War on Drugs creates a false criminal economy that pretty much includes all forms of violent crime. It isn't the physical drugs making people do bad things (I know from experience here) it's the damn law. People get off on being hard-asses, making major money, toting automatic weapons and such, all from this artificial economy. Now, a lot of smaller dealers are good people, they just want drugs and some money on the side. But a lot of larger dealers are pretty evil. We need to stop this problem at the source - the overlegislation of drugs.

 

[Kbob]

This thread seems to be veering towards the question of whether or not drugs should be legalized. I still haven't made up my mind on that one, but I generally lean toward keeping it illegal. The reason for that is because I think of all the deaths that will undoubtedly occur because of unrestricted (or slightly restricted) drug use. I know the problems we have now due to drugs being illegal. And I'm not against alcohol use, but think of all the deaths that occur annually that are alcohol related in crashes alone. Legalizing drugs will increase the number of people who use them just like what happened when alcohol was legalized again. I'm not prepared to live in a society like that yet. This is just my opinion mind you.

 

[CaptainZilog]

Do you remember reading what happened when alcohol was prohibited? Chaos.

Drugs don't kill people. People kill people. If you aren't responsible enough to not overdose, then good. We'll take your assets and use them to bury you. It's cold, to be sure, but why should the government coddle its citizens? You have a brain. If you don't want to shoot up heroin, then that's YOUR decision. If I want to drop acid, that's MY decision. Now, obviously, I support MASSIVELY TOUGH sentencing for people who would drive a motor vehicle on public land while intoxicated, be it alcohol, LSD, coke, pot... But what someone does responsibly on their own time, so long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others, is *their* business. Yes, drugs can be overused and cause problems. So can alcohol. The key is responsibility.

Most street drugs are so dangerous because of tampering, not because the drugs themselves are so deadly: Heroin does bad things to you because dealers cut it with poison, pure heroin itself is, *physically*, one of the best things you can put in your veins (I'm not gonna argue the physicological addiction). LSD can have strychnine cut into it. Coke, talc. Extasy, rohypnol. The list in enormous. If they were overseen by the FDA, there wouldn't be these deadly (or in the case or rohypnol, daterape) impurities in street drugs.

 

[JohnnyBz00LS]

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