[Vision2020] Pre-Presidency Geoge Bush Show Political Calculations, Hint of Marijuana

[David M. Budge]

Tom, I've been reading it all day.  I know the source and I know the 
context. I watched the interview on ABC this morning and I've read just 
about everything written about it on the wire today. The family values 
issue is fair game in a larger context, but you obviously miss my point.

Bush quit drinking and he probably quit drugging as well.  That, is his 
redeeming virtue. I can tell though that you may have difficulty 
understanding the difference between virtues and values. You should 
spend some time with that.  You're proselytizing from the cheap seats on 
this issue. 

One more thing since I'm feeling screedy at the moment.  Your vitriol 
does little to validate your positions on those that you wish to 
impress.  Your smarmy closing "Just Another Left Wing Intolerista 
Liberal Elitista Wacko Nutjub Loose in the Palouse Doing What Comes 
Natural." implies that it may be me that is intolerant.  You know little 
of my politics and less of my opinion of George Bush. Your 
judgementalism vacates any validity you may have in your point and it 
depreciates your argument. 

The more striking thing is that, from your postings, there are many 
things in which we agree as to bad policy of this current 
administration.  It appears to me, however, that your emotions have the 
better of you and, like many who let their rote ideology lead them by 
the nose, you won't even take "yes" for an answer on issues where 
similarities apply.

Enough said indeed!

Dave Budge



Mr. Budge -

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> Perhaps you should have read the article from the Spokesman Review (as 
> I posted) or read the article on CNN.com:
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> http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/20/bush.tapes.ap/index.html
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> Or perhaps you should have read any of many other media/news sources 
> that reported on this item.  Had you read beyond my one-line comment, 
> you would have realized (as many others did) that this was reported by 
> one of Bush's friends (via recording).  How you could qualify this as 
> " . . . one of his most redeeming virtues," is beyond my comprehension 
> of "family values", the very phrase that reverberates in the White 
> House today.
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> Enough said.
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> Tom Hansen
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> Just Another Left Wing Intolerista Liberal Elitista Wacko Nutjub Loose 
> in the Palouse Doing What Comes Natural.
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>We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. 
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