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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought I was making myself plain with the phrase
"my spurious and totally unfounded allegation <BR>of your heroin usage," but
apparently I was not. I was merely using it by way of an example. I
am </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in no way attempting to make false claims or start
silly and fraudulent rumors. Even though I believe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> that anyone who read my post and came away
with that notion must have the brains of a buttercup, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sorry if anyone came away with the wrong
impression and I apologize to Mr.Campbell if his </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>reputation was sullied in any way amongst our
august readership.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Joe Campbell" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>joekc@adelphia.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "g. crabtree" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jampot@roadrunner.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cc: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:13 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gore Provides Surprising
Reason for Son's Behavior</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Gary,<BR><BR>Your analogy is a bad one. There are not scores of websites
making scandalous claims about me. As far as I know, there is just one and since
some of those claims are based on rumors started by you, your last two posts
have me more than a little worried! Nor are the claims about Bush put forth by
folks who believe that the allegations do not “reflect reality,” as you
noted.<BR><BR>You are also flat-out wrong that "Bush says it didn't happen." He
never explicitly denied it. The best that we got was obfuscation: he noted that
he never used cocaine while his dad was president. If you can find one explicit
quote where Bush denied ever using cocaine, I'll take you out to lunch on my
tab, though it will have to be at a modest establishment with fair prices like
the One World Cafe. I deny ever using heroin, so there is one other disanalogy
about your example.<BR><BR>But all of this is beside the point. The issue isn't
whether we should or shouldn't talk about Bush's alleged drug use. My concern
is, Why was it never addressed in the mainstream media? The answer can't be that
he has no record -- the media has no problem talking about Gore's son, who was
arrested but hasn't even gone to trial let alone been convicted. It can't be
that Bush was never arrested -- they have no problem talking about Bonds and
Giambi. Even if he DID deny it, that can't be it either, given
Clinton.<BR><BR>As I remember it, Clinton was hounded by the press about his
alleged marijuana use, which led to his "but I didn't inhale" comment. Note,
too, that according to Clinton he didn't use the drug -- he issued a much
clearer denial than Bush, since you don't use the drug unless you inhale. Yet he
is still hounded by folks about it.<BR><BR>I'm not condemning Bush, by the way.
And I’m well aware of how stupid and wishy-washy the Clinton comment sounds. I
think that the best way to handle it is as Bush did: to not talk about these
sorts of things. It isn't as if they are particularly relevant. My question
concerns the media. Why wasn't Bush hounded about the allegations? Again, the
hounding would have been wrong. I'm just curious why it never
happened.<BR><BR>--<BR>Joe Campbell<BR><BR>---- "g. crabtree" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jampot@roadrunner.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> wrote:
<BR><BR>=============<BR>The same can now be said about my spurious and totally
unfounded allegation <BR>of your heroin usage I used by way of example. Mr.
Campbell has made "public <BR>statements that, while not confirming those
allegations, stop short of <BR>denying them." The statement is completely true
but does not reflect reality <BR>to the best of my knowledge.<BR><BR>This is not
to say that I'm sure that GW didn't put himself up to his <BR>eyeballs in the
nose candy, just that it isn't the given that it is for the <BR>other fellows
you refer to. Clinton and Al, II have publicly admitted to <BR>their
indiscretions, Al III doesn't have to as his criminal record speaks <BR>for him.
Giambi has also admitted out right that he has used steroids and <BR>human
growth hormone. In doing so we can discuss these fellows drug use as <BR>fact.
With GW it remains speculation.<BR><BR>g<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----
<BR>From: "Joe Campbell" <</FONT><A href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>joekc@adelphia.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>To: "g. crabtree" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jampot@roadrunner.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>Cc:
<</FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>Sent:
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:37 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gore Provides
Surprising Reason for Son's Behavior<BR><BR><BR>> There is more to it, Gary.
Do some research.<BR>><BR>> Here, for instance, is what it says in
Wikipedia: "Bush has made public <BR>> statements that, while not confirming
those allegations, stop short of <BR>> denying them."<BR>><BR>> A
better analogy than yours is to compare Bush's drug use with Jason <BR>>
Giambi's steroid use, which the media has little problem noting.<BR>><BR>>
--<BR>> Joe Campbell<BR>><BR>> ---- "g. crabtree" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jampot@roadrunner.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>> =============<BR>> In the case of Clinton and the
Gores their drug use was admitted or<BR>> documented. In the case of Bush
they are merely alleged. Bush says it <BR>> didn't<BR>> happen and there
is no paper trail in the form of an arrest record to<BR>> contradict him. To
discuss it in the same way as Bill and the Al's<BR>> recreational exploits
would be similar to me alleging that you were or had<BR>> been a junkie and
then berating you for your lack of judgment because of <BR>>
it.<BR>><BR>> g<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Joe
Campbell" <</FONT><A href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>joekc@adelphia.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>> To:
<</FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:16 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gore
Provides Surprising Reason for Son's <BR>>
Behavior<BR>><BR>><BR>>>I just don't get it.<BR>>><BR>>>
Why is it that Bill's "I didn't inhale!" and Al's previous use of pot
--<BR>>> or his son's current use -- are popular topics of political
discussion <BR>>> but<BR>>> our current president's previous cocaine
use is never mentioned?<BR>>><BR>>> --<BR>>> Joe
Campbell<BR>>><BR>>>
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