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Bush forgets he's a coke-head
One of the more interesting revelations from the new Scott McLellan book about his years in the Bush administration demonstrates that Bush may not have been lying to us all these years so much as lying to himself. Not that that's much consolation:
In 1999, at a hotel suite "somewhere in the Midwest," McClellan recalls the Bush mind when dealing with rumors that the then-Texas governor had used cocaine.
Writes McClellan: "'The media won't let go of these ridiculous cocaine rumors,' I heard Bush say. 'You know, the truth is I honestly don't remember whether I tried it or not. We had some pretty wild parties back in the day, and I just don't remember.'
"I remember thinking to myself, How can that be? How can someone simply not remember whether or not they used an illegal substance like cocaine? It didn't make a lot of sense."
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Blackouts, of course.
May 28, 2008 1:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Come on, give Bush a break. To paraphrase Al Franken's remarks about the old days at SNL, "Bush only did coke to stay up long enough to make sure no one else he was partying with did too much coke."
May 28, 2008 1:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought it was chronic that addled the memory?
Seriously, though, does ANYONE really believe you could "forget" if you ever did coke?
Maybe, "I thought it was 'only' crank!" would be the likelier scenario.
And much more believable.
But equally, if not moreso, incrimninating.
May 28, 2008 1:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cocaine's a Hell of a drug.
May 28, 2008 3:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Though I love McClellan's prissy innocence here. How could somebody not remember if they took an illegal drug or not? As if it was some sort of momentous thing that somebody would remember forever.
May 28, 2008 3:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, if one were a coke burnout, as is Bushit, it is not so much possible as it is likely that he wouldn't remember.
So: is he lying, or not competent to tell the truth?
May 28, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink