White House: Bush not aware of drugs (AP)

[truthpusher]

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?id=114144

White House: Bush not aware of drugs

Associated Press

2/7/2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. President George W. Bush was not aware of any steroid use by Texas Rangers players while he was a team executive, the White House said Monday.

In his upcoming book, Jose Canseco said he introduced Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez to steroids after being traded to Texas in 1992, the New York Daily News reported. Canseco said Bush, the Rangers' managing partner at the time, must have known about the drugs.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said he spoke to Bush about alleged steroid use.

"If there was, he was not aware of it at the time," McClellan said.

complete story:

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?id=114144

[Thtwudbeme]

1. He probably wasn't; Steroids aren't a party drug

and therefore, Shrub wasn't interested.

They should ask him about the cocaine use.

[Zeke]

15. Bing! Pow!

Nicely done.

Perfect.

[merwin]

2. Well, to *'s credit, ignorance IS one of his more prominent features

[ClassWarrior]

17. He's an actor who uses "ignorance" to weasel out of everything.

NGU.

[smoogatz]

22. How very Reaganesque of him.

No, wait--Reagan couldn't remember. Bush doesn't know. Big difference.

[Jack_Dawson]

3. What were you expecting?

I mean...c'mon. :beer:

[wolfgirl]

4. Bush isn't aware of

anything, at anytime...therefore he's never culpable. What a dolt!

[Kikosexy2]

5. Like he's gonna...

tell you the truth or for that matter the American public the truth Scotty! Duh?

[musette_sf]

6. Is this like when Poppy

ahem, "missed" all the juicy details in Iran-Contra, because he had had too much iced tea and had to keep running to the can?

The BFEE is SO full of it...

[zacho]

10. Phew, when I read you're title I thouht you meant David Ortiz!

[pnutchuck]

7. Bush doesn't seem to be aware of anything! n/t

[AlCzervik]

8. i wish i had a dollar for everytime McClellan

says this: "If there was, he was not aware of it at the time," McClellan said.

Or something like that.

[driver8]

42. Condi uses that phrase a lot, too.

"If Osama Bin Laden was planning to use planes as missiles, I was not aware of it at the time."

I believe that Bush didn't know about the steroid use...he doesn't care about anything outside his little sheltered life.

[blm]

9. And he wasn't aware of torture, or the Swiftboat vets, or how he got into

the National Guard

or how his Harken papers went missing

or that terror was an important issue when he refused to read the Hart-Rudman report on Global Terror that was handed to him on Jan30, 2001.

[ClintonTyree]

11. One must have a functioning brain to be "aware" of anything.....

that would exclude bush from any pesky "awareness" problems.

[orpupilofnature57]

12. That would be truly heaven sent,is there an anti-Rove out there?

Ranger Gate,whatever will start the snowball rolling, the least democrats in Washington should do is dog this administration, if nothing else but to stall them from turning our country into a toilet bowl of the world bank.

[Cocoa]

19. what if Bush was brought down by steroids?

what if this is the one thing Rove overlooked, the one flaw in the villain's "perfect crime?"

edit: and I like "RangerGate"

[Anakin Skywalker]

13. So the Old Saying is NOT True?

"It takes one to know one". Bush was/is a dopehead but he wasn't about to recognize others? How odd. :)

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. But twelve years later steroids were important enough for him

to go on and on about in his SOTU.

Uh huh.

[Jackpine Radical]

27. OMG That's right--he was going on & on about steroids in that SOTU

& nobody could figure out why the hell he was talking about THAT--now it all makes sense.

It's like some little piece of guilt-laden flotsam from long ago came floating into his awareness & he kept babbling about it.

Who has more info on what he said back then & what the circumstances were? Could be very interesting.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

38. But he doesn't write his speeches...

Rove and Chaney do. Pre-emptive strike maybe, before the story comes out?

[M155Y_A1CH]

41. SOTU quote

It was right after he spoke of chidren's drug use and drug testing for chidren.


"To help children make right choices, they need good examples. Athletics play such an important role in our society, but, unfortunately, some in professional sports are not setting much of an example. The use of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids in baseball, football, and other sports is dangerous, and it sends the wrong message - that there are shortcuts to accomplishment, and that performance is more important than character. So tonight I call on team owners, union representatives, coaches, and players to take the lead, to send the right signal, to get tough, and to get rid of steroids now." * SOTU 2004

first Google source listed: http://brendoman.com/honzo/state%20of%20the%20union/

[Jackpine Radical]

44. Why does he name baseball first?

I don't pay any attention to sports, but wouldn't athletes in almost any other sport come first to mind for steroid use unless you knew something specific about baseball?

[Lisabtrucking]

16. That's because he's on them. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. Yeah, sure.

[Emboldened Chimp]

20. He was too drunk to be aware of much of anything...

[struggle4progress]

23. snf. Drugs? snff. What Drugs? snf. I haven't. snnf. Seen any ...

[smoogatz]

21. He was too coked up

To notice what drugs everyone else was doing.

[City Lights]

24. Lemmee guess...

...he was out of the loop. :eyes:

[karynnj]

25. Steroids is to athlete as wire is to debater

The link is that he has no compunctions about CHEATING. He's a bad influence on our kids!

[fooj]

26. Such a man of integrity...we know he'd be HONEST, right?

Give me a break!

[pinto]

28. the more Mr. McClellan sounds like a defense lawyer for Mr. Bush,

the more I wonder. He has become adroit at parsing his phrases just so..

(No offense to real, accredited defense lawyers everywhere)

-ed for spell-

[doxieone]

29. WH Denies Canseco's new allegations (Steroids/Bush/Rangers)

Back with link!


EDIT

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3382234

White House denies Canseco's new allegations
Story Tools: Print Email
Associated Press
Posted: 12 hours ago



WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush was not aware of any steroid use by Texas Rangers players while he was a team executive, the White House said Monday.

In his upcoming book, Jose Canseco said he introduced Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez to steroids after being traded to Texas in 1992, the New York Daily News reported. Canseco said Bush, the Rangers' managing partner at the time, must have known about the drugs.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said he spoke to Bush about alleged steroid use.

"If there was, he was not aware of it at the time," McClellan said.


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[GetTheRightVote]

30. they can deny it all they want, but the truth hurts, * pushed drugs

Hello country, * pushed drugs on his baseball team, watch up will you.

:kick;

[paineinthearse]

31. Of course!!!!

During that period, he was either as oblivious then as he is now, or he was addicted to drugs and alcohol himself.

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. Hmm..and Arnold became a winner using steroids, too.

It's all about the winning for these Republicans, isn't it?

[doxieone]

33. Press conference yesterday (transcript)

Q Second question, any further response from the President on the allegations concerning his knowledge of steroid use by the Rangers?

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, I talked to him, and he wasn't aware of that at the time, if there was. But he -- he has recognized for some time that steroids is a growing problem in professional sports, particularly Major League Baseball. That's why the President has made addressing the issue a priority in his administration, because the use of steroids or performance-enhancing drugs sends the wrong message to our children. And it also has harmful effects on those who use it. And the President commends Major League Baseball and the players' union for working together to take an important step to address the issue by expanding drug-testing programs and increasing penalties.

Q Just want to be clear. On the Rangers, are you saying there was no use, of if there was, he didn't know about it?

MR. McCLELLAN: The second part -- the latter, yes. If there was, he was not aware of it at the time.

[paineinthearse]

36. Executive accountability?

Not with * !!!!

[heidiho]

34. Imus said this morning "Who are you going to believe"

An idiot like Conseco or the President of the United States?"

When they all laughed and said "Conseco"!!!

[doxieone]

35. I hate and love Imus. He's addictive to watch/listen to.

I don't like the new set. It destroys the buddy buddy environment.

[SpiralHawk]

37. Hmmm? Rafael Palmeiro later was hired for Viagra TV ads

One has to wonder if the steroid use led to his need for viagra?

[yellowcanine]

39. "I know nossing!" says Sgt. Schultz!

[mitchum]

40. The buck stops...over there!

[CreekDog]

43. Canseco is an idiot...consider the source before you believe

Jose's credibility has never been high.

I find the allegation that him and McGwire injected each other with steroids somewhat far-fetched. Even if they took steroids, these two were multimillionaires at the time and I don't think that's the way most pro athletes take steroids (with each other giving the injections).

Also his allegation that Bush "must have known" is not exactly an eyewitness account.

[yellowcanine]

46. Yes of course....but it is the duty of the GM and the field manager to

look after the health of their players. So Curious George does bear some responsibility IF there was rampant steroid use and he did not know about it.

[daleo]

48. What better way?

Two multi-millionaires who have plenty to lose if they squeal on each other. The alternative, having some paid underling do it (even a doctor) would have opened them both up to blackmail.

And it worked, at least until Canseco got out of baseball and could make even more money by a tell-all book on the subject,

[Mr Rabble]

51. from personal experience

I can tell you that most if not all baseball and football *stars* have taken/ do take steroids. Period. Mark McGuire is so full of shit his eyes are brown.

Jose may be a crackpot, but about this issue, there is truth in his rants.

As far as injecting a teamate with something, this seems likely due to the popularity of 'site specific injecting'. Its pretty hard to inject Equipoise into your rear delts...

[dave29]

45. Bush lied, people

steralized

[primavera]

47. Well, he was pretty stoned most of the time

With all of the coke he was doing, you can't seriously expect him to remember what drugs the team was using, can you?

[BiggJawn]

49. How about Cocaine in the Owner's Skybox?

Of COURSE junior didn't know nuttin' about no 'Roid use...

Now ask him who had the best Blow in Houston...

[Swamp Rat]

50. LOL!

Are only republicans are allowed the "ignorance" excuse?

[texpatriot2004]

52. I wonder what else * is not aware of? I don't think he's aware of

much.

[dkofos]

53. Face it

b_sh is just not aware of anything.