NYT has 5 pg article about secretly taped Bush conversations circa 98

[Rose Siding]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1250954

I haven't read it all yet

[Rose Siding]

1. "It's me versus the world,"

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Mr. Wead said he withheld many tapes of conversations that were repetitive or of a purely personal nature. The dozen conversations he agreed to play ranged in length from five minutes to nearly half an hour. In them, the future president affectionately addresses Mr. Wead as "Weadie" or "Weadnik," asks if his children still believe in Santa Claus, and chides him for skipping a doctor's appointment. Mr. Bush also regularly gripes about the barbs of the press and his rivals. And he is cocky at times. "It's me versus the world," he told Mr. Wead. "The good news is, the world is on my side. Or more than half of it."

Other presidents, such as Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson, secretly recorded conversations from the White House without the knowledge of others. Some former associates of President Bill Clinton taped personal conversations in apparent efforts to embarrass or entrap him. But Mr. Wead's recordings are a rare example of a future president taped at length without his knowledge talking about matters of public interest like his political strategy and priorities.

Mr. Wead first acknowledged the tapes to a reporter in December to defend the accuracy of a passage about Mr. Bush in his new book, "The Raising of a President." He did not mention the tapes in the book or footnotes, saying he drew on them for only one page of the book. He said he never sought to sell or profit from them. He said he made the tapes in states where it was legal to do so with only one party's knowledge.

Mr. Wead eventually agreed to play a dozen tapes on the condition that the names of any private citizens be withheld. The New York Times hired Tom Owen, an expert on audio authentication, to examine samples from the tapes. He concluded the voice was that of the president.

[Nite Owl]

3. From the most irresponsible

administration ever:

"His confidence in the moral purpose of his campaign to usher in "a responsibility era" never wavered,..."

All that they have clearly done wrong and they haven't accepted responsibility for a thing, they always lay the blame on someone else. They were supremely responsible for 9-11. If we never have the proof that they actually did it they had warning after warning that was ignored.

And how dare he say anything about Clinton and the WH, he has totally disgraced the office of the Presidency. Our country has lost all credibilty in the eyes of the world because of this idiot.

[charlie]

2. Look at the petulant little shit

Mr. Bush threatened that if his rival Steve Forbes attacked him too hard during the campaign and won, both Mr. Bush, then the Texas governor, and his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, would withhold their support. "He can forget Texas. And he can forget Florida. And I will sit on my hands," Mr. Bush said.

He'd burn the party down if he didn't get his way. What a supremely self-absorbed twit. Unbelievable.