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SpeedRacer

Dubya, thirteen years ago

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" on a summer night in 1986, spent the night with his wife and friends at the broadmoor resort in co springs in celebration of his and some friends 40th birthdays that year, bush partied heartily. he woke up with a raging hangover. to his stunned friends, he simply bagan announcing that he had made a decision never to drink again it was a spontaneous pledge, but one he has kept, says bush. as he put it to me a few years ago when i was preparing a story about the contrasting ways in whcih he and ann richards viewed addiction treatment programs in the state prison system (in sum: he has more faith in the cold turkey approach) "i quit for the rest of my life and if you catch me drinking, its not going to be a good sign for your old buddy george"
-sam howe verhoevek "is there room on the republican ticket for another george bush?" new york times magazine, 09.13.1998


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barbra walters: do you ever take,like, a glass of wine at a wedding or something?

bush: no, ive had no alcohol since ive decided to quit..

bw: are you afraid youre an alcoholic?

gwb: no

bw: then, why wouldnt, couldnt you take, you know, i dont know, a "happy new yea, heres a sip of champagne"?

gwb: because i just decided to quit

bw: period?

gwb: when i said i was quitting, i was quitting. and i think that speaks to my discipline and my focus..

HA HA...
:SB|


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