A REAL PARTY ANIMAL

If history does indeed repeat itself, then Keanon Ferguson, student body
president at Phoenix High School, has a long, stellar political career
ahead of him. After all, George W. Bush is a self-proclaimed party animal
who has allegedly possessed and used cocaine. President Clinton admittedly
was in possession of, but did not inhale, marijuana. And former Speaker
Newt Gingrich openly admitted to smoking pot. We either need to vote on
individuals based on their ability to lead or we need to allow only saints
to apply. Either way, those people who are casting so many stones at young

Mr. Ferguson should hold true to their beliefs before casting their vote
for George W.

- -- Rick Chester, Jacksonville