"BUSH ANSWER CRITICAL"

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard a poll that said 82 percent of
Americans don't care about alleged prior cocaine use by Gov. George W.
Bush.

Wake up, my fellow Americans! Think of yourselves as potential
employers considering this man for the most important position in your
company. Would you entrust the safety of your family, neighbors and
the free world to an applicant who cannot answer a simple question
about drugs? Bush should be denied entry into the same military he
would command if he couldn't answer the cocaine question with an
absolute "no."

I do not want to go through another administration like we've had for
eight years. This is still a great country, and we deserve better than
this.

RAY A JACKSON
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"SO, NOW DRUG USE IS OK?"

How ironic that on the "Today Show" recently, two Republican officials
announced their use of cocaine. Sounds like an attempt to take the
heat off front-runner George W. Bush. New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's
statement that he was one of 78 million Americans who have used
illegal drugs seems to imply that we now need to review our drug laws.
Was he really saying it's OK now - or at least now that Republicans
are being caught?

J.Q. MORENO