Would you trust a candidate that would go on cocaine binges in his/her past?

Question

To all who are referring to Bush:

Where were all you when Bush was running for president? Did you vote then?

Answer 1

I would give them a chance.  People change with age so just because they had bad judgment back then doesn't mean they do now.

Answer 2

YEP

Then they would be MOST young teens who TRULY did it and bring it out in open instead of hide and pretend to be soooooooooo pure

Like your Mc Pain

*Grin*.......gloves are off  

Answer 3

like who?

Are you tweaking?

That why you wear silly hat?

Answer 4

No..or a Doctor or a Surgeon or an Airline pilot

Flashbacks?

I think there is a lot of people in *HIGH* places that are addicted to

cocaine and other mood altering drugs...Just say no to dope

Answer 5

Like Bush and McCain going on alcohol/partying binges?

Answer 6

nope, look what happen with George Walker Bush, Barrack Hussein Obama admitted his use as well, we should learn a lesson

Answer 7

That wouldn't be the main or only reason.

Answer 8

Helen Mirren's running for office? :)

Answer 9

Depends if by "past" you mean 20 years ago, or if you mean they supposedly stopped when they started running for office.

Answer 10

key word past, doesnt mean they do it now. so yeah, why not.

Answer 11

Well, obviously if it was in their PAST, which means that they had successfully overcome their addiction. DUH

Answer 12

Has Cindy been dipping into the charity again? Wait she's not running for President; oh its more scandal from the Palin family. Wow its never ending; isn't it.  

Answer 13

yes because mccain isint perfect either

i actually want someone who has had a real past, i dont want someone perfect. the president needs to be relatable.

and this just shows that like every other human being he has made mistakes.

Answer 14

yes.

when you make a mistake do you constantly do the same mistake purposely every day after that? no because you learn from it and move on.

Answer 15

McCain's wife Cindy was a drug addict.  She was addicted to pain killers.  

Did you forget so easily?

Answer 16

I don't see why not, i did coke before and i went on binges. It was the most addicting thing i've ever tried in my! But i got through it, and i would never do it again. I admire the fact he wrote about it and admitted to it. Some things make you stronger.

Answer 17

Well the reps had no problem trusting Bush so why is it a problem for dems trusting Obama? I will say it again because it is the truth : Reps are just a bunch of hypocrites.

Answer 18

not at all. it would not trust anyone who just espouses eloquent blue-sky rhetoric. change? where's the beef? vague allusions to change has become very, very  tiresome. did he actually think everybody would never realize the "emporer's clothes" were no exitant? apparantly so, because he just parrots others and clings to whatever seems to be popular. surge was bad, no, surge was good. drilling offshore is bad, naw it is good. soak the rich with taxes, no we will only take a little from those who make $250,000, maybe. h**l, he hasn't the foggiest idea what to do. he will probably next  start claiming he wants reform in congress and say anything that might get some votes. he will never get any votes from those bitter whites who cling to their guns, bibles etc. but he has to  try. that will be downright hilarious. no, all his votes will be the black vote, a few young radical nihilists and nancy pelosi and harry reid. all the billions of dollars put up by george soros will not help him now. and his ace in the hole, the cnn news team, will receive zero advertising bucks in due time. they will become a note in history and all the details will eventually be made public after it ends. the is not even free and clear of the rezco tax fraud incident and several other suspicious financial matters. it just might be a criminal matter.  

Answer 19

Well I had a friend in high school that would do a line in the bathroom before a test. He said it helped him think better. Believe it or not he was a straight A student. So to answer your question ya I guess so.

Answer 20

Yeah, how many drunk binges did the Bushes go on in college, how many have said that they didn't inhale, give it a rest we all have done something in our past to be ashamed of, I think it's great when we admit to it and not try to hide it. The Repubes can't get this on Obama because he put it out there before they could. Try another question.

Answer 21

Depends on how far in their past it is. Sometimes when you are young you are irresponsible but once you start maturing things change.  I wouldn't hold everything you do in your past against you as long as you are proving that you are a different person in your future.  

Answer 22

And what about Barack Hussein "The Muslim" Obama?  He admitted to using drugs when he was young.  Shouldn't he be disqualified?

Answer 23

America already did... Twice... In 2000 and 2004.

Answer 24

We got Bush elected as President--didn't we?

Hey! If I did Mary Jane now and ran for President 30 years later--would you still vote for me because I smoked some weed when I was in my mid-30s?

Answer 25

Yeah, what's in the past is in the past. If they did it during their campaign in politics, that's ridiculous.

Answer 26

If they went on binges no, if they just did experimental drugs probably if they were Republican. I'll never vote for another dem/lib/socialist..

Answer 27

Nope.

I don't understand how, even though Obama freely admits to having an addiction to cocaine, people think he won't ever use again.  Stress makes people go back to it all the time, yet he wants us to select him for one of the most stressful jobs in the world.

Makes no sense  

Answer 28

Yes...the canidates past drug use has nothing to do with who they are today.

Answer 29

No.

That is why I never voted for George Bush,

I also refuse to listen to the drug addict Rush.

How about you?

Answer 30

I did alot of things in my past that I no longer do and I shudder to think of how stupid I was doing them, but many years later, I have grown up and as long as it was way in the past and no longer relevant, I have no problem with it. It's what's going on now that concerns me.

Answer 31

Obviously the public does, they elected Bush twice.