I'm sorry, Mr. President (Suck-up Doug Wead's apology over tapes)

[kskiska]

This is pathetic. This man wants so badly to be in the Chimp's good graces again.

(snip)

When our conversations began again in 1997, I first started taking notes. Many options were discussed and discarded in those conversations. Eventually, I was asked to carry a sensitive message to a reporter or even to a political opponent's camp. The exact wording was critical and I felt inadequate to the task. And so, the following year, my secret tape-recording of George W. Bush began. At first, it was only to make sure I was doing the right thing, what he wanted. But it was prideful and arrogant of me to think my good intentions justified my actions. I taped a man without his permission and he happened to win the presidency. My decision to release a portion of the tapes has come at a terrible price for my family and has deeply hurt many others.

I was foolish and wrong to tape-record Mr. Bush without his permission. I was wrong to play any part of the tapes for my publisher, regardless of the circumstances. I was wrong to play any part of them for a journalist. I apologized to the president before the story appeared and again afterward. He has been typically patient, in spite of the personal hurt.

Today, the work of reparation has begun.

•My book promotion has been canceled.
•Future royalties from the book have been assigned to charity.
•The hours of tapes, which prompted offers of millions of dollars, have been turned over to the president.
•The work of rebuilding relationships, with God, the president and friends, has begun.

If I could live my life over again, there are many things I would do differently. I cannot undo the hurt I have caused but I can, with God's help, take the heat I deserve and move on.

Doug Wead

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[Richardo]

1. Telling quote

"My decision to release a portion of the tapes has come at a terrible price for my family and has deeply hurt many others."

What did he think was going to happen? I wonder what the threats were?

[tanyev]

2. B.S.

I believe those tapes were released with full permission of all parties involved and this ploy for sympathy just draws out the story even longer.

[brainshrub]

3. For once, I agree with RWers.

Mr. Wead is a weasel. I wouldn't trust him farther than I could spit.