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>
> Ad Alleges Bush Drug Problem
> [NARFE]
> The Associated Press
> [Partners:] Monday, Dec. 20, 1999; 8:15 p.m. EST
>
> MANCHESTER, N.H. –– A Florida lawyer who is
> [CDNOW: buy 3, ship FREE!] running for president aired a political
> advertisement on New Hampshire's biggest
> television news station on Monday, alleging
> [VoxCap] Texas Gov. George W. Bush suffered from
> "alcohol abuse" and had a cocaine problem.
>
> Andy Martin, a West Palm Beach lawyer and
> perennial candidate for various political
> offices, is running the ad on WMUR-TV, an ABC
> affiliate that has aired presidential
> debates.
>
> The Bush campaign said it had not asked WMUR
> to stop running the ad. Spokesman Ari
> Fleischer said WMUR would have to decide that
> on its own.
>
> "It's part of the unfortunate nonsense that
> can come with political campaigns," Fleischer
> said. "These things are as mean-spirited as
> they are inaccurate."
>
> WMUR spokeswoman Julie Campasano, who handles
> media inquiries about the station's
> advertising policies, refused to answer
> questions about why the station accepted the
> ad.
>
> In the ad, Martin alleges: "George Bush had a
> cocaine problem. His brain suffered from
> alcohol abuse. Don't trust Bush with your
> vote until he trusts you with the truth about
> his past."
>
> Bush has refused to answer some questions
> about his past, saying only that he has not
> used illegal drugs since 1975. No evidence
> has surfaced that he ever used cocaine.
>
> Martin began airing commercials in New
> Hampshire before Thanksgiving, calling
> himself "New Hampshire's favorite son for
> president."
>
> Jonathan Klarfeld, a journalism professor at
> Boston University, said WMUR is not required
> to run the ad.
>
> "They get to refuse any ad they find
> offensive," Klarfeld said.
>
> © Copyright 1999 The Associated Press
>
>
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