Pubdate: Tue, 17 Sep 2002
Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Copyright: 2002 Orlando Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325
Author: Sallie L. Bowan
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Jeb+bush (Bush, Jeb)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Noelle+Bush (Bush, Noelle)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/rehab.htm (Treatment)

PRIVATE MATTER

Thursday's "Reader Views" included a letter from Adrian Johansson in which 
Jeb Bush's wish not to talk at length about his daughter's latest drug 
problems is questioned.

The letter writer feels that the governor talks about the problem when it 
might "garner votes" and doesn't talk about it when it would be a news 
story on the day of Florida's primary elections.

It seems to me that willingness to speak out at a drug conference, 
especially when Noelle seemed to be recovering, is a lot different than 
being asked to bare your soul when she apparently has succumbed to her 
problem once again. What could any parent say? What would Bush's political 
foes have him do, disown her?

Surely we can feel compassion for the Bush family. Noelle's problems are a 
private matter and shouldn't be hurled at her father's head because he is a 
public figure.

Sallie L. Bowan, Orlando
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