Politics | 04/02/2009 2:31 pm

Ashley Biden Cocaine Scandal Brings to Mind First-Family Screwups

Ashley Biden’s alleged coke scandal reminds us of the shenanigans of all those other Oval Office relatives. Anyone for some Billy Beer?

Photo Essay

With all the hubbub this week over an alleged video showing Ashley Biden snorting cocaine, we here at wowOwow.com thought we’d reminisce about some other bona-fide executive-office kin who definitely screwed up. Click through this photo essay to see who made the cut.

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I seem to remember (just barely) Jimmy Carter’s daughter, I think her name is Amy, causing a bit of a stir when her dad was president. She was a protester of some sort. I can’t remember what she protested for or against thougth (maybe someone out there can help me and remembers) it was in the news alot.

By Eldebbo C on 04/02/2009 12:26 pm

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Amy was not a protester when her dad was president. She was nine years old!

By Rudi G. on 04/02/2009 12:59 pm

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Your right, my bad!!! I remembered Amy being in the news alot. I guess because her dad was still in politics but not president at the time…..

By Eldebbo C on 04/02/2009 2:16 pm

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Yep Amy hated her father’s politics.

By Beth Cornell on 04/02/2009 1:37 pm

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Who didn’t?

By Martha Vinyard on 04/02/2009 4:14 pm

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That’s not accurate either. Amy and her parents are politically in synch. And Jimmy Carter is the wisest and most decent man to hold the presidency since World War II. Carter’s energy policy would have made the US self-sufficient by 2000, but Reagan, at the behest of his corporate masters at the oil companies, dismantled it. Reagan even removed the solar panels Carter installed at the White House.

For some reason, Republicans prefer their presidents to be ignoramuses, and proud of it.

By Rudi G. on 04/03/2009 8:22 am

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Our elected and former officials have enough on their plates without the public making fun of their extended families. Just because you have been raised together does not mean that you think alike or hold the same ideals.

Let’s not forget to have some compassion for the families of those who serve or have served in office. They are thrust in the limelight with their flaws maximized and exaggerated. Sometimes we find that things attributed to them never really happened the way it was portrayed. They are not asking for this treatment. Why should we be rehashing it now?

By Chris Glass` on 04/02/2009 2:28 pm

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It’s over and done with!!!

By deber B on 04/02/2009 2:54 pm

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I’m sure Republicans wish it so, but it ain’t over. Not hardly.

By Rudi G. on 04/03/2009 8:23 am

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Does it make a difference to any of us?

By Jeannot Kensinger on 04/02/2009 3:30 pm

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it’s heartwarming in a way… that families are the same across all parties and economic standings. even across continents lol…

By Chrome Toe on 04/02/2009 4:03 pm

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wowOwow: didn’t we go over this topic on the original Biden thread? I seem to remember writing something about this earlier this week (including the Billy Beer reference)…. please credit your posters with story ideas.

By nanchan u on 04/02/2009 4:37 pm

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With every famous family whose kids get into trouble, I think, "There, but for the grace of God, go I [and my family]." And, when I look back at my youth, I thank God that I never got caught when I was involved in various illicit activities. "Judge not that ye be not judged! Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

P.S. I should add that I’m an atheist but Western culture will do it do you every time ;)

By Sam Mirando on 04/03/2009 11:58 am