Friendship Over History
I’m going to applaud the decision by Doug Wead made last night; Wead admitted earlier this week that he had secretly taped Bush. He denied he was doing it for profit, and acknowledging that he may have betrayed a friendship.
After pressure from fellow evangelists (not from the White House), Wead has reconsidered his position. The tapes will be returned to President Bush, and all proceeds from the book will be sent to charity.
On Wednesday, Wead said he decided to change course because of “the perception that I have tried to exploit the tapes and make money off of it and hurt the president and had all kinds of agendas,” he said. “This seems like the best thing to show that isn’t the case.”
“Nobody believes my story that I saw him as a figure of history,” Wead said. “I guess I have got a story that is unbelievable to people.”
