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Man Shops 'Biden Daughter' Cocaine Video to Newspaper

He claims tape shows Ashley snorting coke

By Amelia Atlas,  Newser User

Posted Mar 29, 2009 7:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – A man claiming to be a friend of Vice President Joe Biden's daughter is offering to sell the media a videotape that allegedly shows her snorting cocaine at a party this month, reports the New York Post. The man approached the Post through a lawyer, initially asking for $2 million. The newspaper didn't purchase the video, but a 90-second clip of the 43-minute tape shown to the Post revealed a 20-something woman resembling Ashley Biden snorting white powder through a straw.

The woman can be heard talking about her father. Biden is known as an anti-drug crusader and coined the term "drug czar." The man who shot the footage claims to know Ashley well, and says she knew she was being recorded.  Ashley Biden was arrested for disorderly conduct at a club in 2002.

Joe Biden takes the oath of office from Justice John Paul Stevens as his wife holds the Bible at the US Capitol. At right are Biden's children Ashley, Hunter and Beau.
Joe Biden takes the oath of office from Justice John Paul Stevens as his wife holds the Bible at the US Capitol. At right are Biden's children Ashley, Hunter and Beau.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Joe Biden stands with his wife Jill, and his daughter Ashley as they look over the menu at Boney's Smokehouse in Denver during the presidential campaign.
Joe Biden stands with his wife Jill, and his daughter Ashley as they look over the menu at Boney's Smokehouse in Denver during the presidential campaign.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden sits beside his daughter, Ashley, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last year.
Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden sits beside his daughter, Ashley, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last year.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Joe Biden holds his daughter Ashley.
Joe Biden holds his daughter Ashley.   (AP Photo/Sen. Biden's office)
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Shannonals
Apr 3, 2009 7:01 AM CDT
Even if it is Biden's daughter, it's no worse than the Bush girls in their heyday
Rob
Mar 30, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
Fair enough. But still there is no reason to change the direction of a post. This is a story about Biden's daughter and yet the criticism inevitably goes to republicans. Why not discuss the failings of a Democratic family? Because a holier-than-thou person SHOULD be slammed doesn’t mean they MUST be slammed when the failings are not thiers. This isn’t an article comparing them, this is an article about Biden's daughter's drug use.
Rob
Mar 30, 2009 11:55 AM CDT
Oh look! I diaper insult. You are such a potty mouth.

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