Haggard - "I didn't inhale"

Does anybody believe this?

The Rev. Ted Haggard admitted Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute who claims he was paid for drug-fueled trysts by the former head of the National Association of Evangelicals.

"I bought it for myself but never used it," Haggard told reporters gathered outside his home. "I was tempted, but I never used it."

(Notice the way he slipped the Christian "tempted" in there?
Not his fault. It was the devil.) (video)

Read or listen to the voicemails. Good Morning America led the 7AM hour with this, and aired sections of the voicemails and sections of the original interview.

"Hi Mike, this is Art. Hey, I was just calling to see if we could get any more. Either $100 or $200 supply. And I could pick it up really anytime. I could get it tomorrow or we could wait till next week sometime and so I also wanted to get your address. I could send you some money for inventory but that's probably not working, so if you have it then go ahead and get what you can and I may buzz up there later today,"

Haggard is talking about a "supply" and fronting money so the guy will have an "inventory." He very clearly says "if we could get any more." Does that sound like he bought it once and never used it?

(And, I don't know much about meth, but isn't $100-$200 more than a one time/try it amount?)

As for the "massage," he claims he was referred to Jones by a hotel in Denver. It's really just a question of what kind of "referral" now, isn't it. Many a concierge has gotten rich offering such "referrals." Was he re-referred for three years?

Also: The gay prostitute failed the lie detector...
(Is that a sentence that I'd expected to see this election year?)