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Old 12-14-2008, 06:22 AM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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For the entire 8 years of President Bush's time in office, people who don't like him have constantly remarked on message boards about him snorting cocaine. Even the comedy "Family Guy" brought this up in one episode. I have to wonder if they'll be just as insulting on the subject when Senator Obama becomes president since he's admitted to using crack cocaine and other drugs or will they treat that as a hands off subject since it's a president they like?

How long after he moves into the White House will he be on the roof with Willie Nelson toking on a joint?
Will the new Presidential Seal be the hot end of a crack pipe?
Will he live out his favorite scene from Scarface by pouring cocaine out onto his desk and burying his face in it following a meeting with the ambassador from Columbia?
Smokem peace pipe will have new meaning when he becomes president.
Columbia will become our new favorite trading partner.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:09 AM
 
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Obama's apparent drug use will get about as much attention and air time as his addiction to smoking.

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Whether or not it should receive any attention is up for debate.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:11 AM
 
Location: In the sunshine on a ship with a plank
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He'll be razzed as much as Bush was. Maybe not by the same people but he will be.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:20 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Bush acts and speaks as if drug-addled at times. Hopefully Obama won't share that characteristic.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:24 AM
 
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He'll be razzed as much as Bush was. Maybe not by the same people but he will be.
Yes, what happened to Bush will cause payback.

But I do find it interesting that, during the election season, you never saw Obama smoking. The MSM never touched it. Never saw pictures of him with a cigarette.

To me, the smoking issue is by no means a make-or-break deal. I've got some very good friends who would love nothing more than to be able to quit smoking.

But I do wonder why they were so careful to NEVER show Obama smoking cigarettes.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:25 AM
 
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Bush acts and speaks as if drug-addled at times. Hopefully Obama won't share that characteristic.
No he doesn't.

And frankly, that's the vitriol that is going to cause the same kind of hatred to be thrown right back at Obama. Does nobody see that?
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:34 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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No he doesn't.

And frankly, that's the vitriol that is going to cause the same kind of hatred to be thrown right back at Obama. Does nobody see that?


Vitriol? Not at all. Considering his big $$$$ prep-school/Ivy education he speaks at times as if he needs to sleep it off.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:34 AM
 
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Is there anyone born after WWII who has not done drugs? I'm not sure how much faith I could put in anyone who was THAT incurious about the world...
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:35 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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For the entire 8 years of President Bush's time in office, people who don't like him have constantly remarked on message boards about him snorting cocaine. Even the comedy "Family Guy" brought this up in one episode. I have to wonder if they'll be just as insulting on the subject when Senator Obama becomes president since he's admitted to using crack cocaine and other drugs or will they treat that as a hands off subject since it's a president they like?

Bush was snorting coke when he was aWol from the Alabama National Guard and a war was still ongoing in Vietnam. Fast forward to his daily lying on the need to invade Iraq. Listening to him and seeing his performance I believe he did alot more than cocaine.

If Obama's performance is nothing like Bush's I could care less about his personal conduct as a young man. However, if he governs anything like W, then we are all in trouble and the questions about drug use will come up.

But he won't be anything like Bush so I'm not at all concerned.
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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I can honestly say I never used illegal drugs (not even pot) in my entire life and I was born in 1969. I had the displeasure of watching my uncles getting high on acid, pot, and things I couldn't identify. They each had career building skills but their drug and alcohol addiction led them down a bad road. One of the two is now clean and sober, though he still smokes cigarettes, and has been employed for the past 10 years. His brother hasn't quit. He just quit trying to quit and his family has given up on him. His liver and other organs are slowly failing. We're just waiting for him to die. After watching them ruin their life, I learned not to make the same mistake.
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