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Obama trying to quit smoking—again
Chicago Tribune ^
| February 5, 2007
| Christi Parsons and Manya Brachear
Posted on 02/05/2007 8:12:48 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
After struggling to quit smoking in the past, Sen. Barack Obama is trying a cessation aid not available over the counter: public attention.
Obama (D-Ill.) resolved to quit his cigarette habit over the winter holidays, just weeks before his expected presidential campaign would make photographers and reporters an even more regular part of his life.
He said in a Monday interview that, although he has never been a heavy smoker, he has quit for periods over the last several years but then slipped back into the habit. On the cusp of a potential presidential bid seemed the right time to quit for good, he said.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ashtraybreath; audacityofkool; mystruggle; obama; obama2008; tobacco; whatshesmoking
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To: AmericanMade1776
This ought to flip off the tobacco-hating Dems!
To: AmericanMade1776
To: AmericanMade1776
Obama can't stop smoking, he's too green to burn.
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:48:33 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Democrats: Too dumb to lead, too vain to follow, too egotistical to get the hell out of the way!)
To: AmericanMade1776
I wonder if Obama drinks. Alcohol isn't good for you, either./sarc
To: AmericanMade1776
I am willing to bet that Obama smokes things other than cigarettes.
His age, his background, his education, his family history....
Yep, I'd make the bet.
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:55:48 PM PST
by
Prost1
(Fair and Unbiased as always!)
To: AmericanMade1776
As a smoker of many years, I can say something here. If Obama says he only smokes occasionally but can't quit, something's very wrong. What's the harm in an "occasional" cigarette of any kind? If he really is an occasional smoker, patches would do him miracles.
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:59:03 PM PST
by
tinamina
To: Peach
Actually, another article I read about him said he was a chain smoker, so his little "not a heavy smoker" doesn't really fly.
"I'm not somebody who's all that hooked,"
"I've never been a heavy smoker,"
Well, he doesn't say he is not a chain smoker. Perhaps this is a Clintonese description for a moderately hooked, middle of the road chain smoker. He is a centrist, ya' know. ;o)
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posted on
02/05/2007 11:07:19 PM PST
by
maggief
To: AmericanMade1776
The rules seem also to extend to political spouses such as First Lady Laura Bush, who found it necessary to quash her habit, or at least take it underground. Nice of the writer to stick this in the article.
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posted on
02/05/2007 11:07:44 PM PST
by
trumandogz
(Rudy G 2008: The "G" Stands For Gun Grabbing & Gay Lovin.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Kools, baby. The Audacity of Kool.
To: onyx
Obama has gone ashtray. His candidacy is going up in smoke.
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:31:33 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: BigSkyFreeper
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:33:33 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard; Extremely Extreme Extremist
After a hard day's work in the Senate, nothing beats a Newport and an ice-cold malt liquor.
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:36:10 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
To: maggief
Well, he doesn't say he is not a chain smoker. Perhaps this is a Clintonese description for a moderately hooked, middle of the road chain smoker. He is a centrist, ya' know. ;o)Clinton never said he inhaled, but he never said he exhaled. ;)
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:36:41 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: maggief
Err that should be Clinton said he NEVER inhaled, but he never said he exhaled. ;)
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:37:24 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: onyx
Now that I've quit...I can have one.
To: AmericanMade1776
but puhhhhhhleeeeeeeze can't we just paint Osama Obama with a nicotine tar brush, without guilt. There are plenty of far more valid reasons to attack him. The fact he smokes does not make him a "better" anything in the eyes of this particular smoker. But the fact an issue is being made of it on FR does bother me quite a bit.
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:39:05 PM PST
by
Gabz
(I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
To: xuberalles
57
posted on
02/06/2007 2:44:04 PM PST
by
Gabz
(I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
To: zbigreddogz
58
posted on
02/06/2007 2:46:58 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: cgk
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posted on
02/06/2007 2:47:43 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
To: onyx
It's a line from the collection of short films "Coffee and Cigarettes." Funny stuff if you like deadpan humor.
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