Posted on 12/12/2007 12:25:37 PM PST by MaestroLC
DOVER, N.H. -- Billy Shaheen, the co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign in New Hampshire, raised the issue of Sen. Barack Obama's past admissions of drug use in discussing the relative electability of the Democrats seeking the presidential nomination today.
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Shaheen, a lawyer and influential state power broker, mentioned as an example Obama's use of cocaine and marijuana as a young man, which Obama has been open about in his memoir and on the trail.
"The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight ... and one of the things they're certainly going to jump on is his drug use," said Shaheen, the husband of former N.H. governor Jeanne Shaheen, who is planning to run for the Senate next year. Billy Shaheen contrasted Obama's openness about his past drug use -- which Obama mentioned again at a recent campaign appearance in New Hampshire -- with the approach taken by George W. Bush in 1999 and 2000, when he ruled out questions about his behavior when he was "young and irresponsible."
Shaheen said Obama's candor on the subject would "open the door" to further questions. "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" Shaheen said. "There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome."
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I recall Newt admitting to smoking pot in college, and laughing it off. Does HerThighness want to bash a black man for toking on a little weed in his youth? Maybe she’s that stupid.
That's hilarious....considering he just opened his Demo bag of tricks...Like Felix the Cat.
Blame the Pubbies while you are currently doin' it.
With a husband like hers, Hillary sure has room to talk.
The wife of “Hoover Nose” is concerned for Obama.
I love the term "experimented with drugs". It makes it sound like the user was wearing a lab coat and used a bunsen burner to light up his joint.
I think you are right.
“Hillary, have you ever done a line off the dash board of Bill’s El Camino?”
NICE!! I never tire of these kind of low brow jokes.
“Her own husband has used both substances if Bill and his brother’s admissions are to be believed.”
“A nose like a Hoover” was brother Roger’s description, wasn’t it? I thought drug use, promiscuity and all of the 7 deadly sins were resume enhancers for a RAT. Hillary, you are just building on Hussein’s popularity.
I guess Obama will saw that he never liked cocaine, he just liked the smell.
Was she the one that ran the ads in NH, “Who knew, Sununu!”?
Those were so funny.
Interesting that you mention that. In many of the videos possessed by Peter Paul, Hillary grabs her nose as if she has some kind of problem.
What about thieving, lying, embezzling, malfeasance, and “assisting suicide”?
Are those activities going to make Hillary! shine in the general election?
I don’t know that she ever actually Sold drugs, but I do know she and her husband tried to sell the nation.
The Chinese were big buyers amongst others like his pardon buyers.
The Clinton Defense continues to be “everybody does it”.
As opposed to experimenting with a half a bottle of Jaggermeister...
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