Posted on 12/08/2008 8:43:31 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084
President-elect Barack Obama is no quitter. That is, he still sneaks a smoke from time to time, despite his pledge to conquer his nicotine addiction.
He admitted on NBC's "Meet The Press" yesterday to having "fallen off the wagon" - and left himself some wiggle room to take a puff after he moves into the White House next month.
Obama said he gave up the habit when he began his presidential run, but bummed the occasional cigarette on the campaign trail.
When asked by moderator Tom Brokaw whether he'd finally quit, Obama replied, "You know, I have, but what I said was that, you know, there are times when I've fallen off the wagon."
Brokaw countered, "Then that means you haven't stopped."
"Fair enough," Obama said. "What I would say is that I have done a terrific job under the circumstances of making myself much healthier and that I think you'll not see any violations of these rules in the White House."
The White House has been smoke-free since 1992, as per then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's edict, but President Bill Clinton was known to fire up a stogie or two on a balcony.
Obama could do a balcony scene of his own, but the American Lung Association hopes he will quit - and show that anyone can get addicted, so no one should ever start smoking.
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RME. I see I will get no help here. Besides, he’s a lone man in a house of 5 females. And 2 female cats. Yes, you can feel sorry for him now, rme.
It’s not fair!!!!
I need another issue.
It was more of an eclectic remembrance of past posters that aren’t posting now and providing a visual of their intent. It isn’t 100% accurate but heck even Rush is only 97.9%. :^)
Not so fast, TigersEye. I was actually in a hospital in Honolulu after a flight attendant crushed my right foot with her cart going 90 mph down the airplane aisle. I’ll just go to the Hawaii health Dept. on the pretense of my foot injury and sneak out all your addresses. However, you have to pay to get me from Texas to Hawaii. Nah, you probably won’t pay. Could you at least make a payment to cover the huge amount of insulin he will have to inject tonight afer eating the donuts - no kidding, he’s gone to get them.
Be patient. I'm sure they will want to put a large carbon tax on bags of charcoal before long. No BBQ for YOU!
Yes, that was you. :^)
(Why did you try to trip the flight attendant?)
I knew it I knew it! All that stuff about past posters was a thinly camouflaged ruse.
LOL! My husband will be very upset about that. Nobody messes with his grillin’.
I’m off to bed. You people are a bad influence on me (yes, it’s all your fault, I’m not to blame at all). ;)
Darn nobody will go get me any donuts & I am starving for some. All I’ve got is stale banana bread. I am jealous.
Eet wasn’t us. Boosh deed eet!
Night Twink. Sweet dreams about donuts & cinnabons!
The tar comes first, then the feathers.
FMCDH(BITS)
I understand your cigarette tax problem as I have it too. Texas raised theirs last year to an additional dollar a pack. They didn’t raise the liquor tax ‘cause they all drink it. We are now eating donuts and it’s your fault.
The cart caught my foot between the metal lower part of seat and the metal cart and neither gave, so my foot did. They packed the foot in ice, then took me off in a wheelchair when we got there. That wasn’t the way I intended to arrive - and besides that, I couldn’t smoke on the plane - double whammy.
Jeet Jet?
Yep, it’s all George Bush’s fault. :-)
Why anybody would want the job as POTUS is beyond me. Half your own fellow citizens hate you and 2/3rds of the world wants to burn you in effigy. ...and you can’t even relax with a cigarette after a tough day.
It’s all Obama’s fault....just practicing. :-) Good night. Peace out.
Great Thanks to the MSM for this most informative issue regarding Obama. I’m sure they’ll be extremely vigilant about the health of his lungs. The country needs to know, and not just the number of cigarettes, but the brand and also the shape of the ashtray. Finally some vetting.
Of course when he says: “I’ve snuck some,” we’ll interpret it as “he was just a guy in my same neighborhood” which with the proper relational math could very well mean 10 cartons a day dipped into opium juice.
But why change styles? Better to seal all the ashtrays and just leave those who might care wondering if there are butts inside. As for the malingering odor in the air, he can blame it on the dog. They’ll believe him.
That stinks double 'cause I don't have any. :-(
I didn't think your broken foot story was real. Sorry about that happening to you. You still don't get to sue us though. Ha!
Now you've done it. That's frontier gibberish even I don't understand.
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