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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Donut story: I live about 60 mi north of Houston. When hurricane Ike came in, all power was out (for 5 days) where I live in the middle of a town. No store was open anywhere in town EXCEPT that Shipley’s Donut store. They had no lights but must use gas for their stoves ‘cause they had donuts around the clock. It looked like every car for miles around found that store ‘cause their parking lot was packed every day. People were desperately trying to buy something, whatever they could find and donuts were it. Praise be to the lowly donut.
Nite, everybody.
“....We don’t want Barack Fitzgerald Obama to meet the same early tobacco related mortality that befell my hero Ronald Reagan at the young age of 90 something. Premature tobacco related mortality. Horrible...”
Dear Mr. Eric Blair 2084,
Ah Ronald Reagan! How nice if we could have a referendum to bring him back. Actually even as a corpse, he’d govern better than Obama.
So now we find out what Obama’s promised transparency is all about: his wanting to quit smoking and having a hard time of it. 20 years with an unrepentant terrorist is of no interest, in fact it might come well after the news that he eats granola every morning to help his bowel movements. Hell, we knew about his penchant for arugola well before someone doing the work of the MSM discovered that Obama considered the Constitution faulty.
All forgiveable errors of youth! And yet...
I’m sure that Obama’s Da-Honkies-invented Aids Reverend Wright “mentorship” was an error of youth. It’s just that his youth ended during the Democratic Primaries. His Odingian “burn-the Christian-Churches” youth ended a little earlier, although there are reports that the Luo Chieftan will be on hand at the swearing in ceremony, so youth might spring eternal there. His Rezko youth is all but forgotten. No telling when his Ayer’s youth ended or even if it ended at all.
I’m all for a radical youth, it worries me some when it extends into middle-age and then instead of a mellowing out period, the maturation happens all at once in the course of hastily organized press conferences.
Will such lack of judgment from a man of retarded youth / instantaneous rapid-fire maturation affect the USA? Who knows? It would be terrible for wine, but for this particular candidate, who according to the MSM is a gift from the gods, anything goes. This new wine ages directly in the glass!
Next time I think Americans should elect someone snuck in by a Colombian Drug Cartel, with a pixel-perfect Colb, raised-seal and all to the presidency... and anyone who doubts, who has the audacity of hope to unmask him, will get the Obama treatment. All records sealed, original birth certificate not a problem, a granny in Bucaramanga saying that she saw him being born, just an urban legend. The new USA has really made it easy for the Professor Moriarity types, hasn’t she?
I forgot to turn off my computer after tossing and turning. I walk downstairs to turn it off and I find somebody making sense. Stop it.
Good night. It’s 3 in the morning. I need at least 5 hours of sleep.
Either there or in the 'stuff' collector...(little kids' socks).
Shot the 'space warp in the dryer' theory all to pieces...
Ask Larry Sinclair about that...
Just wow.
Wouldn't you know, Hillary made the White House smoke free in 1992. I had heard that Laura enjoyed an occasional cigarette.
Because ....
If the President of the United States can't smoke in his house...
(I know it isn't "his" house, but that's what they'll say!)
...Then you have no right to smoke in YOURS!
Just wait...it's coming.
Of course, Ronald Reagan never smoked. He just posed for the ad.
I can’t think of anything I care less about Obama than whether he smokes or not. Why is this even an issue? He’s about to re-FDR America times 10, and the media’s worried that he smokes. Pathetic.
How about a bar or casino?
Those are private businesses that have been regulated by nanny staters that you agree with.
Cigarettes are legal products, intended to be smoked.
Wanna try prohibition, it worked well with booze.
The aroma of your presence offends me.
You have a right to your opinion, in your own home {if your wife allows you} but keep it out of the public view.
As a smoker myself...now way has he quit! In fact he will probably smoke more now.
P.S. Smoking is like drinking: Once you quit, you CANNOT SMOKE AGAIN. You can’t just have the occasional smoke.
Absolutely. If he wants to light up let him. This has descended well past the point of the totally ridiculous.
So what’s the over under on how long til a new photo surfaces of the “magic negro” smoking crack?
Fun graphic!
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