Posted on 09/12/2013 8:46:05 AM PDT by dennisw
During an interview on CSPAN’s Book TV Sunday, “Barack Obama: The Story” author David Maraniss unveiled a photo of a young Barack Obama posing with his infamous pot-smoking “Choom Gang.”
“How much pot-smoking did the president do in Honolulu?” asked host Peter Slen.
“Well, you know, he writes about it in his book,” Marannis responded.
“He doesn’t write in particulars about the ‘Choom Gang.’ Ah, you know, the whole notion of Bill Clinton saying he never inhaled, well Barry said ‘that was the point, wasn’t it?’ when Jay Leno asked him about it. And, you know, some of my book — without going overboard — documents it pretty thoroughly,” he added.
“The ‘Choom Gang,’ that’s what they did,” Marannis said, referring to the gang’s love of “total absorption” (i.e. “hotboxing”). “That was part of his existence during that period.”
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-——I like a president who does not have drug use in his past-——
Well...I would too....except that is not likely to happen as we move away from the sixties.....
Clintion...yes
Bush....probably
Obama...made it an art form...
How many future candidates can claim they never smoked weed....not many...
how much pot did Mitt Romney smoke?
Ted Cruz and Rand Paul look to me like zero or minimal pot or drug use unlike our Kenyan choomer in chief
Mitt and I were doing bongs hits while listening to the Grateful Dead back in the 70’s...it’s a secret between us...he even showed me is secret underpants... / s
I’m not defending our current dope head in chief. ..it’s just reality that in this day and age...drug use is given a pass because a large part of america at one time tried or used...
Thanks for the ping.
Zero wasn’t just a casual drug user. He was a serious doper who used other drugs as well. For a long time after his teenage years. May still be doing drugs. There are rumors.
Odd you should think he hardcore dope use is of no importance, or that “everyone did it”.
Everyone? Everyone on FR was a hardcore doper for years?
Gimme a break.
Interesting the people making excuses for hardcore drug use.
They were all studying grabasstics..
I did ? ...Please point out where I stated that...
I said and stand by it...
I’m not defending our current dope head in chief. ..it’s just reality that in this day and age...drug use is given a pass because a large part of america at one time tried or used...
Pop, you ought to have the sense to realize that when you’re in a hole of your own making, stop digging...
You are comparing casual youthful indiscretions of mj smoking to Zero’s obviously very, very hardcore drug use that may not even have ever stopped.
And the idea that “everyone” used to smoke dope is also incorrect. Many did, and if they did for years, or still do, their judgement and cognitive thinking as well as memory is very impaired, and such people should not be presidents of countries.
The fact that Ayers allowed Zero’s cocaine usage into the book showed that he was afraid that info of the hardcore and lengthy drug habit (which he may not have given up even now) would surface, so he was trying to deflect “rumors” by being “honest” about the past.
That’s obvious to anyone who is not a drug user!
hahahah
Do you have ANY proof at all Obama is still a serious hardcore drug user...?
Being a inept, incompetent, narcissistic, american hating zippy head....does not mean he is a hardcore drug user...
The fact that he smoked pot is less worrisome to me than the fact that he is a militant homosexual muslim communist Kenyan... and Congress is doing nothing about it.
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