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President Obama Says Photos of High School Drug Use Might Have Derailed Political Rise
Washington Times ^ | - Monday, April 24, 2017 | By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Posted on 04/24/2017 1:58:50 PM PDT by drewh

Former President Obama said Monday that if his checkered pre-politics life had taken place in today’s social media oversaturated world, he might not have been able to win the White House.

He repeated stories about his own drug use in his younger days, saying that marijuana use was “what teenage kids did at that age when I was growing up.”

And while he wrote about those experiences in his book, he acknowledged that if that behavior had been documented more thoroughly it might have derailed his political career.

“If you had pictures of everything I’d done when I was in high school I probably wouldn’t have been president of the United States,” Mr. Obama said as he spoke to students at the University of Chicago, making his first return to the public stage since leaving office in January.

He was asked about social media and how it can come back to bite young people in the future, and he cautioned them to be aware.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamadruguse; obamalegacy; obamalies; obamamarxist; potheads
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To: drewh
“If you had pictures of everything I’d done when I was in high school I probably wouldn’t have been president of the United States,”

You're 100% right you skunk, if you'd have made Gay Porn, America would never have elected you for even 1 term, I firmly believe that to be true. But, they elected a Muslim Sympathizer, so who the hell really knows.

61 posted on 04/24/2017 4:10:47 PM PDT by Pagey (8 years of MISERY, Thanks to Valerie Jarrett. Wretched human.)
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To: 2banana
Can we see your SEALED college applications and transcripts now?

Why not? What are you hiding?

One wonders if the alleged "news" media were bullied into avoiding this critical story (of not releasing college transcripts) for ~ 9 years.

One also wonders if there had been more inquiry into Mister Obama's relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers (1. before election, 2. during office, and 3 now), if that might have given us reason to suspect unsavory character and background and motives.

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62 posted on 04/24/2017 4:16:32 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: x
Grades would be interesting, but they are much less important than some critical bits of info.

We would like to see what schools, and what name given as student, all (every) classes and courses and dates, what professors, whether successfully completed (pass or fail or withdrawn, and units awarded. The letter grades could be marked out). And, any and all certificates and diplomas, and these to include names and dates.

Theses are also important. (They can't be lost, colleges and universities keep a copy. I have never known anyone with an advanced degree who lost his or her thesis, it does not happen.)

63 posted on 04/24/2017 4:25:14 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: drewh

“Former President Obama said Monday that if his checkered pre-politics life had taken place in today’s social media oversaturated world, he might not have been able to win the White House.”

TRANSLATED: If the media had not been able to cover up his horrible past, there is no way the country would have wanted him.


64 posted on 04/24/2017 4:30:30 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: drewh
Obama might not have been President if the Los Angeles Times hadn't impounded the Khalidi dinner tape.

-PJ

65 posted on 04/24/2017 4:37:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Red Badger

For a Democrat those pictures are resume enhancers.


66 posted on 04/24/2017 5:05:34 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: drewh

67 posted on 04/24/2017 5:31:33 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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If only.....


68 posted on 04/24/2017 6:28:40 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as evey culture has its noodle.)
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To: DBrow

That reminded me of a clip I saw of him, probably earlier in his presidency coming into a formal meeting, smiling, laughing, totally not right behavior under the circumstance, and I wondered if he was stoned.


69 posted on 04/24/2017 9:00:37 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: DiogenesLamp

https://youtu.be/T9H-bqe-hGY

Please post the link to the video rather than the clickbait site.


70 posted on 04/24/2017 10:17:24 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Seaplaner

Every specimen of Obama’s writing is gibberish. He cannot construct a sentence, and cannot get subject and verb to agree in number.


71 posted on 04/24/2017 10:19:48 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: drewh

0bama would not have been elected if his REAL birth certificate was made available
0bama would not have been elected president if he would have professed his true religion
0bama would have not been elected president if his actual college records would have been made available
0bama would have been elected president if had professed his true sexual tendencies


72 posted on 04/25/2017 6:38:11 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: drewh

with the media covering up everything?

yeah, right Obozo...

We STILL have yet to understand why you need to have a forged birth certificate


73 posted on 04/25/2017 7:09:14 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
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To: Arthur McGowan
https://youtu.be/T9H-bqe-hGY

Please post the link to the video rather than the clickbait site.

Since I found the story on their site, I thought it only fair to let people see it where I found it. There were a lot of sites at the time that noticed Obama looked stoned, but that was the first one I pulled up in a search.

74 posted on 04/25/2017 7:56:21 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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