The Obama Thread (Merged x6)

[Man-Thing]

Harold's not gonna win, I don't think. I'm in Tennessee, and from what I can tell his time he spent at the playboy mansion ruined his campaign.

The thing is, he done his whole campaign commercial in a church and Bob Corker aired one of Ford in the church but calling into question his time with the bunnies.

I don't like either one of them, I think I'm gonna write in "Homer J. Simpson", just so I can see it in the news paper.

 

[BT18]

What we really need are more people who clearly aren't going to vote for any Democrat telling us they aren't going to vote for a particular democrat as if people should care.

Especially with the perfect stereotypical diction like "he done his whole campaign commercial ".

 

[Man-Thing]

What we really need are more people who clearly aren't going to vote for any Democrat telling us they aren't going to vote for a particular democrat as if people should care.

Especially with the perfect stereotypical diction like "he done his whole campaign commercial ".

???

 

[Quietstorm]

Barack Obama, asked about drug history, admits he inhaled
By Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times

Published: October 24, 2006

PHOENIX, Arizona Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who said Sunday that he was considering running for president in 2008, has created a little sunlight between himself and both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

For one thing, he said, "When I was a kid, I inhaled."

"That was the point," Obama told an audience of magazine editors.

The direct admission was in contrast to Bill Clinton's denial in his 1992 campaign for president that he had smoked marijuana.

"I didn't inhale," Clinton said, cementing the idea that he liked to have things both ways.

Obama had written in his first book, "Dreams From My Father" (1995), before entering politics, that he had used marijuana and cocaine ("maybe a little blow"). He said he had not tried heroin because he did not like the pusher who was trying to sell it to him.

In an interview here at a meeting of the American Society of Magazine Editors, Obama said he was not making light of the subject.

"It was reflective of the struggles and confusion of a teenage boy," he said. "Teenage boys are frequently confused."

The question of drug use has become a standard one for politicians, sometimes as a test of their ability to be straightforward. If the politician has used drugs, conventional wisdom says it is best to try to get the question out of the way early.

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I'd really like to read this book. I think I may stop by the library soon.

 

[Kritish]

I don't give a crap if he smoked pot, I think it should be legal.

I do if he was smoking crack.

 

[Cyclops]

You know, the more and more he says, the more and more I like him. He seems honest, and I like that. I'd vote for him.

 

[Maxwell Smart]

No one cares anyway. If they did Clinton wouldn't have gotten elected, since it was abundantly obvious that whole "I didn't inhale" bit was a crock.

 

[Quietstorm]

You know, the more and more he says, the more and more I like him. He seems honest, and I like that. I'd vote for him.

Yeah I like him too. Someone I know over at another board met him at a book signing recently, and said that he was laid back. He told the media to "shut the hell up" (under his breath) when they were telling him what to do and how to act t:

 

[Excel]

i think will score him points, actully with most, because of how honest n regular he seems to be.

 

[kypade]

Now if he'd only admit that he still inhales on a regular basis.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I like the honesty.

 

[jaguarr]

Honestly, in this day and age, I think finding a political candidate worth a damn who hadn't at least tried the stuff would be impossible.

jag

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Honestly, in this day and age, I think finding a political candidate worth a damn who hadn't at least tried the stuff would be impossible.

jag

I think in this day and age if you have never been exposed to anything of this, you're probably pretty out of touch anyways. I mean who wants a politician who still thinks MJ can cause the "reefer madness".

 

[HellOnEarth]

I don't give a crap.

 

[terry78]

We want the everyman. Bush claims to be the everyman, but the everyman doesn't come from an affluent family. Obama even mentioned that he and the family fly coach all the time with regular people, not first class.

 

[jaguarr]

I think in this day and age if you have never been exposed to anything of this, you're probably pretty out of touch anyways. I mean who wants a politician who still thinks MJ can cause the "reefer madness".

I tend to agree. Any politician who tries to paint themselves as "angelic" immeidately makes me suspicious of them, anyway, and suggests that they really lack real life experience that I would consider very valuable in giving them enough perspective to do their jobs.

jag

 

[Kritish]

I think in this day and age if you have never been exposed to anything of this, you're probably pretty out of touch anyways. I mean who wants a politician who still thinks MJ can cause the "reefer madness".

I think there's a better case to ban cigarettes than pot.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

You know what's cool that no one ever talks about?
Back when he was a young, hungry up-and-coming journalist...Dan Rather was doing a special on Heroin addiction, and he didn't feel that he could fully understand the phenomenon unless he'd tried it, so he actually scored some H and shot it up and described his experience.

 

[cryptic name]

i think this guy's trying really hard to make younger people like him. i don't trust him.

 

[Quietstorm]

I think in this day and age if you have never been exposed to anything of this, you're probably pretty out of touch anyways. I mean who wants a politician who still thinks MJ can cause the "reefer madness".

If you've never smoked weed, then it means you're out of touch?

 

[Noon]

This guy makes me wish I was American and old enough to vote, if you guys don't elect him I think you'd really be missing out.

I hope he does run

 

[terry78]

i think this guy's trying really hard to make younger people like him. i don't trust him.

And other candidates are trying hard to make older people like them. You can't please everybody. You either get the youth vote or the older vote, unless you can get both groups, which is rare.

 

[terry78]

If you've never smoked weed, then it means you're out of touch?

Yes, it means your mind is nowhere near as open as it should be.

 

[cryptic name]

Yes, it means your mind is nowhere near as open as it should be.

that's stupid. who decides how open your mind should be?

 

[Quietstorm]

Yes, it means your mind is nowhere near as open as it should be.

Oh c'mon terry tell me you're joking.

I don't smoke, but my mind gets open everytime I drink dat vodka juice