Obama Smoked the Ganja

[jefferson_dem]

Please note: this screed comes from rightwingnutjob rag townhall.com. I offer it more for comedic relief than for any genuinely thoughtful perspective it may provide.

Obama Smoked the Ganja
By Doug Giles
Saturday, November 24, 2007

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama confessed to a group of teens this week at Manchester Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire that when he was their age he used to be a dope smokin’ fool.

Barack outed himself as being a former Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds member of his high school bong brigade. He put the high in high school. BO’s mea culpa immediately accomplished a few things: It solidified Snoop Dogg’s, Willie Nelson’s and Montel’s votes in the primaries, and it also sent some of my conservative compadres into a five alarm hissy fit.

Yep, several of my VRWC buddies were popping blood veins in their foreheads, stating that Obama’s admission could encourage young ‘uns to use drugs, and because of this he was “unwise” in telling the little squabs that he formerly sought solace in a thick cloud of sinsemilla.

One pundit this week said that kids can’t handle that kind of candor and thus certain things should be kept from their fragile psyches. FYI, my la-la-land concerned brother: Teens today have seen and heard things in the public school system by the time they’re 11 that were reserved only for the eyes of Courtney Love, Robert Mapplethorpe and Timothy Leary twenty years ago. Trust me . . . Obama dropping the weed bomb on our teenage wasteland probably didn’t raise a multi-pierced tattooed eyebrow.

Mitt Romney waded in on BO’s former teen weed burning divulgence and condemned it, saying that Obama’s confession sent a bad message to young people, namely that you can “get high and become president.”

First of all Mitt, you gotta relax, man . . . Obama, like you, is not going to become president, so chill, okay? In addition, as a good religious man you should applaud his honesty in owning his previously bad record, right? I mean c’mon, Mr. Romney . . . at least he’s up front about it. He didn’t flip flop on what he did in the past or try to explain away why he did what he did to ingratiate himself to a gullible voting block in a sad and desperate attempt to become president.

Another conservative said this week that Barack coming forward with the admission that he toked the ganja was not only unwise but was also a bad example for children. Telling the truth has now become a bad example? I believe that was Larry Craig who said that. I could be wrong.

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Now, obviously, because I’m a conservative I would never vote for the young senator—but I do appreciate Barack and even Rudy for being honest and owning their checkered pasts. It’s refreshing to hear the truth every now and then in a milieu that’s ripe with bull such as “I didn’t inhale; it wasn’t my fault; I did not have sex with that woman; and I never flip flopped.”



http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DougGiles/2007/11/24/obama_smoked_the_ganja?page=1

[gateley]

1. Question -- did Bush (I spelled it Bish!) come out and say he used to

do coke? For some reason that's kind of bubbling up in my brain. Thanks. nt

[nebenaube]

12. no but he did admit to smoking pot... n/t

[gateley]

15. Thank you. You know, after I asked this, I realized it didn't really matter, because

if a Republican does it it's just fine; if a Dem does, it's scandalous. Simple as that. :7

:hi:

[MADem]

2. He probably did less of that, and toot, than Porgie did.

Why is this an issue? It's in his fucking book.

[jimshoes]

3. If this really matters all that much

I want every elected official to state for the record any and all legal and illegal drug use, DUI's, any past misdemeanors, felonies, even the expunged ones and undergo a monthly drug screening and psychoanalysis. Otherwise, just tell me how you are going to get us out of Iraq and prosecute the criminals who got us into it in the first place. These are nothing but distractions that take the place of more important discussion.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. Shouldn't they be willing to submit to random drug tests?

:shrug: MKJ

[MnFats]

4. Bush was a cokehead. why does he skate on this shit?

clearly it made him stupid. He couldn't have been born this stupid.

[rasputin1952]

9. "He couldn't have been born this stupid."....

[rasputin1952]

10. My POV is that if someone can beat a "problem", they are a

better person than one who swears they never had a problem. Pot isn't even a problem...:eyes:

I don't smoke it anymore, (been >40 years), but there is no way I could "condemn" someone for smoking.

While I certainly wouldn't want anyone on acid or a non-recovering alcoholic with their finger on the button, (or anywhere else in a power position), some things are just non-issues...this is one of them. But the RW'ers will use it, or anything else to "bash" someone w/a D next to their names...:(

[gateley]

11. That's why I asked the question in my previous post. But then I realized

it doesn't matter WHAT Bush did, it's what the DEMS did that is inexcusable to these people.

Their closed-mindedness literally makes me feel like I can't breathe.

[bdamomma]

5. big deal

* did more than smoke.

[keep_it_real]

6. I hope he got lucky while he was high

[AlertLurker]

8. Romney: You can “get high and become president.”

My respect for Obama has risen a notch. Not for the Buddah bubbling, but for the truth-telling. I have never read his book - think I'll start there.

And anyone who gets Mittens' back up like this HAS to be a good person!


I'm still all Kooch's, however!


Support Dennis Kucinich! (and, to a lesser extent, Barak Obama!)

[AtomicKitten]

13. Consider it a preemptive strike against the tongue-waggers.

[Dr. Strange]

14. And come next year, Obama is going to smoke the Republicans! n/t