Obama admits he used coke, w refused to admit he was an addict for decades.

[Philosoraptor]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,240992,00.html


"Junkie. Pothead. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. ... I got high push questions of who I was out of my mind," he wrote in the book.

The Illinois Democrat is the first White House contender to admit trying cocaine. In 1992, then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton said he "didn't inhale" when asked about sampling pot while a college student. Rumors flew about President Bush using cocaine. He never admitted to such experimentation, but doesn't drink alcohol after much liberal consumption as a young man.

The Washington Post reported in Wednesday's editions that Obama's candor could represent a new era in politics, particularly since such revelations are not shocking to now power-wielding baby boomers.

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For DECADES I've been waiting for someone to just say, yes, I did coke and I was a crazy teen, so what? Your a bigger man than bush Obama.

[Virginia Dare]

1. Wow, the new "I smoked, but I didn't inhale"...

it's amazing, in 20 years they'll be saying, I was an addict but I never hustled for my drugs.

[Philosoraptor]

2. That admission could sink your political career a few years back.

But now, we older folks know the score.

[peace13]

3. Wow, I don't know about that...

I was born in '57 and have managed to avoid cocaine. Just saying. Not a deal breaker for me though.

[AlinPA]

4. That is all we will hear for the next two years. Media (R) will smash him with

this point.

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

5. Big deal...its in the past.

[bdamomma]

8. big deal is right, we have a pResident who is an alcohol and

drug abuser who never got treated. Don't throw stones or whatever that saying is.

[paparush]

6. But...but... has he been saved a turned his life over to Jesus Christ?

like Bush**?

[skypilot]

7. Pre-emptive strike, maybe?

It's better that we hear it from him now than have some Republican operative dig it up. And they would.

[Moloch]

9. Coke is an addictive substance.....

but not everyone who uses it is an addict. It can be used recreationally, although shrub is probably still an addict judging from his actions.