Freinds:Drugs a bit part in Obama’s young life

[carolinajbro]

Nearly three decades ago, Barack Obama stood out on the small campus of Occidental College in Los Angeles for his eloquence, intellect and activism against apartheid in South Africa. But Mr. Obama, then known as Barry, also joined in the party scene.

Years later in his 1995 memoir, he mentioned smoking “reefer” in “the dorm room of some brother” and talked about “getting high.” Before Occidental, he indulged in marijuana, alcohol and sometimes cocaine as a high school student in Hawaii, according to the book. He made “some bad decisions” as a teenager involving drugs and drinking, Senator Obama, now a presidential candidate, told high school students in New Hampshire last November.

Mr. Obama’s admissions are rare for a politician (his book, “Dreams From My Father,” was written before he ran for office.) They briefly became a campaign issue in December when an adviser to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Obama’s chief Democratic rival, suggested that his history with drugs would make him vulnerable to Republican attacks if he became his party’s nominee.

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[Zod]

Refreshing to hear someone not lie about it. We all know Bush snorted coke well into his adult life and was an alcoholic, but his supporters choose denial as the easier option. Probably just like they do in their own families.

[jim stone]

Originally Posted by Zod

Refreshing to hear someone not lie about it. We all know Bush snorted coke well into his adult life and was an alcoholic, but his supporters choose denial as the easier option. Probably just like they do in their own families.

This thread is a negitive statement about OBAMA. How dare you bring GW into this thread!

[Turnpike Mike]

Who gives a shit?

[jim stone]

Originally Posted by Turnpike Mike

Who gives a shit?

You don't?

[Turnpike Mike]

Originally Posted by jim stone

You don't?

Nope.

[mbiehn]

Originally Posted by jim stone

You don't?

you do?

[cookinwithgas]

If it's a privledged white kid into booze and coke, it's just something to pass the time until he gets saved by Jesus.

If its a woman, minority or democrat, you can bet that we taxpayers somehow subsidized their drug purchases, which of course went straight to terrorists.

[Squirrel]

[jim stone]

Once a crack head always a crack head! Hide the check books!

[Smokus Herbus]

Sounds like a normal person who went to college to me...

[thefuzz]

As strange as it may seem, I do care. I don't put getting high, and doing blow at the top of my "good choices" list. And a President is all about making good choices.


And yes I am sure that the libs will start by saying things about Bush in comparison, but it's not Bush part 2 that we will be voting for or against this Nov.

And for the record I am not a Bush lover.

[rodeo]

n 1994, Mrs. McCain admitted that she had solicited prescriptions for painkillers from physicians who worked for an international charity that she founded, the American Voluntary Medical Team. She then filled the prescriptions in the names of her staff.

but i'm sure HE never used any of them.

[DinGo_Ate_Baby]

what a surprise

[natty]

I prefer my politicians to claim moral superiority and lie and have butt sex in airport bathrooms.

That reefer puffer is the DEBIL!

[Htarnation25]

Originally Posted by Zod

Refreshing to hear someone not lie about it. We all know Bush snorted coke well into his adult life and was an alcoholic, but his supporters choose denial as the easier option. Probably just like they do in their own families.

Actually there is no proof of this, and Bush chose not to talk about it...Not talking about it surely doesn't make you a liar, or guilty.