Comments on: Do We Really Want a Quitter as President?

By: Obama’s Lost Brother, Will We Get the Same Treatment? : Stop The ACLU

Obama’s Lost Brother, Will We Get the Same Treatment? : Stop The ACLU — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:53:58 +0000

[...] If I had a brother, even a half brother, living in squalor in a third world country and I was as financially well off as Obama seems to be I would like to think I would send my brother a little something. The man lives on a dollar a month. How much better would his life be if Obama just sent him a simple ten dollars? Do you think Obama can spare ten bucks a month? I bet he can spare ten bucks a month since he quit smoking. [...]

By: Ditto

Ditto — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:47:20 +0000

Perhaps Michelle Obama is, for the first time in her adult life, proud of her husband as well. [rolling eyes]

Not to distract from the absolute genius humor (I thoroughly enjoyed this piece!) but I will say this… anybody who is able to defeat a genuine addiction has at least personal fortitude in his favor. I still won’t vote for him, but I’ll finally have a reason to think he’s worth at least cursory respect.

Thanks for the chuckles, Kender!

@Jeff: But what of his environment? He’s more caucasian than Arab and more Arab than black, and a large percent of his formative years were influenced by radical, anti-American personalities. Can we please see his certified birth certificate? That would be a start to discovering his “cultural makeup” right?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:26:25 +0000

First, as a smoker, I can attest to two things: 1. Starting to smoke is indeed one of the most juvenile and stupid things a person can do with his or her life, and

2. Quitting is REALLY HARD — for some people more than others. I have, apparently, inherited the “addiction gene,” being part of a family filled to the brim with addicts. Its partly biological, and while I should have been careful not to start smoking in the first place, it is MUCH harder for some than others to quit.

So I guess I’m saying, yes, it probably DOES say something about Obama’s character, but youthful mistakes that carry over into adulthood are just that: youthful mistakes, and I’m skeptical about the degree to which we can find meaning in this (one of the authors cited in this piece admits that its “not a big deal in the scheme of things”).

Now, to Dark Helmet (10:10 am):

“I have from the very start questioned why a half white man ran as a black man. I still don’t have a good answer yet other than hussain is someone who is in denial and dishonest on very basic issues.”

Race is not rooted solely in biological makeup, rather, in the way it plays out in the cultural dialectic. Most people look at Barack Obama and see a black guy, so for him to self-identify as such really isn’t dishonest at all, simply a reflection of his “cultural makeup,” so to speak.

By: Rachel Peepers

Rachel Peepers — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:40:26 +0000

Latest disrespectful bumper sticker I recently spotted on the back of a pickup truck in Ohio.

B.O. stinks.

The good Senator and the beautiful Michelle should not to exposed to such rudeness. I can’t wait for them to reinstitute the capital gains tax on profit from all home sales. This will stick it to middle class Republicans wherever they live, where it hurts most: in the pocketbook. It’s the kind of change that progressives such as I believe in.

By: Leslie B

Leslie B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:44:11 +0000

levavi:

“If they don’t get too close maybe they won’t smell this ‘cigarette’ , and hell, if they do I’ll just pull the ol “I didn’t inhale” thing.”

By: Leslie B

Leslie B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:39:48 +0000

Javelin:

Dude, did you just say…

or a shameless way to irrigate himself with law enforcement types and over weight proles?

No? Oh, my bad…

By: retro

retro — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:31:49 +0000

obama doesn’t smoke, the cigarette does – he’s just the sucker.

By: AirdaleABH4

AirdaleABH4 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:53:27 +0000

I’d heard he smoked but this is the first picture I’ve seen . If this were a picture of Macain with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth , it would be plastered on every paper and magazine. in the country . Lets not forget what the smoking Nazi’s did to Bob Dole when he didn’t sign some left wing anti-smoking bill back when he was running for President ,they followed him around dressed like a cigarette calling him some of the many names reserved for Conservatives . An after thought , Michele Obama is an angry black woman who will not let her man be a puppet to the crackers ( white guys ) that now run the democrat party .

By: J.G.

J.G. — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:33:14 +0000

Like the insane fork-tongued on-again off-again McCain’s stances on torture, taxes, the environment, the economy, finance reform, nutty evangelical preachers, the confederate flag, ethanol, Roe v. Wade, Bush-Cheney policies and Iraq.

And who wants a president who abandoned while she was ill from a car accident, having had an extramarital relationship with Cindy Lou Hensley, an Arizona special education teacher and the daughter of a prominent Arizona liquor distributor, Hensley & Co. heiress?

Who is the real quitter here?

By: Dave II

Dave II — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:36:35 +0000

Oh, let’s not forget his going back on his pledge and “quitting” public campaign financing.
Gee…if only quitting smoking were that easy!

And there’s something about him that smells worse than an “ashtray”… it’s the stench of a liar and a LOSER!