Obama had a coke and a smile ... 12 years ago

Funny how Sean Hannity winds up in the middle of something published a dozen years ago — Barack Obama's open admission he tried coke and pot as a youth.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040011

 

I understand Obama is a cigarette smoker. But that doesn't change my opinion of him, nor does the fact he admitted cocaine use. If anything, it's refreshing that he admits it.

 

I think our last two presidents have ensured that fidelity issues as well as prior drug and alcohol abuse isn't a major concern of most voters...

 

Doesn't seem to have affected his mind.

Others with a sustained history of intoxicant abuse, can't say the same.

 

Novak is priceless.

"I have no evidence of that, but every reasonable person should assume it. I would like to have some evidence. It would be a good story."

Just priceless.

 

Was he talking about Hannity seducing priests when he was 16 year old?

 

Hopefully some day we look back on these pitiful casual drug-use smear attempts the same way history treats the ol' boy politicos who used to accuse their opponents of having a black in the family tree or having once attended Catholic mass.

 

If you were an adult in the late 1970s or a good part of the 80s, there's a pretty good chance you tried cocaine.

 

Yep. If anything, that makes the issue a mute point down the line. He admitted it, nothing more to add, move on.

 

I'd say about 40 percent of the electorate would take an admitted addict at this point...

 

I heard him mention it on the Jon Stewart Show(it was either that or Oprah) once.

 

Shit, I'd take a guy (or woman) who was high right now.