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

[Football_Bat]

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

 

[tommyp]

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.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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...

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Doesn't seem to have affected his mind.

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

 

[zeke12]

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.

 

[heyabbott]

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?

 

[DisembodiedOwlHead]

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.

 

[Gold]

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.

 

[Oz]

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.

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

 

[zeke12]

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

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

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

 

[dog428]

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

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

 

[zeke12]

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

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

Oh yeah?

I'd vote Al Pacino during the final scene of Scarface.

Top that!

 

[Pastor]

If it were a Diet Coke he would have had the courage to go back and kiss that girl...

 

[dog428]

I'd take Chris Tucker in the scene from Friday where he's partying with Hector and ends up in the chicken coop.

Top that.

 

[zeke12]

I'd vote for Marion Berry.

Top that!

 

[pallister]

This likely will not be an election issue, and probably shouldn't. Of course, the shots about W's alleged drug use and his past with alcohol flow free and easy around here. But when the news involves the media's new golden boy, well, it's no bg deal. Let's move on. Nothing to talk about here. SportsJournalists.com political threads would be nothing without a healthy dose of hypocrisy. BTW, if Obama runs, I can't wait to hear all those who wouldn't vote for W because he supposedly didn't have enough experience defend Obama's long and illustrious political career.

And before I get the typical responses, I am not defending Bush's actions related to his younger days or his presidency here. I'm just pointing out that some people are full of it.

 

[dog428]

I'd vote for Pablo Escobar.

Top that.

 

[zeke12]

I'd vote for Keith Richards.

Top that!

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Yeah, but did Obama shut the **** up?