Sweet: Obama tells MSNBC's "Hardball" Chris Matthews he fell off wagon re smoking

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | April 2, 2008 | Lynn Sweet

[george76]

Barack Obama just told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on a special "Hardball" college tour edition on Wednesday that "I fell off the wagon a couple of times" when it comes to smoking.

that after lapsing he "was able to get back on" the wagon right away.

Obama quit smoking when he starting running for president last year, a condition laid down by wife Michelle.

[Son House]

You have to want to quit for yourself, Obama, not Michelle, though we all hope you gave Matthews a good dose of that smoker’s breath.

[DGHoodini]

No doubt Crap Matthews needed a cigarette too, after all that humpin on Obamas leg.

[TexasNative2000]

So.......he slips and gets back on tobacco, but will be more than happy to ban smoking everywhere except your bedroom closet.

[tioga]

-there is something odd about the messiah of the left smoking a cigarette.

[CaliGirl-R]

Ahhhh, the post-coital cig.

[Son House]

Obama, you should get Al Gore to help you quit smoking and clean up your own environment, before you worry about everyone else’s.

[KoRn]

"So.......he slips and gets back on tobacco, but will be more than happy to ban smoking everywhere except your bedroom closet."

Your probably right. Obama will probably be more aggressive against smoking than any other president, analogous to how some of the more vicious 'gay bashers' have hidden homosexual desires. lol

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yes, but how’s the coke habit going? Seriously, I could care less if a candidate smokes or chews a legal substance. Does he drink to excess or partake in illegal substances? Will he bring proto-Marxists, radical Muslims, white-haters, anti-Semites, bigots and racists into his administration? Will he start a huge war in the Middle East by withdrawing our troops in a short time-frame? His smoking pales in comparison to that.

[Tex Pete]

Why? If you’ve ever traveled in the Muslim world, tons if men smoke. I’m not surprised at all.

I’ve also noticed a lot of far-leftists that smoke, for that matter.

[Know et al]

I think it was Mark Twain that said: To quit smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do, I’ve quit smoking a thousand times.

[roses of sharon]

Yep, Chrissy definitely got a rug burn atop Hussein tonight.

Liberal men are so predictable, the always love the sissies.

[TexasNative2000]

I have a friend who said he quit smoking again last week - his way of saying he ran out . . . . .

[Roscoe Karns]

[airborne]

Today he’s back to smoking cigarettes.

Tomorrow he might be back to smoking blunts.

[eyedigress]

I was going to post that. Touche’ (BTW I don’t care if he smokes or not).

[shineon]

I could not resist

[tioga]

-well obama is a camel jockey.........................LOL

[HerrBlucher]

-there is something odd about the messiah of the left smoking a cigarette.

No more odd than the messiah of global warming having a 30,000 dollar home energy bill and darting around the world in a lear jet.

[LiberConservative]

OsamaObama’s smoking should be the least of our concerns.

[tioga]

-that’s ok - algore can sell him some carbon offsets and edwards can sue the tobacco companies for him.

[TexasNative2000]

Very good.

[bt_dooftlook]

BO sounds P-whipped, not presidential...IMHO;)

[ModelBreaker]

-there is something odd about the messiah of the left smoking a cigarette.

No. There's not.

[OeOeO]

but will be more than happy to ban smoking everywhere except your bedroom closet.

And their own offices

[ncalburt]

wow that hurt.

[tioga]

-must be a hooker then, ‘cause wife michelle does not allow it.

[DGHoodini]

The truth often does. ;o)

[CaliGirl-R]

I was commenting on DGHoodini’s comment about Chris Matthews needing a cig after humping Obama’s leg, LOL.

[tioga]

either way.........they are a JOKE, either one of them

[Night Hides Not]

So, will we now see the following signs on the campaign trail:

"Kools - We Can Believe In"

"A Puff A Day Will Send The Clintons Away"

"The Audacity of Nicotine"

"A Baby at Age 16 is Punishment, But Smoking at 16 is Just Plain Kool"

[drzz]

MUST WATCH VIDEO

WHY Obama IS dangerous :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueI-vlcaqGY

[Polonius]

Why does it matter whether Obama smokes or not? Only Democrat nanny-staters would get worked up about a politician engaging in a legal vice that may affect his health years down the line, long after his term in office ended. If Obama wants to light up, let him - plus, it makes him look cool!

[Go Gordon]

I think it was Mark Twain that said: To quit smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do, I’ve quit smoking a thousand times.

I used to quit 20-30 times a day :-)

Now, its been two years & 7 days since my last puff.

[Know et al]

Excellent!!! Keep it up!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Wonder if he’ll fall off the wagon when it comes to Islam?

[joebuck]

Good vid.