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Doctors tell Barack Obama to quit smoking - doctors also recommended "moderation of alcohol intake"
Guardian, UK ^ | Monday 1 March 2010 | Ewen MacAskill

Posted on 02/28/2010 6:02:11 PM PST by Panzerlied

Barack Obama is still struggling to kick smoking, according to his first medical examination since becoming president.

Obama is sensitive about his cigarette habit and tetchy with reporters who raise it. But after his 90-minute medical at the Navy hospital outside Washington yesterday morning, his doctors confirmed he had not yet managed to conquer the habit and suggested he "continue smoking cessation efforts".

The doctors also recommended "moderation of alcohol intake".

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To: Panzerlied
Gee...the word "alcohol" is not found anywhere in the AP article printed in today's Charlotte Observer. Wonder why?
361 posted on 03/01/2010 3:38:57 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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To: AliVeritas
rushing his daughter to the ER for asthma

Isn't it child abuse to expose an asthmatic child to second-hand smoke? Just askin.....

362 posted on 03/01/2010 4:09:08 PM PST by P.O.E. (Giant Gila Monster)
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To: Jackknife

He is the Best. Drunk. Ever. :)


363 posted on 03/01/2010 4:09:41 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.)
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To: Dewey Revoltnow

Re: Partytime at the WH every night. Seems like President George W. Bush had no problems going to all those parties and sticking to club soda. Why does Oboozo think he HAS to drink alcohol at every one? Shouldn’t the POTUS have his wits about him at all time? What happens when the 3 a.m. call comes in and he’s still smashed? “Oh, man, call Joe, I can’t even unnerstan wha yer shayin’.”


364 posted on 03/01/2010 4:09:59 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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To: Panzerlied
Is it just me, or does it seem like Obama has an awful lot of sins ? ...... Smoking, drinking,aborting, bearing false witness,removing God/Christ from the public square,spitting on God, etc etc etc...

I am just a sinner saved by grace, and I have my struggles with sin, but this is really ridiculous.

365 posted on 03/01/2010 4:17:11 PM PST by Friendofgeorge ( SARAH PALIN or BUST.)
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To: Batman11

How is it that the guy whose entire life history is a mystery, is all of a sudden releasing his medical information? Especially when he could legitimately hide behind ERISA laws. I smell a big, fat liberal, marxist rat!

They are tryingto take attention to smething else they are doing.

Or someone close to him is out to get him

mark my word, he will die in 2012. He wont be as useful to his leftist handlers and more useful dead to manipulate the election.


366 posted on 03/01/2010 4:18:48 PM PST by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
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To: Panzerlied

It means he drinks too much.

Just what we need in the White House.


367 posted on 03/01/2010 4:20:14 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: libsrscum
I've never smoked or drank heavily.

Till 0bama got elected.

I've taken a shot of tequila everytime he's said "I" and haven't drawn a sober breath in over a year!

368 posted on 03/01/2010 5:15:58 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error!)
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To: Bushbacker1
I've taken a shot of tequila everytime he's said "I"

If that were true, you would have died of alcohol poisoning during his inaugural address.

369 posted on 03/01/2010 5:17:18 PM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: Hoodat
If that were true, you would have died of alcohol poisoning during his inaugural address.

Good thing I didn't start until about two weeks into his stint.

370 posted on 03/01/2010 5:20:13 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error!)
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To: DakotaRed
"Fat chance of that. He will continue to condemnothers using it while he sneaks his."

I wonder where he sneaks his at? The Whitehouse is a public building does he have to go outside and stand by the back door to smoke or is breaking other laws while smoking in his office?

371 posted on 03/01/2010 5:56:43 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: StAnDeliver

Also, Zero’s grandfather took him as a young child to bars in Hawaii and the young Obama watched grandpa getting drunk.


372 posted on 03/01/2010 6:17:45 PM PST by Ronbo1948
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To: Panzerlied

Interesting. That would explain a lot.


373 posted on 03/01/2010 6:19:54 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Panzerlied
Too damn many fo'ties. Prezdin be a juicer.
374 posted on 03/01/2010 6:49:36 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: JaneNC

If you couldn’t get any traction as leader, your popularity dips, your name becomes a curse and your ideas are soundly rejected I think it would drive just about anyone to alcohol and drugs.


375 posted on 03/01/2010 7:47:20 PM PST by eaglestar
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To: boatbums
Gee...the word "alcohol" is not found anywhere in the AP article printed in today's Charlotte Observer. Wonder why?

Brian Williams, tonight, offered a teaser to the effect of: "What was the most talked about part of Pres. 0bama's medical report." The answer was the smoking (which we already knew). No mention of the drinking. I see a trend.

376 posted on 03/01/2010 8:23:21 PM PST by ntnychik
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To: Panzerlied

Either this or the Joker poster is probably going to be the iconic image of 0bama
377 posted on 03/01/2010 9:42:24 PM PST by jmcenanly
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To: guitarplayer1953

Dear Leader doesn’t break laws, he just does as he pleases.

Remember, laws don’t apply to him and the rest of the Democratic cabal.


378 posted on 03/01/2010 10:09:34 PM PST by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: Chickensoup
I thought the leaking of this was odd.

Several thoughts do pop into my head. I can't help thinking of the tabloids reporting that he had lung cancer a few months back. Then I kind of think of that old show XFiles where one of the agents was injected with some type of cancer. I never actually watched the show but I remember that story line.

For some reason this was leaked whereas very little negative about the guy is.

Then again, I thought, it could just be that this kind of stuff actually makes him more appealing to the degenerates out there.

379 posted on 03/02/2010 2:36:44 AM PST by riri (Resistance-It's the New Black)
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To: Marco Aurelio

Of course as far as I know, the only way alcohol (or cigarette) intake is measured is by what the patient tells the doctor. It’s not like they take a blood test. So he likely told the doctor a couple or few drinks a week/a pack a week. Is it true? Only O Knows.

If someone can answer the following question I’d appreciate it. Do cigarettes have more addictive qualities now than they did twenty years ago/is it even harder to quit nowadays? I’m just asking for the facts, I cannot seem to get a straight verifiable answer. Thanks!


380 posted on 03/02/2010 4:22:17 AM PST by DaughterofEve (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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