Posted on 06/10/2015 8:33:24 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
President Obama, who claimed when he first entered the White House to have mostly kicked his nicotine habit, might have been caught on camera holding a pack of cigarettes.
The commander in chief is seen clutching a white object in a snapshot with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi posted Sunday on Instagram by Renzi's spokesman.
Obama and Renzi were both in Germany attending the G-7 summit.
Several social media users questioned whether Obama was holding cigarettes in the pic, with one writing, “Smoking?”
The White House did not immediately respond to ITK's request for comment on the photo and the last time President Obama had had a cigarette.
It’s not the first time Obama’s claims of being mostly nicotine-free have been questioned.
In November, ITK broke the story that Obama invited Billy Joel to have a smoke at the White House with him.
According to a source who spoke with Joel, Obama said to the “Piano Man” singer during Joel's 2013 White House visit, “I’m going out on the North Portico to have a smoke. Do you want to come with me?”
Obama said in 2009 that he “constantly” struggles with cigarettes.
“Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No,” he said at the news conference.
“I would say that I am 95 percent cured,” Obama said, “But there are times where … There are times where I mess up.”
Obama was heard on an open mic at a 2013 event saying it was Michelle Obama who “scared” him into quitting smoking.
“I haven’t had a cigarette in six years," the president said. "That’s because I’m scared of my wife.”
UPDATE (2:32 p.m., June 10):
The White House said Wednesday that Obama is not holding a pack of cigarettes in the photo.
When asked if Obama has a pack of cigarettes in his hand in the photo, spokesman Josh Earnest answered, "He does not."
Obama has no problem telling us what is good for us and what isn’t. So does Mooch.
Him hiding his smoking is just another hypocritical move on his part. His “We elite live by other rules, you live by what we say” mentality. Mooch dictates crappy food to us and our kids, they dine on the richest, most expensive succulent food and drink available.
And the whole “I’m 95 percent cured” thing when it comes to smoking is just such total BS. That means “Im not cured because I still smoke.”
I don’t believe for a second he ever quit, he’s a pack of menthols a day I bet. The Oval Office must smell like my late grandma’s house.
I bet he still takes a snort of coke now and again as well.
Is he still off the weed and cocaine?
Tee point is the little bitch has been caught in another lie.
Just because tobacco is legal does not mean it is politically acceptable. Ask any Democrat. The King stopped smoking 6 years ago. A picture of him cracking a deck of Kools is a conservative Photoshop.
The latest attack on tobacco is commercials that blame any and every health problem on nicotine, then round up a bunch of prostitutes who are willing to go on TV and blame their illnesses on smoking.
I'm waiting for these same people to show up on anti-sugar, anti-gluten, anti-chemtrail and anti-coal commercials.
The lie would have slight credibility if the Kenyan hadn’t stepped outside. I never once believed he ever quit, American socialist media just doesn’t photograph him smoking, following regime dictation.
Thanks. Glad you’re doing so well.
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Smokers will abandon meetings suddenly, stare without hearing, agree to things irrationally, change the topic, rush issues, rustle papers, chew their pens, shorten the meetings, etc. These addicts can't wait to get out of there.
Don't ever assign smokers to anything even remotely related to negotiations or long-duration tasks. They are only cogent when they are smoking....and then try and find them.
I agree, my FRiend. It is as if progressives would rather lie then tell the truth.
One suspects that Mister Obama lied about quitting (even partially). He is (among many other things) a bragger and a credit taker. Had he really quit, one suspects that we would have heard it a zillion times, he would have gained weight, and his smoker's voice might even have softened some.
That aside, why lie?
I’m sure that visitors on tour of the White House can’t smoke, so why is this miserable creep smoking? Isn’t he breaking a law?
0bama is more of a liar than the Clintons and that’s amazing.
He lies about utterly trivial things, like this, that create little or no benefit to him.
You've hit the nail on the head. I could care less if Obama smokes and if his wife eats ribs, burgers, ice cream, whatever. You'd think they would have been taught the decency and common sense to respect our rights to enjoying the same choices for ourselves. I don't smoke. Haven't even had a cigarette in over 25 years I reckon. But if Obama outlawed it I may darn well consider it. What I eat & what I give guest including the grandkids to eat is none of Michelle Obama's overbearing business. They need to learn their places in our lives and that place is not being our or our children s overlords.
Smokers lie because they are guilt-ridden and ashamed of admitting to an addiction that has complete domination over their lives and activities. Their clothes, hair and breath stink causing great embarrassment. They battle with stained teeth and ruined clothing. Who wants to admit that demeaning sort of defeat? Who wants to admit complete subordination to a tiny, tightly packed, white cylinder of burning leaves?
As a result, they ALL lie to their spouses, their children, their friends, their relatives, their doctors, and most of all to THEMSELVES. "Oh yes, it's been months since I've had one of those nasty ciggies." "Oh, good for you, I'm so proud of you!" Ah, yes...the unconditional, congratulatory love of those rooting for you to beat the habit. Almost as good as the ciggie itself.
Been there, done that.
Me-shell would have him not smoking. Probably for his health.
Fine, but/and I hope she’s looking out for our White House by ordering him outside to smoke. Because there will be stink and film from cigarette smoke all over the furniture, drapes, etc. Yuck. And dignitaries are entertained in the Oval Office - hmmm.
I would think there’s stink in his clothing, as well.
Otherwise, let he and others who care to smoke, alone. Not everyone will get cancer. Okay, it’s a crap-shoot. And a very expensive habit. Do you know the current price of cigarettes?? I was shocked when I found out one time.
Ever see real tobacco leaves, fresh off a farm? (Me neither) I think they’re beautiful looking - in photos. Don’t they then hang to dry?
Now, if that’s all there was to a cigarette - fine enough.
I think it’s all the other ap-cray they probably add that gets some in trouble with their health.
“LUCKY STRIKE MEANS FINE TOBACCO”
Thank you. I grew up with a lot of misinformation. My father, god love him, is more of a cautionary tale than he is anything else. Took me quite a while to sort out what really could and couldn’t be done and live in society. I had one narrow brush with jail when I was 18 and spent a few hours locked up in rural Oklahoma county jail for driving too damned fast on the interstate, and that bit of time in custody was enough to convince me I never wanted to go back to that. I wasn’t mistreated, but I was clocked at 145 mph on an empty straight state highway west of Oklahoma City. 8 hours of sitting in a cell with a few drunks convinced me I never wanted to see the inside of a correctional facility again. A really wise old dishwasher once told me some of the best advice I ever got and it was “used to be you had to be a criminal to go to prison. Anymore, all it takes is being a dumbass.”
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