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Title: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Dos Equis on October 08, 2008, 11:05:22 AM
Still smoking those cancer sticks.  Is this why he won't release his medical records or least let them be reviewed by doctors? 

Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Barack Obama says in an interview with Men's Health magazine that he has bummed cigarettes "a couple of times" along the campaign trail.

AP

Wednesday, October 08, 2008


NEW YORK -- Barack Obama says he wishes he had more time for staying fit. And the Democratic presidential candidate admits that he still occasionally smokes a cigarette.

"Most of my workouts have to come before my day starts," Obama told the magazine Men's Health in an interview for its November issue. "There's always a trade-off between sleep and working out. Usually I get in about 45 minutes, six days a week. I'll lift one day, do cardio the next."

If he had the time, Obama said, he would spend 90 minutes working out.

Quitting smoking didn't create "huge withdrawal symptoms," the Illinois senator said, partly because he smoked only seven or eight cigarettes a day at his peak. His wife, Michelle, pressured him to quit, he said.

Obama's advice for those trying to kick the habit? "Eliminate certain key connections -- that first cigarette in the morning, or after a meal, or with a drink," he said. "If you can eliminate those triggers, that should help."

Obama said he's bummed a cigarette a couple of times during the campaign.

"But I figure, seeing as I'm running for president, I need to cut myself a little slack," he said.

Obama said when he told daughters Sasha and Malia that he was running for president, they asked whether the "secret people" -- his Secret Service detail -- would be following them around all the time.

"And I told them, well, not right away," he said. "They've adjusted wonderfully. And I've tried to make sure that they haven't had to participate too much in the political process."

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/08/obama-admits-bumming-cigarettes-campaign-trail/
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: LurkerNoMore on October 08, 2008, 11:11:06 AM
Maybe McCain should try bumming some votes for himself then.
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Option D on October 08, 2008, 11:12:50 AM
Still smoking those cancer sticks.  Is this why he won't release his medical records or least let them be reviewed by doctors? 

Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Barack Obama says in an interview with Men's Health magazine that he has bummed cigarettes "a couple of times" along the campaign trail.

AP

Wednesday, October 08, 2008


NEW YORK -- Barack Obama says he wishes he had more time for staying fit. And the Democratic presidential candidate admits that he still occasionally smokes a cigarette.

"Most of my workouts have to come before my day starts," Obama told the magazine Men's Health in an interview for its November issue. "There's always a trade-off between sleep and working out. Usually I get in about 45 minutes, six days a week. I'll lift one day, do cardio the next."

If he had the time, Obama said, he would spend 90 minutes working out.

Quitting smoking didn't create "huge withdrawal symptoms," the Illinois senator said, partly because he smoked only seven or eight cigarettes a day at his peak. His wife, Michelle, pressured him to quit, he said.

Obama's advice for those trying to kick the habit? "Eliminate certain key connections -- that first cigarette in the morning, or after a meal, or with a drink," he said. "If you can eliminate those triggers, that should help."

Obama said he's bummed a cigarette a couple of times during the campaign.

"But I figure, seeing as I'm running for president, I need to cut myself a little slack," he said.

Obama said when he told daughters Sasha and Malia that he was running for president, they asked whether the "secret people" -- his Secret Service detail -- would be following them around all the time.

"And I told them, well, not right away," he said. "They've adjusted wonderfully. And I've tried to make sure that they haven't had to participate too much in the political process."

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/08/obama-admits-bumming-cigarettes-campaign-trail/
uh oh...news flash...Obama smokes Cigs...vote McCain
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: tonymctones on October 08, 2008, 11:14:44 AM
uh oh...news flash...Obama smokes Cigs...vote McCain
LOL you where probably one of the ones chiming in on "what if mccain dies while in office"  ::)
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: OzmO on October 08, 2008, 11:17:59 AM
Kind of a non story don't you think?


Are things that bad for the McCain?

Is he really going to lose?
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Hereford on October 08, 2008, 11:21:37 AM
Hell, I'd sport Barack a smoke....
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: George Whorewell on October 08, 2008, 11:24:42 AM
I wonder if as an alleged Constitutional Law professor he supports the right of anti smoking groups to air commercials of former smokers with missing limbs voiceboxes every 10 minutes?
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Chico_Holiday on October 08, 2008, 12:38:00 PM
Typical dem......always looking for a handout.
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: OzmO on October 08, 2008, 12:49:31 PM
I guess you didn't hear about Obama's new proposal of having the government take control of the growing, harvesting and distribution of tobacco.

He thinks that's the best way to take the profit out of it and give it to the poor. 

 ;)
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on October 08, 2008, 12:53:59 PM
HAHAHAHAAH...this is all you have left to come up with???? 'Obama bums a cigarette on the campaign trail'

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA HAH PATHETIC!!!!
OHS-A-NOOO!!! OMG WHAT AN EVIL BASTARD!!!!!A CIGARETTE? THAT MUSLIM!!!!

DOOMZ!!
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: 240 is Back on October 08, 2008, 12:59:58 PM
Typical dem......always looking for a handout.

LMFAO

Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Dos Equis on October 08, 2008, 01:19:30 PM
Kind of a non story don't you think?


Are things that bad for the McCain?

Is he really going to lose?

Not really.  Depends on how much weight you place on the story.  It's certainly nothing to change your vote over. 
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Straw Man on October 08, 2008, 01:41:00 PM
The next debate should include some kind of physical test like maybe a foot-race or obstacle course
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: 24KT on October 08, 2008, 03:59:40 PM
Kind of a non story don't you think?

Not if Michelle finds out, ...it could get reeeeeeal interesting then.  :P

Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Option D on October 09, 2008, 06:45:18 AM
Not really.  Depends on how much weight you place on the story.  It's certainly nothing to change your vote over. 

shittin me right...this was a waste of space on the board...jesus h christ...Economy, War, Healthcare, Candidate smokes a cig....

yeah its up there on the list of issues
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Decker on October 09, 2008, 08:18:09 AM
“The worst kind of non-smokers are the ones that come up to you and cough. That's pretty fucking cruel isn't it? Do you go up to cripples and dance too?”

 

--Bill Hicks

Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Dos Equis on October 09, 2008, 11:13:13 AM
shittin me right...this was a waste of space on the board...jesus h christ...Economy, War, Healthcare, Candidate smokes a cig....

yeah its up there on the list of issues

Who said it was "up there on the list of issues"? 

Big Mal if you don't think it's newsworthy then just ignore the story.  That's pretty much what I do when people constantly bring up completely irrelevant subjects like McCain's class rank at the Naval Academy. 
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Option D on October 09, 2008, 11:20:38 AM
lol so you think this is news worthy and show sway votes
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Busted on October 09, 2008, 11:23:23 AM
LOL you where probably one of the ones chiming in on "what if mccain dies while in office"  ::)

McCain smoked 2 packs a day for 25 years my friend
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Dos Equis on October 09, 2008, 11:23:33 AM
lol so you think this is news worthy and show sway votes

Newsworthy?  Yes.  Sway votes?  Here is what I said earlier in the thread:

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Not really.  Depends on how much weight you place on the story.  It's certainly nothing to change your vote over.  
Title: Re: Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail
Post by: Sarcastic Deity on October 09, 2008, 11:22:30 PM
most o these guys won't release medical records, as it'll show illegal drug use..same thing probably with mccain (not sure), bill clinton, g.w. bush etc