Apparently dealing with the worst financial crisis in decades, two wars, declining popularity and a shellacking at the polls has done wonders for President Obama's smoking habit - he hasn't touched a cigarette in nine months, according to the White House.
"I've not seen or witnessed evidence of any smoking in probably nine months," said Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary. "I think he has worked extremely hard. And I think he would tell you, even when, in the midst of a tax agreement and a START deal and all the other things that accumulate, that even where he might have once found some comfort in that . . . he's pushed it away. So he understands . . . its dangers and I think has done a lot of extraordinary work to wrestle with that habit, as millions of Americans have."
Millions of Americans would especially appreciate his quitting... period.
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I'll admit that I don't wan... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Hank | December 10, 2010 1:49 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I'll admit that I don't want anyone with access to the nuclear weapons quiting butts. Everyone I've seen quit was short tempered and extremely difficult to get along with. Put that together with an obviously out-of-control yet fragile ego.
Besides, with Michelle's new food campaign, eating to compensate may not be an alternative.
I'd prefer Obama smoke more.
1. Posted by Hank | December 10, 2010 1:49 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 13:49
2. Posted by Angelie@Israel | December 10, 2010 1:55 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
It'd have been much better if he wrestled with the crisis than with his abd habits.
2. Posted by Angelie@Israel | December 10, 2010 1:55 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 13:55
3. Posted by WildWillie | December 10, 2010 2:02 PM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
I always knew he was a quitter. ;) I did notice that Gibbs said HE has not seen any evidence of Barry smoking. He did not definitively say Barry has quit. ww
3. Posted by WildWillie | December 10, 2010 2:02 PM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 14:02
4. Posted by Roy | December 10, 2010 2:04 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I don't mind if he smokes. Actually, IMO he can burst into flames.
4. Posted by Roy | December 10, 2010 2:04 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 14:04
5. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 2:05 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I'd like him to smoke alright.
5. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 2:05 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 14:05
6. Posted by hermie | December 10, 2010 2:09 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Gibbs says a lot of things that just aren't true. What makes this claim any more reliable?
6. Posted by hermie | December 10, 2010 2:09 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 14:09
7. Posted by Oyster | December 10, 2010 3:06 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Out of all the complaints I may have about Obama, his smoking bothers me the least. In fact, it doesn't bother me at all. I don't care in the least. And why so many have had such a fixation on it is beyond me.
7. Posted by Oyster | December 10, 2010 3:06 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 15:06
8. Posted by proof | December 10, 2010 3:06 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Had to get our hopes up with that headline, didn't ya? Heh.
8. Posted by proof | December 10, 2010 3:06 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 15:06
9. Posted by TexBob | December 10, 2010 3:19 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
I call BS on this one.
Obama is a serial liar and so is his doughboy Pasty Gibbs.
Just more blather to induce sympathy for Affirmative Action's Poster Child.
It ain't working.
9. Posted by TexBob | December 10, 2010 3:19 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 15:19
10. Posted by dfbaskwill | December 10, 2010 3:25 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Obama has not given up cigs. They rely on the "there's no evidence of his smoking in the last 9 months" crap. Weak, just like him. I'll bet he's smoking more than 3 years ago. I'll bet the 401k they're going to take anyway!
10. Posted by dfbaskwill | December 10, 2010 3:25 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 15:25
11. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 3:38 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Who cares? Its fun to make jokes about and thats it. I dont take anything these crums say as legit.
11. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 3:38 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 15:38
12. Posted by LeBron Steinman | December 10, 2010 3:46 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
This isn't so much about O's smoking as it is ,once again, about the media.
If this was a conservative/Republican president, it would be a front and center preoccupation of the media and it would be the subject of cable specials and constant derisive articles and web posts.
The Obama tongue bath media ,as always, gives the guy a pass on one of the lefty nanny-staters cardinal sins-smoking.
12. Posted by LeBron Steinman | December 10, 2010 3:46 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 15:46
13. Posted by DJ Drummond | December 10, 2010 3:54 PM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
"according to the White House" ... since 2009, that's been a pretty good Pinnochio Warning Alert.
13. Posted by DJ Drummond | December 10, 2010 3:54 PM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 15:54
14. Posted by G. | December 10, 2010 4:07 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Where's the "like" button?
14. Posted by G. | December 10, 2010 4:07 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 16:07
15. Posted by _Mike_ | December 10, 2010 4:18 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
So that's a definite maybe.
15. Posted by _Mike_ | December 10, 2010 4:18 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 16:18
16. Posted by Neo | December 10, 2010 4:38 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
If Obama keeps this up, in two years he will have at least one item on his short list of accomplishments.
16. Posted by Neo | December 10, 2010 4:38 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 16:38
17. Posted by GarandFan | December 10, 2010 4:39 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
"I've not seen or witnessed evidence of any smoking in probably nine months," said Robert Gibbs.
Excuse me, but this is Baghdad Bobby Gibbs speaking. You know, the guy with ZERO credibility.
17. Posted by GarandFan | December 10, 2010 4:39 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 10, 2010 16:39
18. Posted by Michael Laprarie | December 10, 2010 4:43 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Look for this to be used as license for the state-controlled media to gang up on John Boehner, who is a smoker.
18. Posted by Michael Laprarie | December 10, 2010 4:43 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 16:43
19. Posted by davidt | December 10, 2010 4:48 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Five bucks says Obama still smokes.
19. Posted by davidt | December 10, 2010 4:48 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 16:48
20. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 4:57 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
If Barry quit, he must do something to occupy his smoke break time? Lord knows its not the economy or international affairs so maybe he has taken up oval office bj's.
20. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 4:57 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 16:57
21. Posted by PBunyan | December 10, 2010 5:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And if you believe anything the secretry of lies says then give me a call, I can give you a great deal on a bridge I've got for sale or some fantastic "waterfront" property in Florida.
21. Posted by PBunyan | December 10, 2010 5:21 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 17:21
22. Posted by jim crane | December 10, 2010 5:38 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
If he smokes, so what. I haven't smoked for a long time, and I still want one. One thing is true, though, is you cannot believe Gibbs on anything. He's not as skilled as Clinton at lying but he's working on it every day.
22. Posted by jim crane | December 10, 2010 5:38 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 17:38
23. Posted by irongrampa | December 10, 2010 5:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dear God, I wish he WOULD.
23. Posted by irongrampa | December 10, 2010 5:45 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 17:45
24. Posted by Eric | December 10, 2010 6:03 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
He not only quit smoking, but he quit in the middle of a press conference and left...
Bill Clinton to answer the questions.
24. Posted by Eric | December 10, 2010 6:03 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 18:03
25. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 6:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"He's not as skilled as Clinton at lying but he's working on it every day."
Funny you should mention that as Billybob just took center stage at a presser and sent the teleprompter and Barry home. I think Hillary is going to be tough for Barry to beat. He looked like a befuddled little punk next to slick willie.
25. Posted by 914 | December 10, 2010 6:12 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 18:12
26. Posted by jim m | December 10, 2010 7:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have a hard time believing that this is anything more than another BS attempt to garner some positive headlines from the fauning media.
So for 5 minutes on the national news we can hear about how noble he is and what steely will he has in giving up cigarettes. That's 5 minutes where he's not embarrassed by Julian Assange or criticized by the ultra left for merely being far left.
26. Posted by jim m | December 10, 2010 7:21 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 19:21
27. Posted by Shawn | December 10, 2010 9:03 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
If Obama were a Republican and the media knew he was a slave to cigarettes, they'd rant that it was proof he's in the pocket of Big Tobacco.
-Shawn
27. Posted by Shawn | December 10, 2010 9:03 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2010 21:03
28. Posted by Olsoljer | December 11, 2010 7:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Is Obama still smoking?
Depends on what your definition of is is.
28. Posted by Olsoljer | December 11, 2010 7:41 AM |
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Posted on December 11, 2010 07:41