Want A Good Laugh? Bill O'Reilly Passed On The Chance To Be The Marlboro Man In The 70s

[kpete]

"While I was covering the News in Denver, I was approached by a modeling agency to be the Marlboro guy dressed as a cowboy," he said on the "O'Reilly Factor" while lamenting the lack of a public health campaign warning about the dangers of weed.

He lauded the U.S. government's campaign against smoking tobacco, but said that the U.S. has taken the opposite approach to pot.

"Smoking marijuana is quite the opposite. That’s on the rise, as pot use is considered cool in many circles, and above all it is political correct," he said.

He then claimed that "smoking pot hurts the brain," referencing a new study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience. The study found that marijuana use can cause abnormalities in certain parts of the brain.


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[agbdf]

1. I had heard this before

I read somewhere once about his being approached concerning this. Also, for once I can agree with him in saying, yes, pot does hurt your brain and lungs too.

[Democracyinkind]

2. "Politically correct"????? wtf

Hey Bimbo, you heard of those places that we pineheads call "prisons"? It's where most politically correct consumers hang out...

[Prophet 451]

3. He's probably lying

The man only ever tells teh truth by accident.

[Blue Owl]

4. Well, he sure knows how to blow smoke up the nation's ass

And lots of it...

[Iggo]

5. I don't believe him.

[pinboy3niner]

6. He misheard. They wanted him to be...

...the Piltdown Man.

[jmowreader]

7. Considering the fate of Marlboro Men, they may have been trying to help us out

[Dirty Socialist]

8. He Was Smart to Pass That Up

He would probably be dead by now, or smoking through his windpipe.