Latest BS Media Attack on Obama re Smoking

[Dr Ron]

From Liberal Values--see post for links:

http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3102

Patients Lie


Jake Tapper is shocked that Barack Obama lied about cigarette smoking. If we can trust Tapper’s “unusually keen sense of smell” as much as he does, it is possible that Tapper caught Obama at a time when he fell off the wagon but denied that he smoked.

If he thinks this is worth writing about, Tapper’s sense of people is not as good as his sense of smell. He needs to watch House. As Gregory House repeatedly reminds us, patients lie. For that matter, everyone lies. While there are many aspects of House which are totally unrealistic, in this case Dr. House is correct. I would not be the least bit surprised to hear that somone attempting to quit smoking might both fall off the wagon and lie about it.

This is hardly an example of a character flaw which would affect who I vote for. On the other hand, if Obama had admitted to smoking but also claimed he had to dodge sniper fire while doing so, it would be a totally different matter.

[liberaldem4ever]

1. That is so petty and silly

Can things get any more ridiculous? There are so many things the media could be talking about, and they talk about this? :crazy:

[wildflowergardener]

2. smoke

Ok - this is stupid. You can't tell someone smokes necessarily by the way they smell. I know whenever I go in a bar and grill I come out completely smelling like smoke and I don't smoke, other than trying one cigarette once in high school.

How does he know he hadn't just been in a restaurant or around other smokers?

Meg

[Dr Ron]

4. One lasts forever?

By the Tapper logic, that one cigarette you had in high school must have really been potent for you to smell like smoke.

Even assuming he is correct that Obama had been smoking, which may or may not have been the case, it is still a stupid argument to make against Obama.

[ladym55]

3. Wow, this REALLY is silly season

I think it would be a good plan to examine a candidate based on the issues. Just a thought.