12-10-2008, 11:20 AM
[quote author=rockmonster board=bs thread=2607 post=56483 time=1228915571]Do you think it's an issue?
I don't like it, and it bothers me a little bit, even though I know it shouldn't. It bothers me that the most powerful man in the US, that should be a role model to kids, has a weakness. It also bothers me that the Democratic party obviously kept this from us until he was elected. I think it would be less of an issue for me if I knew all along.[/quot
Did it bother you that Clinton was stuffing cigars into interns during HIS term? (Granted, he, apparently, did not smoke them beforehand!)
EVERYBODY has a weakness! Why is it that we need a "virgin" to espouse our ideals??? We HAVE never had a president who did not have some weakness.
Yes, he should quit smoking! However, based on PAST presidents and their peculiarities, this is NOT a big issue to me. It was FAR MORE EMBARRASSING to see Clinton denying an affair when he had one!!! It made us look stupid as a nation, in the eyes of the world.
If you have never smoked, you DO NOT know the difficulty in quitting.
BTW, I am a registered Republican, who could not abide the McCain/Palin ticket that would continue 4 more years of "Bush Economics." Definition of Bush Economics - Pertend it ain't there and it won't be!"
I don't like it, and it bothers me a little bit, even though I know it shouldn't. It bothers me that the most powerful man in the US, that should be a role model to kids, has a weakness. It also bothers me that the Democratic party obviously kept this from us until he was elected. I think it would be less of an issue for me if I knew all along.[/quot
Did it bother you that Clinton was stuffing cigars into interns during HIS term? (Granted, he, apparently, did not smoke them beforehand!)
EVERYBODY has a weakness! Why is it that we need a "virgin" to espouse our ideals??? We HAVE never had a president who did not have some weakness.
Yes, he should quit smoking! However, based on PAST presidents and their peculiarities, this is NOT a big issue to me. It was FAR MORE EMBARRASSING to see Clinton denying an affair when he had one!!! It made us look stupid as a nation, in the eyes of the world.
If you have never smoked, you DO NOT know the difficulty in quitting.
BTW, I am a registered Republican, who could not abide the McCain/Palin ticket that would continue 4 more years of "Bush Economics." Definition of Bush Economics - Pertend it ain't there and it won't be!"