Obama Smoking

[chlietoris63]

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!

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.

Yes, it did bother me what Clinton did. Yes, everyone has a weakness. I just don't like the Idea of a role model for everyone, not just kids, smoking, and perhaps influencing others.

And no, I don't know the difficulty of quitting. Those who smoke will also never know the wisdom of never starting.

So glad YOU decided to never start, truly!!

Every "Role Model" influences those in their sphere to do good, bad and everything in between. So, as a parent, is it not our responsibility to TEACH our children what we wish them to know and also teach them of the ways in which the world will want to "TAINT" our teachings? ( And by the way, from history, SOME parent teach their children such a NARROW world view, that as soon as those children leave "the Nest", they explore EVERYTHING that ISN'T their "Parents" view.)

"Those who smoke will also never know the wisdom of never starting."

An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure! ( That was just a judgmental statement, designed to make YOU feel good about you...)

I understand this issue blind-siding you... I do not want a smoker in the White House. I am a smoker and do not WANT any of my children to start!!! Fortunately, none of them have. The ONLY reason they have not is because WE gave them ALL the tools necessary Not to start. Yes, we are still smokers; we are trying to quit.

This issue is not as black/white as some would like to make it. ( No Pun Intended).

P.S. Can I borrow the suit? Just for one night...promise..