http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/27/costello.drug.use/index.htmlI give Obama credit that he came and was honest about having tried drugs when he was younger. Heaven forbid we have an honest candidate who admits his shit doesn't stink and did not have any indiscretions as a teenager/college kid. We all know about Bill's "but did not inhale" line, George W did coke, cheney arrested for 2 DUI's. All to often we have candidates preaching hell and brimstone about the harms of drugs while supporting an increase on the budge for the War on Drugs; while hypocritically they were involved in the use of illegal substances when younger. I think this gives Obama some relation to the avg American; and it would be stupid for him to be written off b.c of his occasional bong rips. This was probably a good political move also b.c as much digging as other candidates do to uncover skeletons at least his prior "drug use" is in the open preventing him from being blind-sided during some debate.
11/29/2007 11:17:12 AM
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11/29/2007 11:21:23 AM
i heard this like a while back but am just hearing about it now...over thanksgiving my stepdad was like do you think that helps him or hurts him and i was like i think its pretty much not an issue...the whole time i was like i coulda swore i heard about this back in like august or july
11/29/2007 11:25:00 AM
I think he wrote it in a book he put out years ago, so it's been known for awhile.
11/29/2007 11:38:40 AM
Except for the fact that he is a dirty hypocrite. Obama uses drugs, manages not to end up with the legal consequences that so many other victims of the War on Drugs end up with, and uses his rationale of prior drug use to push the current regime.He's plenty happy punishing people for "mistakes" he never received consequences for. That's almost worse.
11/29/2007 11:43:55 AM
wtf do you want him to do?
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11/29/2007 11:51:26 AM
how about another statistic probably like 90% of americans have tried drugs in their life.who cares, we're only human.
11/29/2007 11:55:55 AM
11/29/2007 11:59:30 AM
i dont think he was planning on running for president when he was doing the drugs...i dont get why someone couldnt have once did drugs and now be for the current framework
11/29/2007 12:06:41 PM
So why is it that Obama gets to fuck up and not be punished, but advocate harsh punishment for people doing exactly the same thing he did? Why is he so special?
11/29/2007 12:07:40 PM
11/29/2007 12:11:14 PM
^^why wouldnt he not be punished is what i'm asking...you are making it like someone who once did drugs cant be antidrug[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 12:13 PM. Reason : .]
11/29/2007 12:12:45 PM
11/29/2007 12:13:14 PM
dude whoopty fucking do...he did drugs back in the day and now doesnt, and advocates for the same framework...i dont see the problem...i dont see how he is "special"i guess you could say he is different in that he actually admitted to using drugs, rather than lie[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 12:15 PM. Reason : .]
11/29/2007 12:14:29 PM
11/29/2007 12:15:49 PM
if they find him guilty of something then yeah he deserves to go to jail...let me know when that happens
11/29/2007 12:16:46 PM
He pretty much admitted to committing a crime - but he's all full of the audacity of hope or some bullshit, and he spouts the correct party line, so he's cool, right? He shouldn't have gotten sent to jail if he'd had the misfortune of getting caught like so many other people, right?Again, it's not wrong unless you get caught, right?
11/29/2007 12:18:16 PM
i'm not really thinking about it like that....you seem to have some crazy grudge like you got busted with drugs and are mad that he didnt and admitted to it...idk- this is how i think about it:he did drugs in college...got out of college and built a career all the way up to senator....now people like drchaos think he should be punished for something that happened over 2 decades agodoesnt sound too reasonablei just can not understand why if he likes the current framework after having once used drugs that automatically makes him special or different? he is not getting special treatment...idk i hope i'm not the only one struggling with this one]
11/29/2007 12:22:20 PM
I don't do drugs, and I've certainly never gotten busted for it. But rank hypocrisy chaps my ass. Apparently though, if someone blows enough smoke about optimism up your ass, all the hypocrisy in the world doesn't matter.Obama pretty much gives an example of how he did drugs, realized they were an error, quit, and made something of his life. But instead of granting other people that chance, he actively advocates fucking up anyone's life who has the misfortune of getting caught. No Senate run for you, stoner - you're going directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200...But again. Apparently, since Obama was lucky enough not to get caught, that makes him better than everyone else he'd be plenty happy to see rot in prison...
11/29/2007 12:25:40 PM
11/29/2007 12:31:35 PM
^
11/29/2007 12:42:27 PM
11/29/2007 12:43:39 PM
so you expect him to relax the rules since hes used drugs before?is this what he has to do to not be a hypocrite?
11/29/2007 12:45:59 PM
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11/29/2007 12:49:16 PM
other people do, especially if they're never caught.still waiting on those links......
11/29/2007 12:50:50 PM
11/29/2007 12:51:49 PM
Ah see most people I know who've been caught with stuff like that have done first-offender differment programs and had the crimes wiped from their record. Besides they or their parents paying for a moderately competent lawyer, they've all been pretty untouched other than being scared a bit. [Edited on November 29, 2007 at 12:54 PM. Reason : ]
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11/29/2007 12:54:53 PM
Obama is basically saying "in the past, I made some bad decisions, and I experimented with drugs"I believe somebody like Dr. Chaos might prefer him to say something like "in the past, I made some bad decisions, and I experimented with drugs. However I did community service and took drug recovery classes and I paid my debt to society"
11/29/2007 12:55:14 PM
^^ If by suburban you mean Lenoir street and Raleigh, then ok.[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 12:56 PM. Reason : hey look at this cool edit post feature, now you don't need to double post!]
11/29/2007 12:55:45 PM
this whole second chance thing is strange to me....if thats his second chance what was his first?
11/29/2007 12:56:29 PM
i don't disagree about the war on drugs as we know it now to be a waste, but you cannot fault the man for telling the truth.
11/29/2007 12:57:49 PM
11/29/2007 12:57:58 PM
^yeah that too
11/29/2007 12:58:22 PM
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11/29/2007 1:11:20 PM
Again, I agree that the countries drug policy is severely broken, but whatever Obama's stances are now and irregardless if I agree with them or not (which I don't), I'd much rather him tell the truth than lie.anyway, only one candidate running would change the current policies.
11/29/2007 1:17:39 PM
11/29/2007 1:21:33 PM
^^Sure, it's great that he tells the truth. Wonderful. But hardly praiseworthy when in doing so, he still condemns others doing the same thing. That's my point.Didn't Chris Dodd also talk about (marijuana) decriminalization on NPR awhile back? Again, not exactly swelling the ranks here, and he's certainly not top-tier, but still...[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 1:22 PM. Reason : ^^]
11/29/2007 1:22:06 PM
11/29/2007 1:24:27 PM
multiple bags (with any weight) are bad news too.^they had to have a warrant (unless he gave them permission), which means they were on to him for a while, which means he was probably being dumb....a little discretion usually goes a long way.its funny, b/c I agree with most of your overall points....[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 1:29 PM. Reason : .]
11/29/2007 1:24:42 PM