I heard this from someone but I haven't found it posted anywhere. I guess I don't care either way but I find it strange since I distinctly remember Al Gore going on and on in his 2000 nomination speech how his sister was addicted "to the evils of tobacco" or something. Now a leading Democratic contender, Obama,has a smoking addiction? Wouldn't that just step right into the whole "politicians are hypocrites" statement?
2007-02-11 11:37:45 · 13 answers · asked by bunnychica1984 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
ok some clarification...I am NOT the one saying I wouldn't vote for him b/c of this!!!
Why are people so damn quick to attack on this?!?! What I'm saying is that I remember Gore campaigners WHO ARE DEMOCRATS saying how horrible smoking was, not just 8 years later they might nominate someone who SMOKES!!! It just might come across to some people as hyprocrisy. I COULD CARE LESS!!!
2007-02-11 11:54:51 · update #1
well nobody is perfect however the worse scenario
here Obama he's going to lose elections vote
just because he smoke a pack a day!! logic of Americans
this is how America people choose who will be the next president
and that is the reason why then we have so many problems
Bush's administration is a living evidence to how people choose the wrong man
I will vote for who can put back my country in the right direction
and I will choose the candidate in base on how he or she going
to do the job for America people and I will not jeopardize
my decision base on bad republican propaganda in order
to destroy the credibility of democrats candidate..
2007-02-11 11:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by frostycookies9 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would Al Gore saying the evils of tobacco make Obama a hypocrite for smoking. I am failing to see your correlation
2007-02-11 11:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by mrlebowski99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he smokes. How much? I have no idea. I figure that smoking does not constitute a barrier to the presidency. I am sure he won't be smoking on the children's program "Sesame Street" or publicly at any of his campaign appearances. Since Barack Obama did not make the statement about "the evils of tobacco," he is not beholden to it, nor does it make him a hypocrite.
2007-02-11 11:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by Jackson Leslie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Huh?
That doesn't make any sense. You think Obama is a hypocrite because you think he might possibly be doing the opposite of something Al Gore said???
You must have gotten tired of picking on his middle name and can't think of anything intelligent to say to attack him.
2007-02-11 11:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obama grow to be once a collection smoker, yet he initiate quitting! i trust he shrink his cigarette intake. i ought to assert that left wings attempt to regulate too many stuff, yet they could't self-discipline themselves. Smoking is area of the problem in the society, left says cleanser ecosystem, yet they smoke, they don't recycle, and they love driving their vehicles ,etc.
2016-12-04 01:35:49 · answer #5 · answered by abigail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was just on "60 minutes" with his wife. He is currently trying to quit.
2007-02-11 11:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he might have. in order to run his wife said he had to quit smoking. he agreed and he is running
2007-02-11 14:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obama is too perfect to smoke.
2007-02-11 11:40:55 · answer #8 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He quit! Yay!
2007-02-11 15:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it's not just cigarettes he smokes,if you get my drift.
2007-02-11 11:46:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋