Anyone else catch Obama's reply to the "Did you inhale"

[pnwmom]

question?

It was something like: "Yes, I inhaled. That was the point."

I still think he has the makings of a winner.

[mduffy31]

1. I wanted him to say

Yeah I inhaled, and I drank the bong water when I was done.

[Ferret Annica]

2. Gross

[pnwmom]

3. Yuk!

[luckyleftyme2]

6. GEE HE REALLY DOES HAVE ALL THE TOOLS

He hasn't even put his hat in and the smear has already started.
Well one thing is for sure,the man can speak,and he shoots from the hip faster than the stutter we have now. SO IF HE'S THE CANDIDATE IN 08 HE'S GOT MY VOTE!

[blm]

16. I wanted him to say Yes, and that he's also for decriminalization

for pot possession.

[Solo_in_MD]

4. Ahhh, yet another Punahou alum....

[NMMNG]

5. Good for him

I'm tired of the notion that pot is evil and people who smoke it are abominations. Face it, pot is safer than alcohol and all of the demonizing of it just makes people look silly.

[pnwmom]

7. I agree. And he makes all previous candidates' answers to that

question sound . . . silly.

[Mass]

12. I dont think that the 04 candidates were silly on that.

Dean and Kerry were pretty straightforward, on the contrary.

Of course, Clinton sounded silly, I agree.

[blm]

15. That's absurd. Kerry was upfront about smoking pot, FOR decriminalization

and was wellknown in Mass for making pot possession lowest priority for prosecutors' office he oversaw there. And he fully supports medical marijuana.

I'm surprised at your statement. Did you miss the debates and the policy position grades the marijuana advocates put out?

And, though Dean is more rigid about pot now, he did give his Yes answer straight, with no equivocation, just as Kerry did.

[pnwmom]

18. Frankly, JFK's or Dean's statement on marijuana use was probably

the LAST thing I would have paid any attention to by the time 2004 rolled around.

So yes, I missed their responses.

But I still like Obama's.

[Mass]

21. And you would have been right. This is the point.

You can like the answer, but it is not an important answer anymore than theirs was two years ago.

This is exactly the point: who cares whether Obama, Dean, Clinton, or Kerry ever smoke pot? Are there not more important questions in the world?

[beaconess]

20. Did Kerry call for decriminalization EVERY time he talked about pot?

[blm]

22. The issue wasn't part of 2004 - it's Kerry's career RECORD that shows he

made possession prosecutions the LOWEST PRIORITY when he ran the prosecutors office in Mass. His position to pot advocacy groups also rated him tops of all the primary candidates. Surely you must be aware of that, since I am certain most activist Democrats DID bother to examine the nominee's actual positions instead of waiting for corpmedia to define them, right?

Why people make statements like Obama is "finally" talking straightforward about pot as if no other lawmaker ever has is the point, by the way, isn't it?

[NobleCynic]

8. If that's true, he's got my support

For backbone and for style. That's how that question should be answered.

[pnwmom]

9. Here's the exact quote. From an unbiased source even.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/25/wrepub125.xml

A day after revealing he was considering a bid to become America's first black president, Barack Obama has admitted that he smoked – and inhaled – cannabis.

"When I was a kid, I inhaled," Mr Obama, 45, said on Monday, moving swiftly to expose a few skeletons from his youth and put some distance between himself and the last Democrat, Bill Clinton, to occupy the White House. "That was the point."

[Mass]

13. The only shocking thing here is that a reporter would even ask the question.

Clinton was asked in 92. We are 14 years ago. Most candidates who will run will have smoken and inhaled. Those who say they did not will have to be pretty convincing to be believable.

[pnwmom]

17. One of the articles I read referred to it as a "standard" question

sometimes asked to reveal the honesty of the candidate.

Whatever. Obama handled it well.

[Vidar]

10. I'm not a fan but his reply was refreshing.

[AtomicKitten]

11. I love the fact that he's not afraid to answer a question.

I HATE it when politicians hem and haw and dance around subjects. Makes me want to smack them on the back of the head to unstick the broken record.

[Mass]

14. The 04 campaign showed this was pretty much a non-issue.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. I am so glad he answered that the way he did. I am so sick of

all these people - in business and in politics - that are such horrible hypocrites. I just want someone to tell the truth and not apologize for being who they are.