NYT accuses Barack Obama of exaggerating his drug use

[gateley]

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[Cant trust em]

1. The benefit one would get by exaggerating drug use is hazy to me

no pun intended.

But seriously, I'm just not seeing the boost that his campaign would get by suggesting that he really was on the road to junkiedom when he really wasn't. I don't think that this would trigger the rehab-darling instinct that some people might have.

[gateley]

2. It's ludicrous. nt

[Tellurian]

16. A pre-emptive volley by the NYT, if cocaine is still a mainstay in his life..

[Cant trust em]

18. are you suggesting that there is a possibility

that he's still doing cocaine and this is an article to help bury those claims? Seems like if they really wanted to do Obama a favor they would just let it alone completely.

[Tellurian]

19. From what I've heard, there is a hair sample test that would conclusively put any fears to rest..

maybe he's due for a haircut soon..

[Cant trust em]

21. You must be kidding me

I think there's a job opening in the McCain campaign for you. The GOP could always use some good mudslinging operatives.

[islandmkl]

3. damn...now i gotta switch my vote....maybe i'll write in jan michael vincent

[Wizard777]

4. I don't think it will hurt him.

He can always smoke more later if he wants to. I've always told my God Children. You can't expect people to respect your right to smoke weed. If you don't respect thier right not to.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

5. Wow, that's a new one.

You can always count on the media to create sensationalized news where there is none. Then for other media to go and feed off the first non-news on National TV for 20 minutes.

[grantcart]

6. It was a tongue in cheeck article filled with irony that finally

they had a candidate that was not only honest but when they went to dig up the dirt, couldn't really find any

[nolabels]

7. He already said he was kind of skinny or something to that effect

He doesn't really look like a lightweight all that much, guess we will have to wait and see ;-)

[Buck Power]

8. It ALL makes sense

now!!!

Wait, what?

[Goat or Panic]

9. Kerry went to Vietnam

to "Pad his resume" for his political career. (Remember that one?)

And now Obama is exaggerating his drug use to "Pad his resume" for his political career.

My brain hurts.

[sonias]

20. Excellent memory

Now I remember the Vietnam resume padding Kerry tour. That one was ridiculous too.

Shame on the damn lazy ass MSM!

Sonia

[angrypoet]

10. WOW

Only goes to re-enforce my point that the HRC media machine will do whatever it can to trash BHO. CNN is another one, you would have thought that his win in VA was somehow bad if you watched last night. Media pigs...

[Sonnenschein]

14. HRC media machine? That's ridiculous. Hillary has been too

soft on Obama throughout the campaign while Obama has been attacking her relentless. The media and her campain have give pretty much a free pass to him.

[bulloney]

11. There's your liberal media. Right on top of the real issues.

And for the reasons given in posts earlier, it doesn't make sense.

About six years ago, they should have been hammerin Bush about exaggerating Saddam's power and his threat to our country.

[MindMatter]

12. Next up, he'll be exacggerating

the number of hookers he's been with.

And the number of bad poems he's written.

Is there no end to what this man won't do?

[boricua79]

13. so he's a druggie on some days,

and then other days he's exaggerating his drug use?

They'll smear him every single way possible

[Forrest Greene]

15. He Also

...grew his hair out to impress a judge.

[va4wilderness]

17. NYT should just report on Britney Spears instead

TV tabloid journalism