Obama Inhaled: Let Me Be the First To Say -- "Who Cares?"

It would appear that certain morbid reporters are still asking the "inhaled question" of political candidates, as though voters actually care about what they did or did not do that was really stupid in high school. For some reason, the doorbell ditching question just doesn't make the list, which is odd because that's alot more fun than losing your memory temporarily. Whoopie cushion questions apparently are forbidden, and from my point, just as relevant.

Why does smoking top the list of dumb teenage exploits, and not say, DUI's, or any number of other sins of youth? Maybe older Americans who skipped the whole hippy-love-drug sixties are starting to feeling like the missed out. I dunno. What they missed out on was brain damage, and a variety of other self-destructive behaviors, put to really bad music.

Obama says he inhaled because "that was the point." At least he has follow-through. There is a verse from the Proverbs which says that the sluggard buries his hand in the dish, but will not bring it back again to his mouth." You are not supposed to bury your hand in the dish - this is an act of gluttonous grabbing -- me first. But if you do smoke, at least have the follow-through to inhale.

Otherwise, people remember that not only did you do what you should not have (you are never absolved by doing illegal things in a lazy manner), but that you didn't even have the basic know how to do the job right. It wasn't just illegal; it was incompetent too your honor! Can I go now?

I like Obama. He is not afraid of the question; he "just handled it" and told the truth in an age when it's the most you can do in many cases just to ask for your representatives to lie to you IN ENGLISH. 10 to 1 Obama knows exactly what "Is" really means. I don't think he will ever get elected to the Whitehouse. He's honest and intelligent. That's two strikes already. But you gotta admire his determination.

Here is the article caption of Obama handling the question right, and, here the rule applies well that no good deed will go unpunished.

"Obama: Yes, I inhaled—that was the point"

AUDUBON, Iowa (CNN) — Earlier this week in New Hampshire Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke candidly about his past experimentation with drugs and alcohol in high school, and on Saturday—after a question on medicinal marijuana—Obama was prodded a bit further and asked whether or not he had ever inhaled.

"I did," the senator from Illinois said to light applause. "It's not something I'm proud of. It was a mistake as a young man."

The question was a reference to a line made famous by former President Bill Clinton who, while admitting to trying marijuana, said he did not inhale. "I never understood that line," Obama continued. "The point was to inhale. That was the point."

On the campaign trail on Saturday, GOP White House hopeful Mitt Romney said Obama's earlier comments set a bad example for young people."

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Comments: Mit says it sets a bad example. Well, Mit, tell us about the history of Mormon polygamy and what kind of example that sets. Oh I know. In 1882, the Mormons quit practicing polygamy because they are "so godly," and obeyed the U.S. government's mandate to cease and desist, or get driven into Mexico. If Mit had been running for president in 1879, we might end up with two or three first ladies. They may have family values, but how extended that family is, is something of an open question. The complied because they had to, and after the practice got their founder killed.

This is not the best religion to join and speak of setting good examples. The false prophet (and looking-glass seer) -- he was fined for this -- Joseph Smith died in a shootout in a jail at Carthage, Illinois -- not too far from Barrack's hometown. Mit had better be careful because those jailhouse records still exist, and Obama could do some very interesting research, like the late Dr. Walter Martin did.

Dr. Martin was known as the foremost expert on pseudo-Christian cults in his day and carried the "Bible Answer Man" title to some fame in the Evangelical world. His title was well earned.

I think we'll just call Mit's comment a Carthaginian misfire and leave it at that, a simple case of "just blowing smoke." Does it even really matter?