How Obama can address his former heavy cocaine use

[quinnox]

He should say forthrightly, "Yes I did cocaine for a period in my life when I was a teenager. No I'm not proud of it but I'm here to say it was the wrong thing to do and I learned to go on a better path than that. I encourage kids to not try drugs and make a successful life for themselves. I'm not perfect and made a youthful mistake but I learned from my mistake and became a big success".

Something like this could put this thing behind him.

[sniffa]

1. but what about his heavy heroin use

and his heavy beatings he lays on his wife? those should be addressed too.

[Drunken Irishman]

64. And the fact he performed an abortion and raped an 80 year old.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Or he could say he's a christian conservative with values

[LakeSamish706]

3. Who said that he had a "heavy cocaine use"? I only heard that he did some ...

Coke, not that he had a "Heavy" use.... Nice try!

[book_worm]

6. Yes, I was wondering about that too.

[Tellurian]

66. But who told you that?

Obama?

[Pawel K]

4. You guys are fucking sleazy

you should be ashamed of yourselves. Even the person you support has apologized for these bullshit attacks.

This issue is already behind him. He said exactly what you just suggested he should say. But the reason its not behind his is because people like you keep bring it up. Grow up.

[sniffa]

i want to know how Hillary plans to address her shrill and offensive to all laugh

[sandnsea]

27. Yep

and then pretend it's not intentional, and that it wasn't intentional when Hillary did it.

[babylonsister]

29. Double yes, they are. nt

[JohnLocke]

59. Amen.

[book_worm]

5. I think he should just say "did you press George W. Bush about his cocaine use when he was still in

his 30's?"

[BOSSHOG]

13. And he deserted his military unit to avoid a drug test

and was made a hero by those with "conservative values?" God I hate that liberal media.

[FogerRox]

77. Sweet heart 7 keys is not coke use, its called dealing.

[LakeSamish706]

7. Yep, you Hillary supports are very sleazy.... n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

87. That's the word that was eluding me!

n/t

[redqueen]

8. "heavy"... that's quite a little clue there.

You're even smoother than Shaheen or whatever his name is.

[Pawel K]

16. Do you get the feeling that when you argue with a clueless Clinton supporter

it is deja vu to the days of arguing with clueless bushbots? Same attacks. Same tactics. Same old bullshit.

[Donnachaidh]

50. yup -- same tactics, same smearing

Rovian light.

Yeah -- that's what America needs in the White House. More of the SAME.

[regnaD kciN]

63. Why not...?

After all, their candidate has the same views on both Iraq and Iran. Bombs away!

[cali]

9. disgusting. How the hell do you know it was "heavy" use?

And newsbreak: He's done exactly as you suggest and recently.

[polichick]

10. He's already addressed it in his book - that was enough imo. nt

[rinsd]

11. Heavy use?

Also you do realize he has basically said what your OP does when he has been asked about it.

[Pawel K]

21. Thank you. Good to see at least one Clinton supporter with some common sense

I hope there is more of you out there.

[Tom Rinaldo]

86. There are

Since the source is Obama's own memoir and he only talked about "experimenting" with drugs it is disturbing to see derogative adjectives like "heavy" fabricated and inserted into Obama's narrative of his early use of drugs. As has been pointed out, Obama has already called his drug experimentation a mistake made in youth. I think Obama can handle this and it can be turned into an electoral asset if handled well.

[Donnachaidh]

12. uhh -- I thought the word was for y'all to cut the sleazy shit out?

Didn't get the memo? "heavy* cocaine use? Talk about taking the low road.

[ClarkUSA]

14. Before that, I think Hillary should address her former heavy drug use with Bill

We all know they both inhaled. And snorted. Right?

[sniffa]

19. and mainlined

she was heavy booter.

[ClarkUSA]

38. And had threesomes with Bill and Gennifer Flowers

While high on ice.

[sniffa]

42. hot and heavy 3somes

and let's not forget the rough stuff.

[ClarkUSA]

44. And the lesbian affairs with Bill's "black women" that Andrew Young "joked" about

I think Hillary should come clean NOW before Republicans get her in the GE.

[Zueda]

67. Interesting...I heard this before but did not think it was true.

Thanks for confirming it.

[Whisp]

56. and selling out of Little Rock, by the TONS.

Bush Sr. was their bossman.

[regnaD kciN]

65. Not to mention her murder of Vince Foster...

[texastoast]

15. How will Hillary address the fact

that many, many Dems won't vote for her and will vote for ANYBODY but her?

[LakeSamish706]

22. I seriously thought that if Hillary won in the Primaries that I could hold...

my nose and vote for her in the General, but not now... I would just sit this election out altogether...

[Donnachaidh]

49. nah -- that's what they want.

Write your guy in. After this shit, that's what I'm doing.

[Kucinich4America]

46. The Hillbots have already addressed that.

Even though it's Hillary who is the warmongering corporatist who employs a Blackwater thug to slander her primary opponents, it's those of us who can't stomach her who are the "republicans".

[rinsd]

48. Hillary's approval ratings among Democrats are higher than her rivals.

DU does not represent most Democrats by a long shot.

[Adelante]

17. Please link to backup for "heavy" cocaine use

Thanks.

[FogerRox]

78. Heavy Bullshit I think, unattributable at that.

[K Gardner]

18. Hillary will be SO proud of you ! n/t

[ellacott]

28. Yes she will, this is the fun part for her n/t

[Nailzberg]

20. I want Hillary to address when she stopped beating her wife.

Nice smear there, "heavy" cocaine use. I assume you were there doing it with him since you seem to know this?

[Franc_Lee]

23. What 'heavy' cocaine use? DUer's are adding their own versions to Obama's story...

[ellacott]

24. Wow

When did you get get heavy use. Why don't you know that he already did what you want him to do?

Simply amazing.

[bunkerbuster1]

25. Thank you for your concern.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

34. Kinda makes you want to go hide under a BRIDGE doesn't it? nt

[skipos]

26. And how is he going to address the "heavy" use of his scary muslim sounding middle name!

Shaddup.

[polichick]

30. Hopefully that "heavy" part is just an example of the dirty tricks campaigns play. :)

[nancyr]

37. I hope this is supposed to be "irony"?

[polichick]

43. Yep - a clever ironic example. (I hope!) nt

[Botany]

31. Do you have any shame at all?

Your post shows me that "this" is no doubt coming from the Clinton Campaign
.... just keep repeating the dirt over and over.

[ellacott]

33. That's exactly what they are doing

They don't realize that they are doing more to expose themselves.

[Lucinda]

32. Heavy use?I hadn't heard anything about how extensive it may have been. It won't

go away though, no matter how much he says. They will run it into the ground.

I think he's actually taking on a good tone about it right now. If he is our nominee he is just going to have to tough it out. And deal with what gets dragged up as it comes.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

35. This OP is shit. "when you could afford it" implies the opposite of "heavy" use.

The plain conclusion from his book is that he smoked a lot of weed, used cocaine only sporadically, and never used heroin.

[K Gardner]

39. When did HRC supporters ever resort to quoting FACTS?? sheesh...

Way to go K&H, you're taking all the FUN out of it !

[MadBadger]

36. He already did that!!!

Its the Clinton people that keep on bringing it up.

[Vickers]

40. Pathetic.

Are you this strident about Idiot George's cocaine use as an ADULT?

[Vinnie From Indy]

41. Where is the IGNORE button for this moronic poster?

Gee, I bet nobody noticed the inclusion of the word "heavy" in your title. You are as clever as a box of hammers.

[kestrel91316]

45. Very clever slam there. You made up the "heavy" part, I notice.

[wtmusic]

47. the same way you address your heavy use of mischaracterization nt

[Franc_Lee]

51. Hey! ---> this is "h-e-a-v-y"....

[beaconess]

52. Where do you get "heavy cocaine use" from "maybe a little blow when you could afford it?"

Jeez.

[madrchsod]

53. "heavy cocaine use"

heavy coke users such as obama would buy some for his personal use and cut some to sell to cover part of the cost. given my many years of watching drug dealers and heavy users of cocaine , heroin, and crystal meth, obama was selling drugs.

[frylock]

54. he FUCKING wrote a book stating that..

jesus christ monkeyballs, if that's all you people have, then Clinton is fucking toast.

[KamaAina]

55. So now it's "heavy" cocaine use?

Oh, sorry, I didn't see your Hillary avatar at first. My bad.

[SoxFan]

57. I believe this belongs to you

[zulchzulu]

58. That's basically what he wrote in his book "Dreams From My Father"

He's already made that point.

[Name removed]

60. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[DesEtoiles]

61. I think you should be banned from DU for this post.

[ThatPoetGuy]

68. If DU starts banning people...

for mean-spirited, manipulative, dishonest sliming of other candidates --

well, I see dozens of those posts about Hillary every day.

[maximusveritas]

84. Fine by be

This kind of slime doesn't belong here. At the least, it should be locked.

[DURHAM D]

70. You call someone retarded and then state they should be

banned from DU. You are the one who should be banned.

Calling someone retarded is offensive or are you unaware that many of us have friends and family who are wonderful and kind people and don't deserve to be slandered by you.

Shame on you.

[DesEtoiles]

71. Someone LIBELS a US Senator and that's just AOK with DU?

[DURHAM D]

73. He put himself on the public stage -

Obama and his Obamanoids can fight their own battles.

The class of people you insulted can not. Again, shame on you.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

79. Get a grip. Libeling a US Senator is DU's raison d'etre

Do you realize Mrs. Clinton is a US Senator?

[Stop Cornyn]

62. I don't agree with your idea, but I agree with some Obama supporters who think he won't win Iowa and

I think this issue is one of a couple of reasons why I feel that way.

[countingbluecars]

69. Sad and obvious. n/t

[DesEtoiles]

72. Do I detect a rather obvious racial smear in progress?

[FogerRox]

74. What about getting busted for 7 keys of Peruvian flake

oh sorry that was Bush.

[proudmoddemo]

75. "Heavy User" Is Another Lie Out of The Floundering Clinton Camp

Obama's never admitted to being a heavy cocaine user. He said, from his book, that he was a pothead, that he was on the road to becoming a junkie. But he also said that he used a lot of pot, "maybe a little blow, when I could afford it. Not smack though." That doesn't indicate past heavy cocaine use. It indicates past heavy marijuana use, and occasional use of cocaine.

But that's pretty inconvenient for the Clintons' vile message formed in the evil head of Mark Penn isn't it?

[NewHampster]

76. not at all nice Tell

[jenmito]

80. Without YOUR added word of "heavy," he already SAID all that, to a classroom of kids, weeks ago.

So are you happy? Will YOU put this behind you?

[MadBadger]

81. Why is this thread still here?

Obvious flame bait which actually resembles the way Sheehan made his comments. I know I've hit alert but to no avail. This is fromt he same person who then wondered in an obvious racial stereotype if Obama had done crack as well.

[Joe the Revelator]

82. A lot of people have hit alert...

but for some reason its being ignored. I've had threads closed for MUCH less.

[snowbear]

83. The title alone is enough to wack the alert button and tombstone the MF

[reggie the dog]

85. how many other

politicians have or currently use drugs? Al Gore probably did, as does his son who was busted for cannabis possession. The Clintons and likely their daughter. Kerry, hell these folks were on university campuses in the 60's.

[DivorcingNeo]

89. How about...

*Heavy sigh*

[dave123williams]

88. He should just duck the question, like Bush always has. Except; Obama wasn't 40 when he quit....

[Joe the Revelator]

90. Seriously, I'd like an explanation of why this thread has been allowed to stay open...

when so many other attacking other candidates are closed without a second thought.

[MadBadger]

91. Agreed. Is it against DU rules to start a thread not naming them, but calling out mods?

[Name removed]

93. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[denem]

92. This thread is still open because of it's merits

[pipoman]

94. Damn

Obama isn't my preferred candidate but this cannibal fest is over the top. Do you people who want to perpetuate this horse shit really want a Dem in the presidency or are you really trying to sabotage the party. STFU already!

[MasonJar]

95. As a teenager? I dare one crummy Pug to say a word when they elected

a jerk who used until 40, if he ever stopped. Bush could not even finish his obligation to the military because of his despicable drugs, women and alcohol abuse.

[maddezmom]

96. locking

flamebait