Obama’s Smoking Pictures From College

Obama Smoking

I just discovered this story. It’s a bit late, but I like it nevertheless.

You may have noticed that some old pictures of Barack Obama have recently surfaced. These were taken when Barack was  a student at Occidental College in California by a friend. Not surprisingly, Fox News could not wait to jump on this story.

On December 19 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson said:

“There are some very intriguing pictures of Barack Obama photos. Look at this one. This one has him smoking a cigarette which we have not seen. Would have served any purpose to release these photos before the election?” → source

Seriously Gretchen? You didn’t know that Obama smoked? Are you truly this uninformed? The rest of us who are not even journalists know that he quit smoking early during his Presidential campaign.

Another notable Fox News personality, Sean Hannity, said during his radio show: “Where were these pictures during the campaign? Just take a look at this. Barack Obama has a hat, you know, pulling a drag on a cigarette.”

Oh, yes, that’s right! Only if America knew about these pictures earlier . . . only if the American people knew that Obama used to smoke and that, at one point in his life, he owned a hat . . . only if we knew! We would have united as a nation in our opposition to “hat wearing smokers from Hawaii running for President” and had voted for the other guy. Only if we knew this prior to the election! That darn media kept these picture from the public until after the election. Gee, if this isn’t a media conspiracy, I don’t know what is.

According to the photographer, Lisa Jack, she had placed these photos in a safe deposit box until after the election. She was concerned that they may be used for “gotcha” purposes.

Grow up Sean. Grow up Gretchen. Move on Fox News. Give me news, not childish garbage. I turn on Fox News to learn, not to see you folks dwell over how the media might have won the election for Obama.

Oh, and apparently Obama’s past smoking (and hat wearing) is a much bigger sin than President Bush’s past drinking. Very fair and balanced, Fox News!

By the way, that thing Obama is smoking looks like a joint to me.