Huckabee, Giuliani cite Obama’s drug use in attacking media double standards
posted at 5:05 pm on October 20, 2008 by Allahpundit
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They’re playing “the drug card,” writes Halperin, confirming my suspicion that there’s now a card for everything. See his post for links to both stories; Huck’s target is the press’s creepily thorough vetting of Joe the Plumber whereas Rudy’s after the Times for this weekend’s hit piece on Cindy McCain. (He went on to say he didn’t think Obama’s drug use was relevant.) In both cases, they’re following the lead of Maverick lawyer John Dowd, who dropped this on the NYT yesterday:
These allegations and efforts to hurt Cindy have been a matter of public record for sixteen years. Cindy has been quite open and frank about her issues for all these years. Any further attempts to harass and injure her based on the information from Gosinski and Clark will be met with an appropriate response. While she may be in the public eye, she is not public property nor the property of the press to abuse and defame.
It is worth noting that you have not employed your investigative assets looking into Michelle Obama. You have not tried to find Barack Obama’s drug dealer that he wrote about in his book, Dreams of My Father. Nor have you interviewed his poor relatives in Kenya and determined why Barack Obama has not rescued them. Thus, there is a terrific lack of balance here.
The left’s chattering today about something Rick Davis said to Hewitt in passing last week about having to “rethink” their position on verboten subjects like Wright in light of John Lewis’s racial demagoguery. Hewitt followed up by asking if that meant there are any surprises coming, to which Davis said this:
HH: Are there any surprises for McCain-Palin coming from the opposition research department about Barack Obama, stories we haven’t seen, video we haven’t heard, audio that has not been played?
RD: You know, Hugh, I don’t think it’s so much what you haven’t heard, I think it’s a good concentration on the kinds of things you’ve talked about on this show, is that why don’t we talk about the things we do know about? They’re damaging enough, and there’s serious questions to be answered. And I think only at the time when we can actually get Barack Obama to address these issues and start telling the American public what’s really going on with his life and experience in politics are we going to know what kind of president we’re going to have. And I think it’s time for people to start demanding answers.
Whether that’s a hint that the drug stuff is a case of coordinated messaging by the campaign or just a coincidence, and whether this is more likely to help Obama by humanizing him than to hurt him (as seemed long ago to be the case), I leave for you to judge. Exit question: Which nutroots all-star will be the first to pronounce this attack racist? Smart money’s on TPM, as always.
Update: Yeah, it’ll probably be TPM.
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Nope, fool’s mate.
Oldnuke on October 20, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Nope, “God Damn America” is checkmate.
marklmail on October 20, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Dave? Where are you, Dave?
Dang…he buggered off. Will someone cue Sir Robin’s minstrels?
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM
“Federal and state drug possession laws make it a crime to willfully possess illegal controlled substances such as marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD, “club drugs,” and heroin.” Criminal law.
Barack Hussein Obama is a self-proclaimed criminal who has willfully and illegally possessed drugs — in particular marijuana and cocaine.
Bad judgment. Barack Obama is NOT a person if integrity. Obama should be prosecuted based on his admissions.
Most decent people in the United States regard drug use and abuse as a sign of character weakness. It does not bode well that Barack Obama has been a drug user and abuser.
Let’s vote for John McCain. Integrity, Honor, Patriotism and ready to lead America to better times.
God bless John McCain and America. Down with Obama!
AdrianS on October 20, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Phoebe Snow endorses Obama!
profitsbeard on October 20, 2008 at 7:42 PM
So what if Barack Hussein Obama smoked crack as a youth.
Yes I know that he also said he doesn’t smoke cigarettes anymore(even though we have found out that he still does).
But still it’s not relevant and to mention his drug addiction is in fact RACIST!
Really…even if he still does smoke crack now, what’s the big deal?
You don’t know what it’s like to be a black man running for president in a nation of RACIST crackers..
The guy has got to relax somehow before/after/during meetings with Ahmadinejad, Chavez etc. give the poor guy a break.
SaintOlaf on October 20, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Worst part of it is the guy is NOT Orthodox and very likely – no, DEFINITELY – is a crypto-Muslim. Gasp! /s
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Do you suppose that the plan to remove the White House bowling alley under President Government might include the use of grow lights and dehydrators? And why is Michelle out looking at hookahs?
Inquiring minds want to know! /sarc off
olmojoe on October 20, 2008 at 8:18 PM
I don’t think obama has a religion per se. He went to the black supremacist church as a political statement, not a spiritual one. Churches like his are vessels of hatred not Christ’s love.
God damn America? How many nanoseconds would any one of you last in a “church” like that.
Mojave Mark on October 20, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Clinton: ‘I did not inhale’ = No story
Bush: ‘alleged cocaine use, DWI’ = Big story
‘O’: ‘Confessed multi drug use’ = Racism
Evolution at work.
TinMan13 on October 20, 2008 at 8:56 PM
You know………………………. Barak Obama couldn’t pass the background check to be a Secret Service agent, hold a National Security Clearence, FBI Agent, or any local Law Enforcement, but just may become President of the United States.
………………….. am I the only one who has a problem with that? What would happen if he snorted a big friggin line, got all jacked up, and paranoid, and ordered troops to attack?
………………. think it can’t happen? Who’s to stop him?
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Sean Hannity
The following was sent to Rush this afternoon. Check it with your own military connections and then Hit Obama Hard on his cocaine use and complete unfitness to be
Commander-in -Chief of a nuclear armed nation.
E.Patrick Mosman
49 Brook Manor
Pleasantville NY 10570
Rush,
I posted the following on Politico using my Patrick49 name. According to retired military officers Obama would not be receive the necessary security clearances due to his past associates and confessed use of cocaine to work with nuclear weapons as an enlisted person or to command nuclear equipped units be it Army ,Navy, Air Force or Marines. Ex General Powell is aware of the United States Personnel Reliability Program DODD 5210.42 which would bar Obama from contact with nuclear weapons and yet he supports him to be Commander-in-Chief of all nuclear weapons. This is absurd and shows that Powell’s endorsement is totally racially motivated.
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Mr. Powell as a former four Star general is supporting a man, Barack H. Obama who would be barred from working with nuclear weapons or commanding any military unit equipped with nuclear weapons if he were in any military service, to be Commander-in Chief of the greatest nuclear power in the world. Mr. Powell has obviously done little or no vetting of Mr. Obama’s past and, even worse, has lost his sense of duty to the United States of America. These are the facts: Ref A. The United States Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) for Nuclear Weapons. (DODD 5210.42 Nuclear Weapon Personnel Reliability Program (PRP)
It is still the age of Nuclear Weapons and presidential candidate Barack Obama wishes to have command of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Considering pre-service use of cocaine automatically disqualifies a service member from access to or control of nuclear weapons– it is a sign of the times and a great irony that the American people, would even consider voting into the Office of President and Commander and Chief, any individual who would not be permitted into the United States Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) for Nuclear Weapons — because of cocaine use. It is acknowledged the president is not be subject to these regulations. But that is a specious argument, one defying common sense, when reliability of all concerned is the objective. The American people should demand more, not less, from its presidents. Not surprising however that the character aspects of some presidential candidates are ignored or excused. It takes only the consideration that half the country is overlooking communist sympathizer Frank Marshall Davis; noted communist “community organizer” Saul Alinsky; and Weather Underground leader and unrepentant terrorist bomber Bill Ayers — as significant influences on Barack Obama’s mindset. My brother, a retired Naval officer who has served with nuclear weapons duties on four certified nuclear capable ships; and commanded one of them — is throughly familiar with the national laws and Department of Defense regulations with respect to the personnel assigned duties with Nuclear Weapons. He advised that the DOD instructions are detailed and include the following: “It is DoD policy that: 1. The Department of Defense shall support the national security of the United States by maintaining an effective nuclear deterrent while protecting the public health, safety, and environment. For that reason, nuclear-weapons require special consideration because of their policy implications and military importance, their destructive power, and the political consequences of an accident or an unauthorized act. The safety, security, control, and effectiveness of nuclear weapons are of paramount importance to the security of the United States……. “Only those personnelwho have demonstrated the highest degree of individual reliability for allegiance, trustworthiness, conduct, behavior, and responsibility shall be allowed to perform duties associated with nuclear weapons, and they shall be continuously evaluated for adherence to PRP standards…… “illicit drugs such as heroin, heroin derivatives, cocaine, “crack,” phencyclidine (PCP), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), ecstasy,” or other “designer” drugs, amphetamines, barbiturates, or other narcotic drugs not prescribed by proper medical authorities, and anabolic steroids shall render an individual ineligible for admission to or retention in PRP duties. The individual shall not be certified into the program or shall be permanently decertified, and those actions shall be made a matter of permanent record……..” (DODD 5210.42 Nuclear Weapons Personnel Reliability Program (PRP). Obama is unfit for command.
Posted By: Patrick49 | October 19, 2008 at 01:29 PM
Patrick49 on October 20, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Lets state it flat out: Obama was a drug using radical who was buddies with domestic terrorists. He can’t be President as opposed to a genuine war hero whose familiy has served the nation for generations.
Phil Byler on October 20, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Phil Byler on October 20, 2008 at 10:33 PM
So what do we do if Obama wins? Just sit on our a$$es and say “wait till next election”? Do we just stand around and watch freedom go spiraling down the drain for the next four years while that drug-abusing slimebag runs roughshod over the constitution? How much are any of us willing to tolerate? I hope ManlyRash is correct in his optimistic prognostication, but I truly don’t know what to do if he’s wrong. I just can’t imagine doing nothing. Can you?
SKYFOX on October 21, 2008 at 5:34 AM
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