2008 Presidential primaries thread

[shermanash]

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Personally, I think Obama's smoking is actually pretty cool, not becuase smoking is cool, and I know smoking is dumb, etc, but for some reason, it makes him seem more human, I cant explain why, but the image of the president in teh oval office, having a smoke in this age of PC crap, while mulling over some tough decision is kind of old school. I realize this makes no sense, but whatever.

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basically your point- that smoking makes obama seem more "real" is part of the biggest thing he has going for him in this election- he seems infinitely more 'real' than many of the other candidates