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Obama Healthy, Still Sins

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Posted on Feb 28, 2010
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Despite his smoking habit, doctors say President Barack Obama is “ready for duty.”

As most recent presidents have done, Barack Obama has released the results of his annual physical examination. Doctors are reporting the president is in “excellent health” despite his continued struggle with addiction to nicotine. —JCL

The Washington Post:

U.S. President Barack Obama is in overall “excellent health” but still struggles with a smoking habit, his doctors said in a report after Obama had a routine medical exam on Sunday.

Obama, 48, visited the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland for a 90-minute checkup, his first since taking office just over a year ago.

A team of doctors led by Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, the chief White House physician, found Obama to be “fit for duty” and said he was likely to remain so for the rest of his presidency.

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By Medical Billing and Coding, June 21, 2011 at 10:09 pm Link to this comment

It’s good to know that the President is healthy. Quit Smoking is hard for a lot of people all over the world but that of course doesn’t make it okay to smoke. I think with the right medical treatment he will have smoked his last cigarette.

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By gerard, March 1, 2010 at 3:41 pm Link to this comment

Thanks, Martha A.  In all fairness ..... but then again, who wants to be fair when you can say any damn thing you please without signing your name.  It’s a shoe-in for calumny.

“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”

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By mikel paul, March 1, 2010 at 1:53 pm Link to this comment

To Skulz Fontaine:
That is the best name I’ve heard in years. You a musician or a wrestler?

As to the value of this article posted, no comment. 
peace

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By Union1, March 1, 2010 at 10:28 am Link to this comment
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First of all, he hasn’t told the truth since he took
office.(Can you prove it?)
He’s in the Tobacco Industry’s pocket, letting it
write the
tobacco law, so even if this release isn’t a stealth
infomercial,(He signed legislation for tobacco
regulation)
he is still Bush3 & a despicable miscreant & a
fascist puppet,(Please outline this in detail for us
idiots who don’t get it)
steadfastly pretending to favor a we the people
“health” care
bill, while he gave MIPIC, MEDICAL INSURANCE
PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRIAL CONSPIRACY, everything it
wanted.(Everything? I thought they spent millions on
getting lawmakers to oppose the bill)

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By Hammond Eggs, March 1, 2010 at 8:52 am Link to this comment

Perhaps Obama had better start worrying more about his addiction to corruption and betrayal.

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By ofersince72, February 28, 2010 at 10:06 pm Link to this comment

Watch out Russian Paul,

you should see the list of names that I have been
called for saying what you just said.

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By MarthaA, February 28, 2010 at 8:31 pm Link to this comment

Bush was the original war criminal with the assistance of the Congress.  Congress is pushing these wars of aggression.

Aren’t you forgetting that there are more than President Obama making decisions?  Are you holding only one man responsible for the whole Congress? 

If you want to stop the war it will take millions and millions marching on Washington to stop the war.  Are you willing to march on Washington?  If so, here are a few people who have organized to stop these wars of aggression for profit, are doing what they can and need all the help they can get:

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

http://votersforpeace.us/index2.php

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cindy

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/

http://vodpod.com/watch/2515119-noam-chomsky-on-cindy-sheehans-soapbox-clip

http://www.codepink4peace.org/section.php?id=32

http://www.peace-action.org/

http://www.peaceteam.net/

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By EJH, February 28, 2010 at 6:21 pm Link to this comment

By Russian Paul, February 28 at 11:17 pm #

“What about the fact that he’s a war criminal? That
he’s
responsible for more civilian deaths in 2009 than
Bush was in 2008?” 

I couldn’t agree more, but I still think smoking is
disgusting.  I don’t understand why anyone would
choose to give away their health and maybe their life
to a corporation like Nabisco. Of course, in that
sense, Obama is setting the intended example for
American children, I guess. 
http://theunpeople.blogspot.com/

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By Russian Paul, February 28, 2010 at 6:17 pm Link to this comment

Who cares if he smokes? What about the fact that he’s a war criminal? That he’s
responsible for more civilian deaths in 2009 than Bush was in 2008?  Or maybe a
more related topic would be how he is a sell out on health care. Since they don’t
need to worry about the filibuster anymore, the Dems could pass a robust public
option with 51 votes, but they don’t want to. It was never about real reform. What
a joke. What a criminal. I don’t care what he eats or smokes, he’s a corporatist
puppet.

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By MarthaA, February 28, 2010 at 4:53 pm Link to this comment

Have you ever seen President Obama smoking?  President Obama is not telling anyone to smoke. 

Whoever the Nazi was that wrote this sophist propaganda article about sin on Truthdig wasn’t proud of it, because he/she didn’t include his/her name, just wanted to secretly undermine and malign the president. 

I doubt if the sinner who wrote this article is saved by Grace, probably doesn’t even know what that is, and the same goes for the others three sinners on this thread,

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By Vic Anderson, February 28, 2010 at 3:30 pm Link to this comment
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I KNEW they shoulda bin smokin’ behind da Blair House to TORTURE (just[ly] a
“little”) Obama with the truly permeable aroma around his smoke and mirrorspeak
show last week! He deserves his drug addiction (probably ISN’T covered by health
“care” insurance as A Pre-existing CONDITION; but it also probably depends on
what “the President’s” definition of ISN’T T’NIS!) How’s that for mirrorspeak? Maybe
I can get a JOB in his REGIME!

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By liecatcher, February 28, 2010 at 2:28 pm Link to this comment

OBAMA HEALTHY, STILL SINS

First of all, he hasn’t told the truth since he took
office.
He’s in the Tobacco Industry’s pocket, letting it
write the
tobacco law, so even if this release isn’t a stealth
infomercial,
he is still Bush3 & a despicable miscreant & a
fascist puppet,
steadfastly pretending to favor a we the people
“health” care
bill, while he gave MIPIC, MEDICAL INSURANCE
PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRIAL CONSPIRACY, everything it wanted.

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By Harold, February 28, 2010 at 2:28 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

give it up and go have another drink .Hey are you driving

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By EJH, February 28, 2010 at 2:05 pm Link to this comment

Obama is disgusting.  What kind of idiot smokes
cigarettes?  I thought people were saying this guy was
supposed to be intelligent.
http://theunpeople.blogspot.com/

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By skulz fontaine, February 28, 2010 at 12:40 pm Link to this comment

So go ahead and smoke kids. Good enough for the Obama, gots to be good
enough for you. Smoke Camels. Smooth and surprisingly mild. Especially the non-
filtered ones. Start now and irritate the bejesus out of the nicotine Nazis.

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