It’s probably the very least of Obama’s flaws, but…
…really, the guy seems to be highly addicted to nicotine.
I would guess he still smokes cigarettes in private, too, “occasionally” or even more frequently, because his need for Nicorette gum when he can’t go near a ciggy seems to be profound. The latest example is the uproar his gum-chewing is causing during his visit to India, but it’s happened before.
Of course, some people quit smoking entirely and yet retain their dependency on Nicorette for years; it’s not an uncommon phenomenon, and it doesn’t seem to be much of a health hazard. So it’s possible that cigarettes really are a thing of the past for Obama and yet his need for nicotine remains powerful. But whatever’s going on with the president and his love affair with Nicotine, the overwhelming need for the substance belies his image of coolness, self-control, and of course is not especially PC (particularly if he’s still smoking cigarettes). The gum-chewing doesn’t gain him respect around the world, either. But the days of Obama and widespread world respect have long been over.
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In the grand scheme of things, chewing gum in the presence of Heads of State may seem petty, but Chairman O shows little/no respect for anyone. It is as if anyone should be so enamored just to be in awe by his presence.
Roman says what I wanted to say. Chewing gum at affairs of state shows a lack of respect for decorum, for the other people present, or both.
In his case, I’d guess both. He really doesn’t seem to have much patience for people less wonderful than he is… which seems to include practically everybody.
Classy guy that bho. At least he wasn’t snuggling up with some babe and taking selfies at a funeral.
I always considered gum chewing something children did. It looks immature in adults.
the overwhelming need for the substance belies his image of coolness, self-control, and of course is not especially PC”
It also flies in the face of Michelle’s healthy eating “mandate” for schools.
I’m no lover of Obama, but people love nicotine because it gives the brain a measurable boost. If it can be consumed in a non-cancer causing way, why the hell not?
Chewing gum?Of course. Never had any class.
neo – There ae alternative, more polite ways for Obama to get his nicotine fix, patches, for instance.
That he doesn’t bother to use them when he is in public tells us something about the man.
Jim Miller:
Good point.
He does what he wants and no one will stop him. Can’t. Historic.
Watch the pardons at the last minute.
The pardons at the last minute will be 10,000 felons and all that remain in GITMO.
Roger Simon of PJ Media says he thinks Obama is “clinically depressed.” That’s a little too sympathetic for my taste, but it’s an interesting take.
Jim Miller – exactly!
Obama most likely sees nothing wrong with crewing gum; and, more likely considers it cool.
While he would consider those patches something that white people would do; and there is no way he is going to do that!
There was a vid of Hussein running and exercising. And he was chewing gum or something during it.
Susanamantha
It also flies in the face of Michelle’s healthy eating “mandate” for schools.
Which may help explain why the FLOTUS is doing the healthy eating campaign: “I can’t get my husband to stop smoking, but at least I can have this healthy eating campaign.”
Ymarsakar:
There was a vid of Hussein running and exercising. And he was chewing gum or something during it.
So by LBJ’s criteria, Obama is brighter than Gerald Ford, as not only can he walk and chew gum at the same time, he can RUN and chew gum at the same time! 🙂
Is that why so many pundits considered Obama the Brightest President Evah: he can run and chew gum at the same time? 🙂
He should start vaping…