13 February 2007

A question of class

The media is in an uproar because Barack Obama smokes - cigarettes. You will hear mentioned over and over that he would be the first smoker since FDR.

Apparently cigars don't count a smoking. We all know, or should do, that the Decider (TM) had a celebratory cigar on a White House balcony with Saudi Prince Bandar a few days after hitting the trifecta on 11 September 2001. We know Clinton smoked cigars, or at least he kept them to hand. JFK smoked cigars.

So why are cigarettes deemed worse? Is it because cigars are a respectable upper class addiction whilst ordinary fags are so working class? Just imagine if he smoked roll ups!

I, for one, could give a good goddamn.

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