Just like Honest Abe (sort of), White House hopeful Barack Obama admitted he is no saint. When he was younger he dabbled in drugs and drinking. Wow… shocker.

I love how politicians make these blanket statements about themselves. It is almost like telling kids for the first time there is no Santa Clause.

Republican opponent Rudy Giuliani supported Obama’s choice to come forward with the news, while another Republican candidate Matt Romney believes Obama’s statements were a “huge error”.
It is like a classic chess game. One opponent makes a move and the other shakes their head saying, “What is this guy thinking?”

Obama’s moment of truth may be his attempt to reach out to a young voters in America who may feel comfortable with a man who admits his past blunders, compared to the ones that deny they exist all together. However, Obama’s statement makes it very, very obvious just who he wants to vote for him, the liberal – or at least those who are a little less conservative and feel comfortable talking about that one night they had a little too much whiskey.

I’ve noticed throughout the last few years that candidates, running for any form of office, create their own poster child image. They want to be YOUR candidate. They want to be your speaker box. They want to model themselves in the image of what they think you want. If you hate terrorism but don’t like the way the government is dealing with it – they want to be your poster boy/girl. If you think America is in danger of being destroyed by outside forces – they will strap as many red, white and blue flags on their sleeve as they can just to prove it.

I think it is great that Obama was honest with his past – uh – experiences. There should really be one debate set-aside sometime during the campaign trailer where all the candidates from either side come together and have one giant Public Service Announcement on drugs, alcohol and sex. You could probably learn a lot more from those guys than one session of Health Education in high school. Soon every statement would begin with, “Back in my day we smoked…” and so forth. That would make for an interesting Youtube debate.
—Eming Piansay