Answered! Barack Obama edition – Irrelevant information that you need to know

Say wha?

There has been a small “political flare-up because I said something that everybody knows is true, which is that there are a whole bunch of folks in small towns in Pennsylvania, in towns right here in Indiana, in my hometown in Illinois, who are bitter…”

-Sen. Barack Obama responding to comments he made at a San Francisco fundraiser on Sunday. Obama said some working-class voters are bitter about economic conditions and cling to guns and religion. Source: Associated Press

In case you were wondering …

Barack Obama used to enjoy a bit of sweet nicotine relief.

Last February, just before he announced his candidacy for president, Obama decided to quit his on-and-off smoking habit. According to an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Obama said he was a smoker in college and later as a senator where he smoked as many as ten cigarettes a day. The Chicago Tribune reported that he quit, not only because of the impending campaign period where he would be followed 24/7, but also because of hounding from his wife, who worried about his health.

So, how did he quit?

“I’ve been chewing Nicorette strenuously,” he said last year.

If only every smoker who wants to drop the habit had a presidential campaign underway to help them knock their nic fits.

We wonder if staying a smoker would have helped Obama in his campaign by giving him a Marlboro Man image and a bad-boy edge against Hillary Clinton?

What the hell is that?

Obama knows how to get his boogie on. For proof, just watch clips of him on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (searchable on www.youtube.com) where he shakes his booty to the funky beat. Actually, it’s more like an unsure twelve-year-old rocking back and forth at a middle school dance.

Other presidential dancers include Al Gore doing the Macarena (shudder) and George W. Bush bobbing up and down like a toddler (disturbing!).

But Obama may take the cake, said DeGeneres, the de facto expert on presidential dancing.

“You’ve got the moves! “You’re the best dancer so far of all the presidential candidates.”

“It’s a low bar,” he retorted.

Oh snap, Obama!