Clinton & Tobacco

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 15 11:14:48 PST 1998


Tom Lehman wrote:


>During the 1996 presidential campaign I cut & copied a photograph from
>the Economist magazine of President Clinton smoking a huge cigar. I gave
>copies of this photograph to a number of my pals. By his own
>addmission the president has admitted his fondness for a good cigar. Of
>course I'm sure he doesn't inhale.

Nope, Monica did.

Christopher Hitchens says he knew Clinton's clique at Oxford, and they were famous for their pot parties. But they didn't smoke the weed - they baked it in brownies. So when Clinton said he didn't inhale, he was choosing his words very carefully!

Doug



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