Tim Carney of the Examiner has the
story. Today Obama stated, in his voice so eloquent and
commanding, "today, despite decades of lobbying and advertising
by the tobacco industry, we passed a law to help protect the next
generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that
so many of our generation have lived with."
And by that he meant, "today I am giving Philip Morris exactly
what its lobbyists wanted so that big tobacco can have more
money."
Because, as Carney points out, "the largest tobacco company in
the country -- controlling a majority of the U.S. cigarette
market--has actively supported this bill for years."
I am just glad that Obama is looking out for America's
beleaguered tobacco execs -- it's a tough industry out there,
what with everyone quitting smoking -- and keeping it low under
the radar so that the left doesn't foil his plans.
