Left, Right, and Center

It's probably my favorite radio show. I like Matt Miller and Tony Blankley a lot. I even like Robert Scheer for the most part, although I disagree with him a lot. Arianna I find to be a good addition to the show because I enjoy how Tony Blankley responds to her.

Yesterday, they delved into territory I haven't heard before: outrageous comedy. I laughed out loud when they were talking about Barak Obama giving up smoking for his presidential run. First off, I didn't know Obama smoked. It kinda makes me like him more - less perfect, less of a goody two shoes - you know? As a side note, the thought crossed my mind that a President who smokes is going to give teenagers smokers one hell of a comeback to their parents. Then again, it also might make it less cool and could prevent on the fence teenagers from smoking.

But anyway, Tony Blankley talked about his own troubles with quitting smoking combined with the enormous media spotlight put on Presidential candidates. He pointed out that if Obama appears irritable, the national media will magnify it into a personality flaw (not dissimilar from the Howard Dean scream). Then Miller piped in about his experience quitting smoking. It was both surreal and incredibly real at the same time. Here we are on a serious political talk show talking about something very small and human and about essentially weakness, addiction, habits. I don't know, some might make fun of the frivolty, I found it laugh out loud funny.