Corey Stapleton stated on his recently launched Wikipedia page that he suffered from a Childhood Addiction. He has since removed this item, you can see the screenshot of his edits here.
This is a strange term that I don’t believe I have ever heard in politics, nor anywhere else. I am sure there is such a thing, but it sounds very rare and a quick Googling of the terms “Childhood Addiction” or “Child Addict” reveals almost nothing at all. I don’t think he means “Peter Pan Syndrome” or addiction to being a child, because the word he uses is the plural “addictions.” The only things you can find are that glue sniffing and inhaling of nitrous oxide canisters (known as huffing) have been shown to cause serious physical dependence among children who do that sort of thing too much. Is this what Stapleton was referring to?
I am interested to know whether the term “Childhood Addiction” is not something that he is using as a euphemism for substance abuse as a teen or young adult, because that would be a little slippery. You are not a “child” when you are a teenager, and although I have no personal objection to someone being a candidate for office just because they suffered an alcohol or drug problem as a teenager, still he should be honest about it if that’s in fact what it was. Second, when an announcement of candidacy comes a ridiculous two-and-a-half years prior to an election, and is accompanied by an offhanded mention of a strange-sounding issue in one’s past, it is often a very intentional thing. It is a way of giving publicity to something now, so it gets less publicity later. It’s why Obama, for example, talked about cocaine use in his book he wrote several years before running for president.
Finally, I feel strange having to reason all of this out on “paper,” especially when I already invited Stapleton to elaborate in a previous post. Corey, can you simply explain to us what it is?
Thanks,
Cowgirl
What do you have against Stapleton?
He never did anything to tarnish your beloved Boz-Angeles lifestyles. You think you are “exposing the truth,” but if your own theory is correct you are helping his campaign, am I right?
what the hell is bozangeles, and is this some clue as to cowgirl’s identity?
walt – it doesn’t take a genius to tell this is a bozeman blog from the sitemeter. ill let you figure it out.
Is it just me or is that picture of Corey Stapelton very creepy
Interestingly, this is Stapeton’s own choice for his Facebook profile picture, the one anyone looking for him on Facebook first sees. I agree it is an odd choice.
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