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		<title>David Cross Only Did a Little Bit of Cocaine at Obama&#8217;s White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner</title>

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			<dc:creator>Drew Grant</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_223413" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 226px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-223413" href="http://www.observer.com/2012/02/david-cross-only-did-a-little-bit-of-cocaine-at-obamas-white-house-correspondents-dinner/2012-ny-times-arts-leisure-weekend-timestalks-with-david-cross-alison-krauss/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-223413" title="2012 NY Times Arts &amp; Leisure Weekend - TimesTalks With David Cross &amp; Alison Krauss" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/136467983.jpg?w=216&h=300" alt="" width="216" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">David Cross (Getty Images)</p></div></p>
<p>It would be hypocritical for us to wag a finger at <strong>David Cross</strong> for divulging to <em>Playboy </em>that he had snorted "a granule" of cocaine during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2009, because who <em>hasn't</em> just fallen face-first into mind-altering substances <a href="http://www.observer.com/2012/01/portlandia-premieres-at-the-natural-history-museum-to-comedic-crowd-accidentally-hallucinating-reporters-video/">during a celebrity-filled function before</a>? It happens!</p>
<p>However, we do take issue with how self-righteous Mr. Cross--last seen slamming a producer for being <a href="http://www.observer.com/2012/01/david-cross-urges-viewers-not-to-see-chipwrecked-complains-about-jew-producer-video/">the human embodiment of a negative Jewish stereotype</a>--gets whenever talking about politics or narcotics. Combine the two, and it's almost like listening to the Bizarro <strong>Glenn Beck</strong>.</p>
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From a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/02/21/david-cross-did-cocaine-in-same-room-as-president-obama/#ixzz1n3bLhpLo">Fox News excerpt of the piece</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"It was a tiny granule of coke that I put on my wrist and said, 'Watch  this. I need a witness.' And then I ducked under the table and did it,"  Cross said. "It wasn't like I got high. The jolt was similar to licking  an empty espresso cup."</p></blockquote>
<p>There has been speculation for years that Mr. Cross did cocaine at the event, but the <em>Playboy </em>interview was the first time he gave details.</p>
<blockquote><p>"It was just about being able to say that I did it, that I did cocaine in the same room as the president. I'm not proud of it, nor am I ashamed by it."</p></blockquote>
<p>So what was the point? Bragging rights? Yes, it's very cool that an actor with a history of substance abuse snorted a tiny amount of drugs just so he'd be able to say that he did cocaine <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/21/david-cross-i-snorted-cocaine-65-feet-from-obama/">65 feet away from the P.O.T.U.S.</a> (Even that number has changed: he originally said it <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/david-cross-i-snorted-coc_n_332257.html">was only 40 feet away</a>.)</p>
<p>Mission accomplished, we guess.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_223413" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 226px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-223413" href="http://www.observer.com/2012/02/david-cross-only-did-a-little-bit-of-cocaine-at-obamas-white-house-correspondents-dinner/2012-ny-times-arts-leisure-weekend-timestalks-with-david-cross-alison-krauss/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-223413" title="2012 NY Times Arts &amp; Leisure Weekend - TimesTalks With David Cross &amp; Alison Krauss" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/136467983.jpg?w=216&h=300" alt="" width="216" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">David Cross (Getty Images)</p></div></p>
<p>It would be hypocritical for us to wag a finger at <strong>David Cross</strong> for divulging to <em>Playboy </em>that he had snorted "a granule" of cocaine during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2009, because who <em>hasn't</em> just fallen face-first into mind-altering substances <a href="http://www.observer.com/2012/01/portlandia-premieres-at-the-natural-history-museum-to-comedic-crowd-accidentally-hallucinating-reporters-video/">during a celebrity-filled function before</a>? It happens!</p>
<p>However, we do take issue with how self-righteous Mr. Cross--last seen slamming a producer for being <a href="http://www.observer.com/2012/01/david-cross-urges-viewers-not-to-see-chipwrecked-complains-about-jew-producer-video/">the human embodiment of a negative Jewish stereotype</a>--gets whenever talking about politics or narcotics. Combine the two, and it's almost like listening to the Bizarro <strong>Glenn Beck</strong>.</p>
<p><!--more--><br />
From a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/02/21/david-cross-did-cocaine-in-same-room-as-president-obama/#ixzz1n3bLhpLo">Fox News excerpt of the piece</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"It was a tiny granule of coke that I put on my wrist and said, 'Watch  this. I need a witness.' And then I ducked under the table and did it,"  Cross said. "It wasn't like I got high. The jolt was similar to licking  an empty espresso cup."</p></blockquote>
<p>There has been speculation for years that Mr. Cross did cocaine at the event, but the <em>Playboy </em>interview was the first time he gave details.</p>
<blockquote><p>"It was just about being able to say that I did it, that I did cocaine in the same room as the president. I'm not proud of it, nor am I ashamed by it."</p></blockquote>
<p>So what was the point? Bragging rights? Yes, it's very cool that an actor with a history of substance abuse snorted a tiny amount of drugs just so he'd be able to say that he did cocaine <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/21/david-cross-i-snorted-cocaine-65-feet-from-obama/">65 feet away from the P.O.T.U.S.</a> (Even that number has changed: he originally said it <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/david-cross-i-snorted-coc_n_332257.html">was only 40 feet away</a>.)</p>
<p>Mission accomplished, we guess.</p>
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