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rppper

(2,952 posts)
17. I'm not so sure about....
Sat May 5, 2012, 02:19 AM
May 2012

Republicans not supporting legalization of weed...the older generation wingnuts yes, but most 'pubs my age or 30ish are for legalizing it and sin taxing it...at least the ones I know....

Rec for a great article, but terribly naive; pharma and insurance and Lionessa May 2012 #1
This issue is not about pharma or insurance, but about perception. HuckleB May 2012 #2
Exactly. No one is touching this in their first term. Especially with high unemployment. FarLeftFist May 2012 #4
Always the bridesmaid never the bride.. Fumesucker May 2012 #8
+1. SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #22
Umm. Why the logical fallacy as a response? HuckleB May 2012 #27
At the federal level this issue has been stuck since at least the sixties.. Fumesucker May 2012 #42
No, the tide is already turning. The prudes will die off soon and this issue will resolve itself FarLeftFist May 2012 #36
Your generation.. Fumesucker May 2012 #43
totally agree with you on this -- also there's no putting the toothpaste back in the tube nashville_brook May 2012 #63
Exactly, it's always 'election season' somewhere. . sabrina 1 May 2012 #78
Really, you don't see how legal marijuana would effect the profits of all those I listed???? Lionessa May 2012 #7
Your post does not seem to be responding to my post. HuckleB May 2012 #26
I agree. Special interests, not the best interests of Americans RainDog May 2012 #46
Wait till after the election, please jmowreader May 2012 #3
Correct themonster May 2012 #6
But what about the '14 mid-terms? Fumesucker May 2012 #9
'16 will be a first term alc May 2012 #18
! KG May 2012 #19
heh! SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #23
+1 progressoid May 2012 #28
+2 nashville_brook May 2012 #68
That's not an acceptable answer re gay rights and it's not an acceptable answer for this one Occulus May 2012 #24
word. nashville_brook May 2012 #58
You are seriously insane. jmowreader May 2012 #81
If reclassification is within his purview, why not? DirkGently May 2012 #5
we'd all be surprised to see it b/c we've been conditioned to believe nothing can be done nashville_brook May 2012 #75
I think this would be one reason why. sofa king May 2012 #76
He should DEclassify it. Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #10
k&r n/t RainDog May 2012 #11
WILL NOT happen before elections. Probably won't happen after. Speck Tater May 2012 #12
K&R! CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #13
Good luck getting people to admit that (n/t) a2liberal May 2012 #14
you expect leadership on this issue? what have you been smoking lol nt msongs May 2012 #15
Arguments like this make me laugh. Remember DADT and the way President Obama's cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #16
All he did was sign? A bill does not become law unless a President signs it treestar May 2012 #30
I'm not so sure about.... rppper May 2012 #17
it's a "freedom" issue for them. it's one of the attractions of Ron Paul for many nashville_brook May 2012 #83
This Has To Be Corrected By Legislative... KharmaTrain May 2012 #20
The DEA was created "by fiat" Executive Order in 1973, by your reasoning it could be rescinded nashville_brook May 2012 #21
You're wrong. RainDog May 2012 #47
Where are the millions of people demanding nonstop that this happen? randome May 2012 #25
the rescheduling would affect both medical uses and criminalization nashville_brook May 2012 #32
The millions of people have voted to change the law RainDog May 2012 #48
Oh, please. randome May 2012 #49
Wow. You are really uninformed about this issue RainDog May 2012 #50
The reason this issue has taken so long to address RainDog May 2012 #51
What I've always said. randome May 2012 #65
So you choose to ignore actual voters for laws RainDog May 2012 #69
Now you're gettin' nasty. randome May 2012 #71
I am talking about legal medical marijuana RainDog May 2012 #72
So...no birthday gift from you this year? randome May 2012 #73
read the title of this thread RainDog May 2012 #74
This is like DADT and the public option treestar May 2012 #29
Congress gave the president authority to reschedule controlled substances nashville_brook May 2012 #31
Was the intent of Congress really to let the Executive Branch treestar May 2012 #33
yes, imagine the headlines: "Administrative action ends decades-long drug war" nashville_brook May 2012 #37
You've heard of Fox News? treestar May 2012 #41
FOX is not the only news. And, there's nothing the Dems can or SHOULD do to court them. nashville_brook May 2012 #57
But the point is that it would be widely reported and used treestar May 2012 #88
In 1988, a DEA Administrative Judge MADE THE RULING RainDog May 2012 #45
Except that it isn't. Drug scheduling is up to the AG. So is much of enforcement. DirkGently May 2012 #34
It reminds me of the budget one, people wanted to have the POTUS do something treestar May 2012 #35
That line of reasoning might work if Obama was being thwarted somehow. DirkGently May 2012 #38
Then he gets to choose what to enforce treestar May 2012 #40
at this point it's too politically risky NOT to end the crackdown. nashville_brook May 2012 #64
100% correct, yet the administration speaks out of both sides of its mouth on this issue. prefunk May 2012 #39
we're running out of hands :) nashville_brook May 2012 #56
Obama should fix everything. FSogol May 2012 #44
He could, but he needs money from special interests that like the prison state. Dragonfli May 2012 #52
Mitt Romney's position is worse RainDog May 2012 #53
Perhaps, we are nonetheless complicit in the ruined lives of many. Dragonfli May 2012 #54
This is a ridiculous statement RainDog May 2012 #55
You don't think we are responsible for the politicians we work hard to elect? Dragonfli May 2012 #59
you're ignoring the realities of being a citizen with interests beyond the personalities we elect... nashville_brook May 2012 #60
You'd think that would be axiomatic. But the allure of simplicity is strong. DirkGently May 2012 #61
This message was self-deleted by its author Dragonfli May 2012 #62
we are arguing for the same thing RainDog May 2012 #66
Some dark, cloudy day I'm going to read something you wrote that I can really argue against. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #79
I would really go after this, but after the election marlakay May 2012 #67
The joke is that people who worked to create these bad laws RainDog May 2012 #70
Add another issue to your one issue screed. bluestate10 May 2012 #77
I don't think "one issue" or "screed" mean what you think they mean. DirkGently May 2012 #80
i love this new smear -- that any policy critique makes one a "single-issue voter." nashville_brook May 2012 #82
Obama is a conservative Doctor_J May 2012 #84
I beg to differ: Jamaal510 May 2012 #87
differ on which part? Doctor_J May 2012 #89
Gary Johnson just gained the Libertarian Party nomination RainDog May 2012 #85
I support the sentiment of this post but expect exactly zero movement limpyhobbler May 2012 #86
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