msnbc the female news caster-doing show on bush drug use. She is

[rodeodance]

excusing his use under age 40--as he has done good things since age 40.
the opposition--says, the war on drugs is very damaging-people do not get a second job as Bush is getting.

[rodeodance]

1. lots being said about detramental drug policy of Bush administration

[rodeodance]

2. news caster keeps going back to Clinton and his use

[rodeodance]

3. Bush gets pass with his youthful discretions-other people get kicked out

of public housing, do not get student loans, go to jail, get a police record, etc. dahh..........

[EVDebs]

4. What ? No mention of cocaine (or Gary Webb ?) I'm shocked. eom

[elehhhhna]

5. He's F'd up the entire planet since he turned 50, ferchissakes.

He should go back to smoking pot.

We should BE so lucky.

NOTHING he did before 40 was worse than what he's done while ostensibly sober.

[Pachamama]

10. My thoughts exactly - Bush was far less dangerous when he was under 40

& smoking pot and doing drugs....

We could be so lucky as to have this man smoking pot now!

[librechik]

6. this is hilarious

these holier than thou hypocrites suddenly rushing to endorse more liberal drug laws (if it's one of their own)!

Wise old Ron Reagan says, well of course the Christian Right followed the same principles with Clinton--it was his own private life, so they just let it go, right?

Sputter Quack Cackle

[Old and In the Way]

14. Think about it.

I wonder if we'll see a new Republican initiative that decriminalizes pot? I suspect that the federal costs-to-benefit in this time of deficits are now on the table....and what better way to get new Republican voting converts ,than to suddenly become the champion of liberalized drug laws? If they announce their intention to decriminalize marijuana, I'll bet that it'll add a few million new one-issue voters to their Party....and whio'll complain? Us?

Demographically speaking, it's Democrats that have suffered from these draconian drug laws....we should be on the offense about this issue and not allow them to cynically and suddenly benefit from it.

[Bluzmann57]

7. At the risk of getting ripped

or flamed or whatever one wants to call it, bush smoking pot isn't really a big deal as far as I'm concerned. Clinton's admission was no big deal either, in my opinion. The press tearing into Clinton for his "youthful indiscretion" as opposed to saying "oh well" to bush however, is inexcusable. I am in my forties and smoked large amounts of pot at one time, although I don't now. I inhaled too. So almost everybody in our age range has tried it at least once. Therefore, it shouldn't be a real big deal.

[dogman]

8. It's not a big deal.

It's a distraction from Gannon/Guckert. Ask Karla Faye Tucker if people can redeem themselves. Forget how many people he has killed since he found Jesus. Those are big deals, that's why they won't be discussed.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. Who was governor of Texas during the Tulia drug busts?

That's the point

[KansDem]

12. It isn't a big deal...

But as governor of state who oversaw the incarceration of many cannabis smokers, it becomes a big deal. It's GOP all the way! (Grand Ol' hyPocrisy).

I've read of vipers caught who had car, house, bank/savings accounts, etc., seized. I've heard that many of these unfortunates receive draconian mandatory prison sentences. And for a stoner governor of a red-necked state to oversee this kind of "justice," it makes it all the more intolerable.

Speaking of druggie right-wing hypocrites, what ever happened to Jeff Christie and his ordeal in Florida???

[OneBlueSky]

9. the hypocrisy and prejudice of the mainstream media is so blatant . . .

you'd thing they'd be embarrassed . . . can you imagine what they'd be doing to Clinton if all this stuff happened on his watch? . . . yet more proof that if you want real news, you have to look elsewhere . . . the MSM is nothing but propaganda and infotainment . . .

[jab105]

13. Incredible distraction from things that are important...Gannon/Guckert

and the MSM are running with it...right wing radio is blabbering about it...and Gannon and important stuff is falling by the wayside...