Romney turns back on patient who asks about medical marijuana

[MiaCulpa]

Source: The Raw Story

At a campaign stop in Dover, NH, Mitt Romney was asked about medical marijuana by Clayton Holton, who has muscular dystrophy. "I have the support of five of my doctors saying I am living proof that medical marijuana works," Holton told Romney.

Romney suggested he use synthetic marijuana instead, but Holton said, "I have tried it and it makes me throw up."

He then asked, "Will you arrest me and my doctors if I get medical marijuana?"

"I'm not in favor of medical marijuana being legal," Romney told Holton curtly, then deliberately turned his back on him to say "Hi, how are you" to other members of the audience.

Video at the link:

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Romney_would_jail_MS_patient_for_1008.html

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[Webster Green]

1. Real marijuana is bad, but synthetic is OK?

That makes no sense!

Oh wait.....his cronies in the Pharmaceutical industry make the synthetic stuff and sell it at at a highly inflated price.

Never mind.

[HeraldSquare212]

2. No kidding!

Engagement with reality is too empowering - you sheep can only have simulated experiences.

[dickbearton]

9. What do you expect from worthless Republican shit for brains politicians.

[truthisfreedom]

12. Exactly. If it can't be turned into a big Pharma product, it MUST remail illegal or else it will

take away sales from big Pharma.

[saigon68]

3. One can only hope Romney dies a Painful drug induced stupor

When he gets cancer

[musette_sf]

4. "I'm not in favor of medical marijuana being legal"

yeah, well, i'm not in favor of a "religion" that believes in the planet Kolob being legal. take that Mittens.

[valerief]

5. I'm surprised Myth Robme didn't just kick him in the nuts, too. I mean, these

GOP demons might as well add that to their repertoire of evil.

[spiderpig]

6. Based on his treatment of his own family pet

I'm not surprised Mittens has no sympathy for humans who are physically afficted.

Supercilious bastard.

[Pastiche423]

7. I am still amazed that mitt looked into the face of a young man

w/Muscular Dystrophy and told him he did not believe in a natural substance that helps millions of people w/24/7/ pain.

OR IOW, sucks to be you, kid.

What a fucking asshole!

[Trillo]

17. Not surprising, really.

Once the man had revealed his question, Romney judged that person as less than human, so Romney turned his back, visibly breaking the pseudo-empathic connection of pretend.

[Adelante]

18. This is a test

Do you remember who called the police on marijuana protesters in NH in 2003?

[HughMoran]

8. This is why Romney can not get elected

He's a snippy little elitist pig and it's easy for everyone to see through his plastic heart.

[KamaAina]

10. Medical MJ could help his own wife, who has MS.

But does the Ken Doll give a shit? Um, that'd be a No. Oh yes, he's against stem cell research that might help her, too. Shouldn't happen to a dog... oh, wait a minute... :P

[mark414]

11. So, Mitt's religion was started by a guy who ate a lot of hallucinogenic mushrooms,

but he's against marijuana, even for medicinal use...


I would like somebody to ask these nutbags that, "if marijuana is so bad then why did God give it to us and continue to make it grow everywhere?"

[daleo]

15. They would say

God is testing us. God is always testing and Satan is always tempting. The creator of the universe has nothing better to do, than test us with weeds.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. same thing about sex, enjoying a brew, watching a

really sexy movie, and (oooooh) taking of their magical power underwear.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. CNN is showing the video now.

LOL!

[ooglymoogly]

14. Just what we need to run the country

A ken doll who thinks some whacko wandering out of the desert and says "god spoke to me pour money into my pocket" is the real deal. The unfortunate thing about these idiots is they think the bats flying around in the belfry are really angels and all they have to do is convince enough people that the bats really are vendictive angels.