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In reply to the discussion: That hopey changey thing at the Department of Justice [View all]I don't think that Clinton = perfect
Yes, Clinton's record on pot isn't great either but it should be noted that it was a much newer issue back then and that he was probably closer to where the country was then than Obama is now. But that said, on drugs, Clinton learned the wrong lessons from his brother Rodger's experience and applied them to the country. The fact is our drug policy has been wrong headed for years but the pot part is especially egregious. I do think Obama's personal history of major pot use does make his behavior in this regard worse than Clinton's, just as Clinton's minor use of pot makes his conduct in this regard worse than Carter's. The fact is Holder's DOJ has helped ruin many, many lives for doing exactly, precisely what Obama did, and wrote about doing, while he was in high school. And often the people whose lives have gotten ruined for this conduct, smoking pot, have done so for reasons far more high minded than the reasons that Obama had for smoking pot. You call this issue a lightning rod, it is a lightning rod for good reason. Putting cancer patients in jail for smoking a few joints when you were appointed by a President who smoked pot to get baked deserves to be a lightning rod.
Yes, Clinton's record on pot isn't great either but it should be noted that it was a much newer issue back then and that he was probably closer to where the country was then than Obama is now. But that said, on drugs, Clinton learned the wrong lessons from his brother Rodger's experience and applied them to the country. The fact is our drug policy has been wrong headed for years but the pot part is especially egregious. I do think Obama's personal history of major pot use does make his behavior in this regard worse than Clinton's, just as Clinton's minor use of pot makes his conduct in this regard worse than Carter's. The fact is Holder's DOJ has helped ruin many, many lives for doing exactly, precisely what Obama did, and wrote about doing, while he was in high school. And often the people whose lives have gotten ruined for this conduct, smoking pot, have done so for reasons far more high minded than the reasons that Obama had for smoking pot. You call this issue a lightning rod, it is a lightning rod for good reason. Putting cancer patients in jail for smoking a few joints when you were appointed by a President who smoked pot to get baked deserves to be a lightning rod.
...about being "perfect." That wasn't the point, but you still make excuses for Clinton.
The rest of your comment is basically gibberish with no basis in fact.
Let us be clear about MMJ raids and people saying Obama is raiding MMJ businesses.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022750680
A new day for the 'war on drugs'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022754071
Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparity Is Intentional Racial Subjucationhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/10022863384
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It figures you'd dig up a ridiculously hyperbolic and debunked five-year-old opinion to post. n/t
ProSense
Jun 2013
#29
Hyperbolic headings in the piece are disproved immediately by quoted passages.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#31