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In reply to the discussion: Obama: Pot users not 'top priority' [View all]harmonicon
(12,008 posts)49. My thoughts exactly (nt)
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People make the excuse that he has to enforce the law, but he doesn't with DOMA...
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#4
DOMA is different because the President has said it doesn't pass constitutional muster
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#21
But of course he did defend DOMA for years, and of course DOMA is enforced
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#24
The remedy there lies with the legislative branch, not the executive branch
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#19
Congress has to change the law. The Exec. is powerless; it enforces the law!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#63
if you think this is a "Major Policy Issue" then you need a serious reordering of policy issues.
grantcart
Dec 2012
#55
I am a liberal whose niece died because of the shame of aids in a third world country
grantcart
Dec 2012
#124
nor is Bankster reform, gun control, climate change, republican obstructionism, big oil subsudies...
PerceptionManagement
Dec 2012
#140
I already know where the jobs are/went because my job was off shored 30 years ago
NNN0LHI
Dec 2012
#30
Certainly. Abraham Lincoln said back then that in order to resolve a conflict put the
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#103
That is a moot distiction. Oregon's medical marijuna law requires each patient
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#31
Folks, this is how it started with Obama and his opinion about marriage equality
LynneSin
Dec 2012
#14
If it's not done by 2014 election I suspect it could be a tool used by the GOP
LynneSin
Dec 2012
#106
I mean, why even vote for Obama if they don't have faith in anything he says or does?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#86
I keep asking Obama's most ardent critics to start a Progressive Prez 2016 Group on DU.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#115
Sure, because we know what he tells Barbara Walters is as good as gold. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#29
Actually the DEA can reschedule marijuana under the CSA without an act of congress at any time.
DefenseLawyer
Dec 2012
#54
They don't care about that. They need something to whine and moan about.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#88
The feds haven't gone after users of MM. They have gone after the sellers
Freddie Stubbs
Dec 2012
#116
Pure Waffle. So call off the dogs in Calif then! Or better yet save some money and legalize it!
on point
Dec 2012
#42
It's OK for him to have this approach right now. I agree that he does have bigger fish to fry.
Harriety
Dec 2012
#56
that will not go away overnight even if the feds flat out legalized it tomorrow.
uncle ray
Dec 2012
#92
Dozens of Colorado dispensaries have been forced to shut down by the feds.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2012
#134
I see that so many people here on DU must've failed basic civics courses in junior high.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#64
Why so sensitive? I wasn't referring to any one person. I was referring to the fact that the Exec.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#80
So when Obama issued a signing statement suspending deportation law enforcement
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#89
I thought we were discussing pot users, no? And no, I don't agree with his deportation acts.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#91
I declared ALL of you stupid? When did I do that? When did I target any one person?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#97
right. Go with that. Everyone supporting administrative action. That ALL.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#110
A bunch of strawman arguments that no sense. But you knew that, right?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#111
"I see that so many people here on DU must've failed basic civics courses in junior high. "
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#113
Though not strong enough, it is a step in the right direction. We'd never see this
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#101