Reply #64: Obama's First Betrayal:

[Mike K]

While candidate Obama never actually pronounced that would consider promoting decriminalization or legalization of marijuana if elected, he certainly conveyed the clear impression that he would, having once frankly and unapologetically responding to a question about his own use by saying, "Yes. I inhaled. . . frequently!"

Shortly after he was elected he announced his first "town hall" and he asked the public to submit questions and he promised to respond to the most voluminous categories.

The way he kept his promise to the millions of questions he received, including mine, concerning his position on marijuana he not only brushed it off in a typically contemptuous right-wing authoritarian manner, he preceded the curt dismissal with the ridiculing remark, "I don't know what this says about so many respondents. . ." The interesting thing is it would have been better had he not even mentioned receiving so many questions about marijuana, but he chose to make it clear, obviously to the Conservative element, that he is anti-pot.

In the same way as Bill Clinton's absurdly mendacious, "Ah didn't inhayle," comment revealed his character and told me what to expect from him, Obama's refusal to intelligently discuss marijuana prohibition told me we are in for at least four years of mediocre performance and a lot of disappointment.

My impression of Barack Obama is that of a typically deceitful, self-serving politician.