Prominent Republicans in Washington state, Colorado endorse legal pot

[Constitutional Paulicy]

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Prominent Republicans in Washington state, Colorado endorse legal pot
By Jonathan Kaminsky | Reuters


(Reuters) - Ballot measures to legalize marijuana in Washington state and Colorado gained support this week from a pair of prominent Republicans - U.S. Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner and former Representative Tom Tancredo - who could help sway conservative voters.

No state has ever legalized marijuana for recreational use. The federal government considers it an illegal drug, but 17 states and the District of Columbia allow it as medicine.

more here.... http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-republicans-washington-state-colorado-endorse-legal-pot-042940398.html

[AGRP]

And now we have WA I-502 http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?386593-Marijuana-reform-initiatives-on-the-ballot-in-November&p=4667377&viewfull=1#post4667377

Wherein growing a single plant would become a felony. and no "private sales" are allowed. And 1 gram over an ounce is treated just like it is TODAY.

Somehow, this is being sold as "legalization". This is a prime example of how the media can mislead well meaning people and turn them on their fellow citizens.

Because, as witnessed by Prop 19, those that try to point out the fact that this initiative would make things worse than the present existing law will be accused of being LEOS, or Lazy Growers, or infiltrators.

WA 502 will make things worse, and if you love freedom you had better hope it fails. Because if an authoritarian law like this passes in one state, others are sure to duplicate it.

[Lucille]

GOP Senate Candidate Endorses Washington’s Marijuana Initiative, Incumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell Opposes It
http://reason.com/blog/2012/10/05/gop-senate-candidate-endorses-washington


Republican Senate candidate, Michael Baumgartner, became the first state-wide candidate to endorse the measure. Washington’s governor is not running for re-election, but both the Democrat and Republican vying to replace him oppose the initiative, with the Republican candidate, Rob McKenna, going so far as to say legalizing marijuana is not a states’ rights issue and that there’s “federal supremacy when it comes to laws like this.” Bizarrely, McKenna won’t even say what he’d do if the initiative passed, given his antagonistic stance, writing it off as not having a chance to pass. A poll taken in the state last month shows the initiative enjoying support from 57 percent of respondents.

Baumgartner, meanwhile, is down some 20 points in the polls. His low-key campaign got some attention over the summer when he responded to an article linking his position on abortion to Todd Akin with a “fuck you” there’s a war going in Afghanistan response. The candidate is one of a growing number of Republicans opposed to the war, though any growing support among elected Republicans (or Democrats, for that matter) for marijuana legislation is still a long ways away, especially considering the conventional wisdom still believes higher youth turnout in favor of marijuana legalization ought to help the president, despite his clear status as a drug warrior.

In fact, Barack Obama’s supporters are pushing the delusion that he could very well end the war on drugs after his re-election, or even that he’s already begun to do so. This, of course, could not be further from the truth. So much for “empathy”.

I didn't realize it was that guy (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?386916-Washington-GOP-Senate-Candidate-to-Reporter-on-Todd-Akin-quot-Go-F-k-Yourself...)! I donated to him for that.

How can they possible believe that? He has Big Pharma, the PIC (and its unions), and the drug cartels (http://classicalvalues.com/2012/08/terrorists-dealing-drugs/) to protect.

[thehungarian]

Maybe Romney will at some point during the next debate mention that measure as a sign of his support for federalism. He wouldn't have to endorse it, just state that he would support CO's right to govern themselves.

Or not.