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    Rand Paul gets high marks from pro-marijuana groups

    Rand Paul gets high marks from pro-marijuana groups
    Senator blazes ahead of other 2016 hopefuls

    MIRANDA GREEN
    12:15 PM, MAY 29, 2015

    WASHINGTON D.C. - The 2016 presidential campaign field is already 10 contenders deep, and though it may double in the coming months, marijuana activists and pro-legalization lobbyists already see a clear winner: Rand Paul.

    “I think a lot of these guys talk the talk but the only person who has so far walked the walk is Rand Paul,” said Marijuana Policy Project Director Dan Riffle.

    Paul, a first term Republican senator from Kentucky, has been a champion of marijuana law reform practically from the beginning of his career. During his time in office, he’s captured the hearts of a diverse group of voters: isolationists, young voters disenchanted with the Republican Party, and now, the pro-cannabis community.

    “We’ve got Rand Paul, who is very clear in saying he thinks the war on drugs is a failure, that states should be able to implement marijuana laws,” said Tom Angell, founder of Marijuana Majority. “Where most of the candidates are with us in terms of saying the right things, Rand Paul is actually taking meaningful action to make it happen.”

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    The Marijuana Policy Project, the largest organization working on cannabis policy reform, plans to formally announce their endorsement of Paul in New Hampshire and project director Dan Riffle says they have already maxed out donations to his campaign.
    Nice.

    Don't know if that endorsement will help much in the primary, but I'll take it.

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    Now he just needs to nail down the "running around with no clothes on" demographic ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by jct74 View Post
    Rand Paul gets high
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    Now he just needs to nail down the "running around with no clothes on" demographic ...
    That's pretty much everybody these days ..... Have you been to Earth ? #fakeactivity

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    It's a balance between appeasing his supporters, appeasing the deep state and reaching his own goals.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jct74 View Post
    Nice.

    Don't know if that endorsement will help much in the primary, but I'll take it.
    No problem. All we need to do is get millions of marijuana smokers to register Republican and get off the couch long enough to vote.

    Should be easy, right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by libertariantexas View Post
    No problem. All we need to do is get millions of marijuana smokers to register Republican and get off the couch long enough to vote.

    Should be easy, right.

    And there lies the problem. The preconceived notion that cannabis users just "sit on the couch" all day. Oh yeah, and all Ron Paul supporters lived in their parents basement scamming internet polls 24/7.
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