Why do people have this incredibly naive and stupid stereotype that pot smokers are ineffective losers. I was called a liar the other day on another pot thread simply because I told someone I have a medical marijuana card and still maintain incredibly technicall full time employment in the radio industry.
Her argument was that anyone who was/is a 40 year pot smoker could not possibly function in as technical a capacity as radio calls for. Unbelievable.
None the less, back to the topic at hand, there is NOTHING in my opinion that can or will save this OBAMA TITANIC from sinking to the bottom of the political ocean.
Can Weed Save the Democrats?
SodaHead News
2010/10/08 11:00:00
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First, President Obama went after the Latino and independent vote to pave a path to the White House. Then, more recently, he lambasted some of those voters for being apathetic and disengaged in the lead up to next month’s crucial midterm elections.
And now, according to The Wall Street Journal, Democratic strategists are hoping to tap into a most unusual base to see if they can’t get those young liberal voters out to polling stations in 2012: stoners.
You heard me right, pot smokers. Apparently the Dems are studying California’s Prop 19, a marijuana-legalization measure, to see if it might get the kids interested in casting ballots. Pollsters and party officials have noticed the Democratic candidates in California have seen a noticeable uptick in enthusiasm among young voters who are backing Prop 19, which would legalize personal use amounts of pot and allow local officials to regulate and tax it.
Party strategists are considering pushing for similar ballot questions in Colorado, Nevada and Washington in 2012.
Even though ballot measures typically don’t increase voter turnout by significant amounts, strategists are looking to the way gay marriage ban ballot drives in 2004 helped George W. Bush win and they think they might psych up certain voting blocs in numbers high enough to seal the deal in close races in 2012.
Prop 19 is currently favored by 49 percent of Californians and opposed by 42 percent.
Do you think Dems should push pot as a wedge issue in 2012?
And now, according to The Wall Street Journal, Democratic strategists are hoping to tap into a most unusual base to see if they can’t get those young liberal voters out to polling stations in 2012: stoners.
You heard me right, pot smokers. Apparently the Dems are studying California’s Prop 19, a marijuana-legalization measure, to see if it might get the kids interested in casting ballots. Pollsters and party officials have noticed the Democratic candidates in California have seen a noticeable uptick in enthusiasm among young voters who are backing Prop 19, which would legalize personal use amounts of pot and allow local officials to regulate and tax it.
Party strategists are considering pushing for similar ballot questions in Colorado, Nevada and Washington in 2012.
Even though ballot measures typically don’t increase voter turnout by significant amounts, strategists are looking to the way gay marriage ban ballot drives in 2004 helped George W. Bush win and they think they might psych up certain voting blocs in numbers high enough to seal the deal in close races in 2012.
Prop 19 is currently favored by 49 percent of Californians and opposed by 42 percent.
Do you think Dems should push pot as a wedge issue in 2012?
America has to be taken over by debt, dope and deficit....I will NOT take this as a to be done item...Alpeaux
Change - Chains, Hope-Dope, Hope - Roped, Grown Economy - Stoned Economy
It is simple politics -- put a measure out there to motivate your base. They come to vote on it, and incidentally vote for you, too. Lots of political leaders have done that for years, on both sides of the aisle.
There fore President Barrack Hussein Obama is implying it's allowable to commit crimes,What?
Tell me that ain't so!
Why not prostitute themselves for the doper votes? The Democrats are already a conglomerate of marginal interest groups and social termites gnawing away at the healthy fibers of America.
Certainly California needs more stoned drivers, Crane Operators, Paramedics, Firefighters, Teachers, Judges...
Most Libertarians are informed enough about candidates that they know better than to cast a vote for a candidate based on a single issue.
BTW...I believe weed should be legalized and should not be taxed. However, I don't believe the gov. has the right to tax commerce. My position regarding taxes is me being a Libertarian.
He would only be riding on the coat tails of NORML and other advocacy groups pushing for the legalization of marijuana, and all they've had to do is wait for the mindset of the people to become depraved enough to support it.
Legalization of pot is the right thing to do and people shouldn't do something that is morally correct because they desire a favorable outcome. Like helping somebody in need simply because you want a reward. That's why I respect Obama for attempting to ensure that everybody can get health care even if they don't have a dime. That was the right thing to do or at least try. And it sure didn't win him or the Dems any votes they didn't already have.
Marijuana is an incredibly benign substance and shouldn't have been criminalized in the first place, unfortunately for pot heads, it was damn near impossible to stamp Pfizer or Bristol Myers on the stalks.
if the Dems get hold of it, it will be tobacco all over again, they'll load the stuff w/ crap and get us addicted and then charge the s**t out of it