Eighteen members of Congress have asked the Federal Government to leave the States, Colorado and Washington, that have legalized marijuana alone.
They are:
Steve Cohen – Democrat Tennessee
Jared Polis – Democrat Colorado
Diana DeGette – Democrat Colorado
Ed Perlmutter – Democrat Colorado
Barney Frank – Democrat Massachusets
Earl Blumenauer – Democrat Oregon
Jerrold Nadler – Democrat New York
Adam Smith – Democrat Washington
Sam Farr – Democrat California
Jim Moran – Democrat Virginia
Chellie Pingree – Democrat Maine
Jan Schakowsky – Democrat Illinois
Barbra Lee – Democrat California
Dennis Kucinich – Democrat Ohio
Mike Honda – Democrat California
Raúl Grijalva – Democrat Arizona
Robert “Bobby” Scott – Democrat Virginia
John Conyers, Jr – Democrat Michigan
Well what do you know? It looks like Democrats have visions of taking the House in 2014. It will be interesting to see if the Republicans respond or if they intend to leave the field to the Democrats.
I don’t place a lot of stock in polls, but they can give a general outline of the nation:
18 to 29 – 55 percent favor legalization
30 to 49 – 51 percent favor legalization
50 to 64 – 52 percent favor legalization
over 65 – 30 percent favor legalization
The numbers on gay marriage and immigration reform are similar.
The Republicans are drawing from a dying cohort. Too bad for them.
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8 responses to “Eighteen Members Of Congress”
“The Republicans are drawing from a dying cohort. Too bad for them.”
Indeed – I wasn’t surprised to not see Florida on the list. 🙁
But – somewhat interesting? (Though it’s well within poll error usually…)
“30 to 49 – 51 percent favor legalization
50 and 64 – 52 percent favor legalization”
and why 50 AND 64? Typo? lol I’m in the 50-64 and in the 52%. But I’m neither 50 nor 64…
Funny thing – stuff makes me sneeze and cough. Not my thing – I’m off with the Coalition of the Swilling. But I freely admit it’s far less harmful than my choice of relaxation.
Oh – I think this is the one most remember: …it’s amazing what you can find on YouTube.
Always found the stoners more amusing than anything else? Why are they so threatening to “society”? Drunks, now, they get in fights… stoners just, well… buzz out.
So, you need a Cconstitutional Amendment to stop fighters – but not for wimps? Makes sense. Maybe you should promise to legalize PCP – you’d get some really CRAZY fighters on your side…(sigh)
Hillary had it right – in a way:” There is just too much money in it, and I don’t think that—you can legalize small amounts for possession, but those who are making so much money selling, they have to be stopped.”
But why? Why? If you legalize it, you stop them – they won’t be making so much money selling because the price will nosedive. Someone needs to have a talk with the lady. She DID get it half-right. There IS too much money in it – but it’s too much money for the governments, not for the sellers.
Why the hell isn’t one single Republican listed?
My first reaction is what the fuck is wrong with them?
But I find it hard to believe that some Rs — at the very least Ron Paul — wouldn’t have signed this letter. Was it only circulated to Democrats?
One of the damnable parties down . . .
One to go!
Eric,
My guess is that it was circulated to only Democrats.
OK. But think of it. Which Party struck first?
Apparently “states’ rights” are irrelevant if the state wants to give the people more rights.
How big a clue bat will be necessary to get the Republican Party back with the program of freedom and responsibility?
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The stupid party is roiling with inertia. Which is a contradiction in terms. Just like the party.