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Tommy Chong: “I Love Donald Trump. He Personifies the Republican Party.”
Marijuana Politics ^ | February 14, 2016 | Russ Belville

Posted on 02/14/2016 5:18:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

I got the chance to sit down with cannabis legend Tommy Chong at the International Cannabis Business Conference in San Francisco. Chong, 77, is parlaying his cannabis celebrity into a new brand, Chong's Choice, as well as co-hosting a podcast with his son, Paris, to be hosted on CannabisRadio.com.

I asked Tommy about the state of marijuana and politics, beginning with the Republicans. "I love Donald Trump," Chong told me, "he personifies everything the Republican Party is about." When asked about the unexpectedly exciting battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, Chong replied, "We've only got Bernie." We also discussed the upcoming battle to legalize marijuana in California, with Chong lending his support to any form of legalization that makes the ballot.

Enjoy this first portion of our twenty-minute interview with Tommy Chong - we'll have more parts uploaded shortly.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: tommychong
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1 posted on 02/14/2016 5:18:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Potheads for Trump


2 posted on 02/14/2016 5:20:26 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just so everyone knows the rules:

When a person (you might not like) says anything complementary of Trump, you are to take it as PROOF that his is (insert negative here).


3 posted on 02/14/2016 5:21:02 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: TBP
Potheads for Trump
Yeah, the only worse thing would be an endorsement by Glenn Beck.  I would not wish that albatross on any candidate.
4 posted on 02/14/2016 5:22:20 PM PST by softwarecreator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess any source is fair game these days.


5 posted on 02/14/2016 5:22:44 PM PST by Elderberry
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tommy Chong is a very successful capitalist.


6 posted on 02/14/2016 5:24:44 PM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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To: Elderberry

As if the Trumpets wouldn’t “go there” if the situation were reversed?


7 posted on 02/14/2016 5:25:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A little levity to lighten things up around here from ‘Up In Smoke’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2Tu8f0218


8 posted on 02/14/2016 5:25:23 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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I don’t give this any more weight than I give
Cruz teaming up with Beck.

Well except Cruz did it with intention, Trump didn’t with Chong.

Seriously, isn’t it time we knock this crap off and start focusing on the real enemy?


9 posted on 02/14/2016 5:29:26 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: VanDeKoik

“Just so everyone knows the rules: When a person (you might not like) says anything complementary of Trump, you are to take it as PROOF that his is (insert negative here).”

In that case, Lord help us if Kim Jong-un, Sinead O’Connoor, Barbara Streisand, or Michael Moore endorses Trump.


10 posted on 02/14/2016 5:29:43 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dude, you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. Well, maybe not QUITE the bottom: I haven’t seen you post something negative about Trump from Nuevo Pravda, aka, RT.com yet.


11 posted on 02/14/2016 5:31:20 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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“In that case, Lord help us if Kim Jong-un, Sinead O’Connoor, Barbara Streisand, or Michael Moore endorses Trump.”

They are cheering for him, trust me.


12 posted on 02/14/2016 5:31:31 PM PST by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Met the man in 2012; here is a cropped image showing just him. He's 74 in this pic.

He had a great slogan: "I went to federal prison for 9 months for making glass, maaan." OK, glass bongs, but, still, for making glass.

13 posted on 02/14/2016 5:31:49 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gosh.....Tommy Chong is 77 years old.

It seems like just yesterday he was only 90.


14 posted on 02/14/2016 5:31:56 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Libertarians for Cruz = Potheads from Cruz


15 posted on 02/14/2016 5:34:20 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: catnipman

Dang it, you spoiled the surprise, that was to be the next post!


16 posted on 02/14/2016 5:35:11 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Like wow, dude. EPIC.


17 posted on 02/14/2016 5:36:02 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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Re: “I love Donald Trump,” Chong told me, “he personifies everything the Republican Party is about.”

Umm...Obviously he’s mocking GOP and Trump. To anyone but the most clueless, that last sentence is dripping with sarcasm. Per the later quote ‘We’ve only got Bernie.’ he’s got the Bern...lol


18 posted on 02/14/2016 5:36:07 PM PST by Craigon
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To: catnipman

How is this negative?


19 posted on 02/14/2016 5:38:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: jessduntno

“They are cheering for him, trust me.”

Trust you?

ROTFLOL!

https://www.google.com/search?q=Barbara+Streisand+trumkp&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Barbra+Streisand+trump

https://www.google.com/search?q=Barbara+Streisand+trumkp&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=michael+moore+trump


20 posted on 02/14/2016 5:39:46 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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