Personally, I think our drug laws could use some reform. Conservatives should debate this issue. However, the problem with CPAC is that it is allowing Ethan Nadelmann to present himself as a fellow conservative, when in fact he is a leftist and a Soros operative to boot.
I debated Nadelmann at CPAC last year. Here's the transcript. Read Nadelmann's comments carefully, and you will see that he used innuendo to give the impression that he was a conservative addressing fellow conservatives. Such deception reminds me of the old Communist Party front groups.
Mr. Nadelmann's presence was wholly inappropriate in a forum which CPAC touted under the rubric of, "Differences Within the Family," by which they meant, differences within the conservative family.
Nadelmann is not part of the conservative "family," nor is his sponsor George Soros. Therefore he should not be promoted as such.
While I applaud CPAC for inviting debate on drug policy, such debate needs to take place among actual conservatives. Leftists masquerading as conservatives have no place in such a forum.
Mr. Poe, I agree deception isn't proper. We do need to start this conversation, people like Nadelman will get shown the door once we get serious about policy revisions.