[bamahead]

At its core, the Tea Party is not about these types of issues, granted. But as the movement tries to raise more awareness to the extent of waste that permiates the federal government, this dollar and liberty consuming monstrosity known as the War on Drugs needs to be among the first examined for elimination.

Many folks are now beginning to see that the WOsD is nothing more than another excuse for the federal gov't to usurp power via the commerce clause, or whatever else the statists' want to use as their rationale-du-jour for dismantling your enumerated rights.

[bamahead]

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[MNJohnnie]

No what is needed is for various activists to quit trying to hijack the tea party onto their pet cause.

We have much larger issues, of spending, deciding the scope and role of government etc that must be resolved as soon as possible to maintain a healthy future for the USA. Once those are resolved we can start worrying about the Drug War or other single issue hot buttons items.

First we save the future of this country, everything else can wait.

[Darren McCarty]

The war on some drugs has shown to be a failure.

[Oberon]

Securing the borders would go a long way toward cutting down the scope of our drug problem... and securing the borders is one of the few legitimate functions of government.

[RaceBannon]

nonesense

to side with it’s true priciples, the good of the people demands that drug use be illegal

That means drug legalization is an abomination.

[orlop9]

Great Post

[Pessimist]

” voters will want to know where the party stands “

“Party”? I wouldn’t really consider it that. It’s just a bunch of citizens who agree on at least a few fundamental issues.

[Lexington Green]

We are united by our common recognition that our corrupt political class must be removed.

[MEGoody]

. . .and the tea-party movement is hoping to play kingmaker in the November elections

Uh, no. What we're hoping to do is elect real conservatives who know that the American people are the boss. That's the exact opposite of king-making.

[Theophilus]

Thus, if the tea-party believes in its principles, it must choose the libertarian path on drug prohibition.

The tea-party does not "believe" in anything. In fact, there is no "tea-party". There are tea parties in which freedom loving American's of all stripes gather together to protest government statism, irresponsibility, profligacy, corruption, malignancy, usurpation and oppression.

I'm against the WOD. I am also against using "The Tea-Party" to promote any political agenda because "The Tea-Party" does not exist.

[MEGoody]

. . .this dollar and liberty consuming monstrosity known as the War on (insert favorite destructive activity here) needs to be among the first examined for elimination.

[Deb]

If Libertarians take over the Tea Party movement, the Left wins and America is doomed.

Guess what? You have no Constitutional right to drugs. Destroying two generations should be enough for you. You don't get any more.

[muddler]

The WOD’s is big business, To big to fail.

[Moonman62]

Look at what the drug issue has done for the Libertarian Party since they made it their signature issue.

[Smokin' Joe]

You want a wasteful war to quit?

How about we throw in the towel in the War on Poverty first?

It has been going on longer, and we may have the fattest poor people in the world, but we have an awful lot more of them than when the war started.

Please note the law was written around the Constitution in the area of controlled dangerous substances, they are not banned, per se, just illegal to posess without authorization: regulated to the point there is a de facto ban.

What we need are people who will respect both the letter and founder's intent in the Constitution, and the rest will be taken care of if they stay adherent to those principles of limited and responsible government.

Cluttering up that goal with individual divisive issues is a liberal wet dream.