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Trump to Republicans: Don’t put marijuana on the ballot at the same time you’re running
Chicago Tribune ^ | AUG 19, 2020 | BRENDAN BURES

Posted on 08/23/2020 2:20:15 PM PDT by NobleFree

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1 posted on 08/23/2020 2:20:15 PM PDT by NobleFree
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The lesson: for reasons of limited-government principle as well as electoral practicality, Republicans need to support legalization.
2 posted on 08/23/2020 2:21:31 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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“”””Republicans need to support legalization. “”””””

No, they don’t. Screw the stoners.


3 posted on 08/23/2020 2:24:51 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: NobleFree

It’s only a matter of time until it’s legal everywhere in the U.S. And it should be. The era of throwing people in cages for using it are long gone for the most part.


4 posted on 08/23/2020 2:25:37 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: NobleFree

I thought for a second it said don’t put marijuana IN the ballots.


5 posted on 08/23/2020 2:26:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: NobleFree

I honestly don’t have an opinion on legalizing marijuana. I can see though, where it brings out the basement dwelling larpers who would otherwise stay in Mama’s basement.


6 posted on 08/23/2020 2:26:45 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: dragnet2

Nobody gets thrown in cages for smoking weed or doing any other drug.


7 posted on 08/23/2020 2:26:56 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: NobleFree

Don't put marijuana on the ballot...
And don't leave your records in the sun.


8 posted on 08/23/2020 2:27:45 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: NobleFree

The only reason I can think of that the fed has not at the very least remove it from being a felony , which is insane, is they like to use it as a door to open finding another crime. Only bad comes from making it illegal.


9 posted on 08/23/2020 2:27:54 PM PDT by big bad easter bunny
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To: shelterguy
The lesson: for reasons of limited-government principle as well as electoral practicality, Republicans need to support legalization.

No, they don’t. Screw the stoners.

Is it better to maintain consistent support for limited government, and to win elections ... or to "screw the stoners"? I say clearly the former.

10 posted on 08/23/2020 2:28:12 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

That horse is out of the barn.
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Felony acting operators, 5 years ago, are now protected as essential workers.
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A few hold out states will start drooling over the marijuana tax revenue and will soon roll over.


11 posted on 08/23/2020 2:28:36 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
That's absolutely great advice -- make them take a camera phone pic of their ballot, showing they voted for Trump, and when they show it to someone at the campaign office, ONLY THEN are they handed a dime bag.

12 posted on 08/23/2020 2:29:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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I honestly don’t have an opinion on legalizing marijuana. I can see though, where it brings out the basement dwelling larpers who would otherwise stay in Mama’s basement.

And when it does, the GOP needs to win their vote - which they can do while firming up the consistency of their limited-government stance.

13 posted on 08/23/2020 2:29:39 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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RE “Lesson”

We learned that in Michigan in the 2018; That’s how Michigan was cursed with Whitmer and the whole ‘rat State ticket!

14 posted on 08/23/2020 2:29:40 PM PDT by Ace's Dad (Trump 2020!)
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To: NobleFree

If you somehow think that weed should be legal then all drugs must be legal.


15 posted on 08/23/2020 2:29:52 PM PDT by shelterguy
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Nobody gets thrown in cages for smoking weed or doing any other drug.

Plenty of people are in prison on possession charges - are you claiming that every single one of them pled down from a more serious charge? If that's your claim, where's your evidence?

16 posted on 08/23/2020 2:32:20 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Ace's Dad

And don’t forget that’s why we didn’t get John James that time around.


17 posted on 08/23/2020 2:34:11 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: shelterguy

Will you or someone else screw them?


18 posted on 08/23/2020 2:35:15 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust every person under sixty.)
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To: shelterguy
If you somehow think that weed should be legal

Of course - just as the more addictive, more deadly, and more violence-inducing drug alcohol is legal.

then all drugs must be legal.

There are few if any other currently illegal drugs that, like marijuana, are less harmful than the legal drug alcohol. So the case for marijuana legalization is strongest. Also, prudence dictates that we legalize in a measured manner - which means starting with the least harmful drug and seeing what lessons we learn before considering further legalizations.

19 posted on 08/23/2020 2:35:45 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: dragnet2
Just keep in mind that legalizing pot will be used as a method of gun control.

Your ID used at a legal pot store will label one as a drug user.

20 posted on 08/23/2020 2:36:01 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
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