[Dane]

..Dole was a cheer leader for Lyndon Johnson, way back...

That still doesn't negate the fact that Ronald Reagan was the person who gave her start.

This is good old fashioned politics, IMHO. She is throwing something that Erskine Bowles employer Clinton proposed back in his face.

Drug abuse is a major concern and this adrresses it. You may not like the solution, but it is politically popular.

Anyway I consider this a minor thing and being used to gin up the pro-drug Libertarians on FR.

[The Other Harry]

Anyway I consider this a minor thing and being used to gin up the pro-drug Libertarians on FR.

Let's be clear about something, if we may...

It is *not* a matter of being pro-drug. It is a matter of being anti-government.

It is none of the govenment's business what people do in their homes.

If they try to operate heavy equipment on an interstate highway while they're stoned, then yes. Not otherwise.

[philman_36]

This is good old fashioned politics, IMHO. She is throwing something that Erskine Bowles employer Clinton proposed back in his face.
Yeah, the Republicans tried the same thing with the 16th Amendment and look where that got us.

[dogbyte12]

This is good old fashioned politics, IMHO. She is throwing something that Erskine Bowles employer Clinton proposed back in his face.

Lovely double talk there. Your specious argument would have merit, if she didn't do her little highway fund trick and the age of 21 when she was transportation secretary in 86. I turned 18 the next year... joined the army, fought for my country and couldn't have a beer when I got back to base, because Liddy knew what was best for me.

Sorry. We must elect all republicans... because as Jeffords, Chafee, and Dole have shown... if they have an (R) behind their name, they must be good. Rah rah team.

[philman_36]

Drug abuse is a major concern and this adrresses it.
Who is it a "major concern" to?
You may not like the solution, but it is politically popular.
Oops...you already answered that. Never mind.

[cynicom]

Johnson gave Dole a position in HEW way back in the 60 s, long before Reagan appeared on the scene. This was right out of Hahvud law school. In fact she even "worked" in the Whitehouse for a time. Dole was never a Reagan protege, rather she was the wife of Bob Dole, a statist at that, born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

[steve-b]

You may not like the solution, but it is politically popular.

When it comes to political courage, Lizzy Dole (and, it would seem, Dane) make Trent "Vacant" Lott look like Leonidas at Thermopylae.