Jeb Bush: 'I strongly urge' Floridians to vote against medical marijuana

[DonViejo]

Thursday, August 14, 2014 8:57am

Jeb Bush is adding his influential voice to the medical marijuana debate in Florida, saying the ballot initiative could harm Florida's reputation.

“Florida leaders and citizens have worked for years to make the Sunshine State a world-class location to start or run a business, a family-friendly destination for tourism and a desirable place to raise a family or retire,” Bush said in a statement. “Allowing large-scale, marijuana operations to take root across Florida, under the guise of using it for medicinal purposes, runs counter to all of these efforts. I believe it is the right of states to decide this issue, and I strongly urge Floridians to vote against Amendment 2 this November.”

Bush joined the the Florida Chamber, Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida and the Florida Trucking Association in the coalition fighting the initiative.

"Normally we focus on creating jobs, improving education and making Florida more competitive, but this is the type of business Florida can do without," said Mark Wilson, President and CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. "I find it curious that the largest funder of this push to legalize pot is a personal injury trial lawyer firm, yet such measures are overwhelmingly opposed by Florida's medical and law enforcement community. Florida voters are smart and when the facts are on the table, I believe they will say no to drugs in Florida."

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[katmondoo]

1. Who cares what Jeb says

The Republicans are destroying this state.

[lpbk2713]

2. Oh, BTW Jeb

You suck.

[arcane1]

3. "Harm Florida's reputation"?

[steve2470]

4. GMAFB

Disgusting.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

5. I strongly urge Floridians to take another hit, since you have to deal with this nimrod.

And what's this about "...say no to drugs in Florida"? I think plenty of people in Florida have said yes to drugs for a long time. Check with Limbaugh. Shit, check with Jeb's own daughter.

I strongly urge Jeb Bush to eat shit and die.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. ...

[missingfink]

6. Jeb Bush - out of touch

MEDICAL MARIJUANA has been shown to have certain medical benefits. Why stand in the way of this?

[Politicalboi]

7. I hope the GOP follows Jeb right off the cliff

GOP going against MMJ gives Dems a better chance of winning.

[steve2470]

8. kick for visibility

This is the kind of BS we have to fight against in Florida.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. Jeb, you are irrelevant. STFU.

[Tsiyu]

11. Jebbie went on to add:

"Please continue to support the big pharmaceutical firms who donate to my campaign, however. When we say 'just say no,' we do not mean those narcotics you have a scrip for and to which you've become addicted. We welcome your legal pill habit here in Florida. When we say drugs we mean a plant. Your opioid cocktails are okay by Florida!

On that note, if your kid has one of those seizure disorders and needs cannabis, your kind is not welcome here. Giving your dying children cannabis oil sets a bad tone here in Florida, where we have family values and palm trees and Mickey Mouse. Break your family up and one of you move to one of those hippie states where you and the kid can hide out.

And we want to mention that we welcome your alcohol addiction here in Florida, because nothing says Family Friendly like alcoholism. Please continue to suck down those Bud Lights and praise the beer lobby for keeping Florida great.

Our prisons are full and we're still packing them in, so give a big shout out to the for-profit prison industry for keeping Florida safe from people who can't afford to pay their fines. We politicians need that for-profit prison graft to keep you safe from terrorists and freedom.

Now watch this drive."

[JCMach1]

12. As this is on the ballot, one big reason why Dems will do well in FL this year...

[hifiguy]

13. I strongly urge Jeb and every other BFEE member

to STFU in perpetuity.

[shraby]

14. Illegal drugs are the meat and potatoes for the BFEE.

They don't call the old man Poppy Bush for nothing.

[NightWatcher]

15. Florida's reputation is armed yahoos killing black teens

and a naked woman breaking into McD's to drink soft serve straight from the machine.

Jeb, go google "florida man" and see what our reputation is.