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In reply to the discussion: From a casual reading of GD, you'd think this election was all about medical marijuana ... [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)posts on the GD main page. THE ONLY ONE. And that says so much, so very much about your agenda here. 16 States plus DC have passed Medical Marijuana laws with voter majorities. This means that in 16 States, the issue is important enough that the people spent years organizing and working to pass good laws, which they did with strong majorities. To pretend that does not represent a issue that is important to people is just absurd and wishful thinking.
Additionally, the support for those laws and for legalization itself is bipartisan, and Obama often claims bipartisanship is hugely important to him, although he rarely manages to get any votes from the other Party. He could on this one.
Also, anyone who reads the demographics can see clearly that the minority of voters (largely Republican, older and in the South) who oppose marijuana law reform are the very voters who would never vote for Obama, no matter what, no matter who is his opponent. Why? They are not reason based, they are prejudiced, right wing, superstitious and ignorant.
If he were to live up to his campaign rhetoric he'd please many millions of his own voters while losing none, none at all. Too bad the racist policy is so deeply important to him, much like 'sanctity' is his priority on civil rights, not equality, 'sanctity'.