Likely outcome: an anti-marijuana President will be elected in November. Persecution will continue.

Jane, if you want to make something a campaign issue, you have to campaign for someone who will make it an issue. Does this make sense to you?

Because if there’s one thing you can say about politicians, it’s that they are great at keeping campaign promises?

Speaking for myself only, I tend to campaign on the issues, and not waste my time shilling for someone who can – and likely will – change at a moment’s notice.

Neither of these candidates will willingly discuss marijuana. We’re trying to make that stance more difficult for them.

What Brian said.

We’re trying to make that stance more difficult for them.

I’m sure they will ignore you, without consequences. Should this surprise you, since you’ve admitted a distrust of all politicians? Even given that they’re all serial liars, there still remains a good reason to support a third party campaign. Obama deserves to lose, but not to Romney.

Nice to see an article from Jane Hamsher. And if you want to see evidence that racism and slave labor is alive and well in America, just tour your local state/federal prison facility and see who the inmates are and what they’re doing. Racism and slavery is here, and Obama’s aggressive prosecution of the drug “war” is an essential component of it.

I’m on a fixed income, but I’ll continue to sign as many petitions, write as many letters, and make as many phone calls as I can.

Woo hoo, Jon Walker is going to be on Al Sharpton show tonight at 6:10 pm.

Thank you so much Jon73!

In for $20.

Thanks Boo!

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Hope Al is good enough to wish you a belated happy birthday.

OT, but was hoping to inform you of an article on the coup & aftermath in Paraguay. Article appeared at counterpunch.org, yesterday (07/25/12).
Looks like the Bush Crime Family can rest easier now.

Which legacy party stands to gain the most by flipping positions on rational cannabis policy? I honestly don’t know, but given the demographic trendlines at some point in the next five years or so surely one will. The Republicans actually seem the more likely as in so doing they are unlikely to alienate their highly ideological base enough to make them vote Democratic, and a significant libertarian segment of that base is already there on the issue. Plus they can probably steal a huge chunk of the now disillusioned presumptively Obama supporting youth vote from the Democrats along the way- a demographic they need to capture looking forward to remain viable. There’s a real possibility we won’t see rational cannabis policy come about except by a Republican administration doing another Nixon to China move. Obama has made it abundantly clear he intends to do anything and pay any political cost to continue prohibition, there is no hope (or change) possible as long as Obama is president. He’s not even minimally rational on the issue, he won’t be swayed. Let’s dispatch him and his antediluvian ideology to the dustbin of history where it belongs.

Smoke and Mirrors of the Legalization Debate

We’ve got Willie and Snoop on our side.

Willie Nelson Talks Unlikely Friend Snoop Dogg, ‘Heroes’ Collaboration

Makes sense to keep the pressure up on all sides of the political spectrum.

Folks in Colorado are in a very good position to push the issue since it has been identified as a swing state. Third party vote and $ with lots of organizing in Colorado. Obama needs to be held accountable for his aggressive position on medical MJ!

count on my support and I will mail a check tomorrow AM…thanks!

Thanks, Jane!

I suspect that after today, marijuana is an order of magnitude more popular than Mitt Romney — at least in the UK.

Thanks.

Can FDL PLEASE use accurate language in these articles? Pretty Please? Your making people think pot will be legal in CO and it will NOT–if A64 passes, there will be thousands at risk of arrest, loss of child custody, job loss with no unemployment check, loss of rental housing, home seizures, loss of gun rights, loss of gov aid and loss of state occupational licenses etc. because of this confusion.

A64 in Colorado does NOT LEGALIZE pot. It decrims possession of one ounce or less and 6 plants but it does not make it “legal” or “legal like alcohol” (It’s not a crime to buy more than 1 ounce of alcohol nor does drinking on a Friday night get you fired at work on Monday when you get a illegal (marijuana) drug test, nor do you lose custody of your kids for home brewing).

And Colorado already has two ounces or less (non-medical)equals a petty offense (already decrim of 2 ounces, not one)and ticket-able up to $100.

A64 is a constitutional amendment that says “driving while under the influence of marijuana shall remain illegal.” In CO right now that means any amount over zero–in our constitution….probably forever because no one is going to spend a million or more to ever remove it. A64 will bring more HARM than good for pot smokers in CO, especially for patients. And the same for the WA language.

Vote NO on A64. Once ounce of pot is already decrim in CO. And we don’t have any violation on the books called ” driving while under the influence of marijuana (DUIM)nor do we need it in our constitution, dog forbid.

As far as presidents—If you want pot legal you CAN NOT vote for Obummer or Romney. But Libertarian Gary Johnson will be the ONLY candidate on all 50 ballots and he would end the war on all drugs on day one and we as a country could begin to heal.

If you don’t vote 3rd party, NOTHING will change. Stop looking at it like it’s a throw away vote–they already cheat on the computers anyway–at least make it harder for them to cheat. The dems and the GOP are one in the same. Pot smokers especially, lose either way. I see Obummer polling CO at 36% and Romney at 37%–which means 27% are already not committing to either party. And you can bet the poll only asked about the 2 candidates. Watch what happens when they ask about 3 candidates.

Marijuana Legalization is also on the ballot in Massachusetts. 5 other states also have Marijuana measures on the ballot this Election.