Airship of Fools

[David Morris]

Partly a case of picking one's battles.  But it's more than that
according to a recent Rolling Stone article.  From Digby:

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http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/doobious-strategy-on-pot-wars.html

Over at Rolling Stone, Tim Dickinson has a good piece about the Obama
administration's sudden about-face on medical marijuana. Initially
they made soothing noises and announced that they wouldn't target pot
dispensaries that complied with state law. Then, last year, everything
changed:

"The reversal began at the Drug Enforcement Agency with Michele
Leonhart, a holdover from the Bush administration who was renominated
by Obama to head the DEA…Almost immediately, federal prosecutors went
on the attack."
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Ultimately Obama's fault.  He could have nominated a more liberal DEA
head, leaving the DEA headless when Senate Repubs refused to allow a
confirmation vote.  Blame for a do-nothing DEA (nice goal) would have
easily been laid at the Repubs. feet.  I think Obama is much less
liberal at his core than most folks think.

David Morris


On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> subtonic rant: so the Obama white house is all "there's no legitimate medical use for marijuana" I felt strongly enough to register my dismay at whitehouse.gov