Airship of Fools

[rich]

i mean what a douche, right. we're the fools for projecting so much onto
(let's face it) a candidate who was never who we thought he was but alas is
still way better than anyone running against him.

as much as one can despise George W. Bush's policies one could never say he
wasnt what we thought he would be. he was surprisingly consistent as
president whether you loved him or loathed him.

rich

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

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