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Uncle Joe

(60,148 posts) Tue Jul 1, 2014, 03:52 PM Jul 2014

Willie Nelson Has Important Political Message for Stoners

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/willie-nelson-has-important-political-message-for-stoners-20140624#ixzz36EhtcxPw

Willie Nelson's Teapot Party movement, which now has more than 115,000 Facebook followers, was founded after his 2010 arrest for marijuana possession in Texas. His practical (and slyly humorous) advice to fellow pot advocates is to support like-minded candidates.

"Get out and go vote," he says in an interview with CelebStoner News. "If it's the day to go vote, make sure you go vote before you burn one down. Don't get high and forget to vote."

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The 81-year-old performer has even been contacted by the governor's office in Colorado to appear in a public service announcement about marijuana, but has yet to decide whether he'll do it or not. One thing he has decided on is his backing of Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, due to her stance in support of medical marijuana. Nelson also has his eye on other changes in the laws regarding pot use and attributes many of those changes to financial concerns.

"There's a lot of money in selling marijuana," he reasons. "If you can do it legally, that's good. Why should all the criminals make the money? This is what people are thinking. If it's happening, if it's going to be legal, let's tax it and regulate it, like we do with everything else, and make some money off this. I think that's one reason why people are taking this a little more seriously."

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Willie Nelson Has Important Political Message for Stoners (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jul 2014 OP

Thank you for this OP involving Willie. truedelphi Jul 2014 #1

I agree, Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #2

I thought she did.... pipoman Jul 2014 #3

They need to keep asking her in regards to "states rights legalization." n/t Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #4

Somebody is going to grab this issue in the next year... pipoman Jul 2014 #5

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #6

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)

1. Thank you for this OP involving Willie.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 04:03 PM

Jul 2014

I got an email yesterday from someone quoting Nelson, "Why do people pick on Lance Armstrong? He won so many Tour De France while on drugs, and when I am on drugs, I cannot even find my bike!"

Anyway, I will not vote for anyone in any election who is not 100% on my side re: marijuana re-scheduling or legalization. And if Hillary wants to make the point about marijuana, then she needs to come forward and make the statements, and not just have her husband do it.