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In reply to the discussion: People (some) on this board wonder why I won't shut up about DWS's atrocious record. Here's why. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)35. Obama is retiring.
I think he moved the ball forward on the drug war, and frankly had Hillary Clinton been in the White House I question whether CO and WA would have been handled the way they were.
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People (some) on this board wonder why I won't shut up about DWS's atrocious record. Here's why. [View all]
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
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She actively worked to defeat it in 2014, in alliance with Sheldon Adelson
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#4
I agree someone who advocated life sentences for child molesters gets 15 months .. what a joke.
YOHABLO
May 2016
#44
It seems unbelievable to me. 15 months. And this woman is facing 10 years.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#47
She's an HRC flunkie. With the hard right swing on this board right now, DWS is the bee's knees.
Feeling the Bern
May 2016
#14
You shouldn't shut up about it. She was in collusion with the HRC campaign from the time
silvershadow
May 2016
#16
What does DWS have to do with the Florida House and Senate that make Florida laws?
leftofcool
May 2016
#25
If you don't like DWS and what you think she did in Florida, be assured that
truedelphi
May 2016
#26
One difference is, Melinda Haag retired and they can't find juries out west that will convict
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#29
Oh for Pete's sake, as President, all he had to do was remove Eric Holder and replace him
truedelphi
May 2016
#33
I happen to think Obama has done more to end pot prohibition than any previous POTUS.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#42
Like I said, I'm not defending that. Nor am I interested in defending it.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#48
This thread isn't about Bernie Sanders, it's about Debbie Wasserman Schultz's record.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#32
Right, well, maybe the cannabis group isn't the place to take lame stoner shots
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#40
Hmmmm, you know, this story seems to get more interesting the more one looks at it.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#50
I just find it appalling. Hastert gets 15 months for abusing children, they want to put this woman
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#52
Obama hasn't been perfect, but as we are constantly reminded, most marijuana law enforcement takes
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#56
She actively campaigned against the initiative, along with Sheldon Adelson. It is public record.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#59
Obama could have done more, and particularly in his 1st term he was disappointing on the issue
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#63
also by "remove from schedule one" do you mean Deschedule it entirely, as Sanders has proposed?
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#57
I would hope we can all agree that no one is served by sticking this 50 yr old woman, a known
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#62