Mitt Romney: Medical Marijuana Not 'issue Of Significance', Is A 'state Issue'

[jamieuke]

http://www.kushmagazine.com/news/2866-mitt-romney-medical-marijuana-not-issue-of-significance-is-a-state-issue

 

Yesterday, a Denver, Colorado CBS affiliate got some face-time with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The interviewer asked questions important to local voters: gay marriage, college tuition for illegal immigrants, and medical marijuana.

 

Romney, of course, was none too pleased. With his now trademark tone and incredulous guffaw, he asked the interviewer if there were any "issues of significance" she'd like to ask about.

 

Marijuana proponents aren't at all surprised by this; Romney has been against legalization and had dodged a couple of questions on the campaign trail. But it turns out that Romney did say something "of significance" in the interview.

 

You can watch the CBS Denver interview here. And here's Romney's response to the interviewer after she riles him up with issues central to Colorado's voters (interviewer's marijuana question starts just past 2 minutes into the video):

 

Aren't there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about? The economy, the growth of jobs, the need to put people back to work, the challenges of Iran? We’ve got enormous issues that we face. But you want - go ahead, you want to talk about medical marijuana?

 

[reporter stutters]

 

I think medical marijuana should not be legal in this country. I believe it's a gateway drug to other drug violations. The use of illegal drugs in this country is leading to terrible consequences in places like Mexico, and actually in our own country. I oppose legalization of marijuana. I oppose legalization of other kinds of drugs...

 

(Strangely, Romney says that marijuana is not an "issue of significance" but then says that its use "is leading to terrible consequences" both here and Mexico.)

 

Again, this is totally expected from Romney. He's anti-medical marijuana, no surprises there. But the most interesting part of the interview happened as Mitt Romney was taking his microphone off. The interviewer commented that she got around to asking about the economy. "Finally," Romney laughed as he shook some hands and began to walk off camera. "I'm not running on marriage and marijuana - those are state issues, right? Aren't they, really?"

 

Does this mean that Mitt Romney would take a federal-hands-off approach to medical marijuana? Would Romney discontinue raids on the medical marijuana industry? Well, probably not. We know of another guy who said that medical marijuana is a state issue and that he'd let those states work it out themselves. Coincidentally, he became President of the United States, and more raids have been carried out under his administration in four years than the last Republican president did in eight.

 

 

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[Beans]

Corporate raiders led to terrible consequences in this country as well

 

Did he mention that?

[budpuffer]

we all may need to import rocks from China to hide under..lol,,we are all very bad people for using MMJ...because we smoke MMJ we must all be using crack,meth,coke and smack.and then selling it to teens and tots at school and on the play ground.lol...at least Obama admitted he inhaled and i think that may have affected his memory ..now he's forgotten just how good it was..and we just need to get him stoned again..lol..bp

[Beans]

Flip Flop

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http://mittromneysflipflops.com/

 

 

Romney’s FlipFlops

 

Posted by Editor on Monday, November 21, 2011

 

Mitt Romney’s FlipFlops

 

Flip 1: “Roe v. Wade has gone too far.”

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Flop 1: “I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”

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Flip 2: “I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.”

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Flop 2: “I never really called myself pro-choice.”

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Flip 3: “I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life.”

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Flop 3: “Any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability.”

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Flip 4: “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.”

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Flop 4: “I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.”

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Flip 5: “I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.”

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Flop 5: “Ronald Reagan is… my hero.”

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Flip 6: “I will work and fight for stem cell research.”

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Flop 6: “In the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise.”

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Flip 7: “I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.”

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Flop 7: “There’s no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.”

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Flip 8: “I like mandates. The mandates work.”

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Flop 8: “I think it’s unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.”

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Flip 9: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”

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Flop 9: “I did not see it with my own eyes.”

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Flip 10: “This is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car.”

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Flop 10: “They’re not happy that my dog loves fresh air.”

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Flip 11: “It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.”

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Flop 11: “He’s going to pay, and he will die.”

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Flip 12: “Those… paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship.”

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Flop 12: “Amnesty only led to more people coming into the country.”

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Flip 13: “I’m not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.”

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Flop 13: “Social Security’s the easiest and that’s because you can give people a personal account.”

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Flip 14: “Based on the numbers of American Muslims… I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified.”

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Flop 14: “A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.”

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Flip 15: “I’m a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering.”

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Flop 15: “I changed my position.”

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Flip 16: “I would like to have campaign spending limits.”

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Flop 16: “The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.”

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Flip 17: “I supported the assault weapon ban.”

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Flop 17: “I don’t support any gun control legislation.”

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Flip 18: “The TARP program… was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.”

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Flop 18: “When government is… bailing out banks… we have every good reason to be alarmed.”

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Flip 19: “I’m going to take burdens off the back of the auto industry.”

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Flop 19: “Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.”

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Flip 20: “When I first heard of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly.”

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Flop 20: “‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has worked well.”

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Flip 21: “I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.”

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Flop 21: “It’s a tax cut for fat cats.”

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Flip 22: “These carbon emission limits will provide real and immediate progress.”

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Flop 22: “Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.”

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Flip 23: “Relative to the leading candidates, some people see me as being more conservative.”

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Flop 23: “I’m not the most conservative candidate.”

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Flip 24: “It does take a village.”

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Flop 24: “It takes a family.”

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Flip 25: “I don’t line up with the NRA.”

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Flop 25: “I’m a member of the [NRA].”

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Flip 26: “The all-Democrat stimulus that was passed in early 2009 will accelerate the timing of the start of the recovery…”

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Flop 26: “The all-Democrat stimulus passed in early 2009 has been a failure.”

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Flip 27: “…the costs of health care will be reduced.”

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Flop 27: “We were unable to deal with… health care costs in Massachusetts.”

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Flip 28: “If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation.”

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Flop 28: “What works in one state may not be the answer for another.”

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Edited May 11, 2012 by Beans

[Beans]

This could be seen as a positive

 

Seems like a strong possibility he'll change his position by November

[Restorium2]

Mitt Romney, "I think medical marijuana should not be legal in this country."

 

So much for the people that said Romney was self educating himself and would come out in favor of medical marijuana. He's still the same guy that dissed the dying patient, smirked and walked away. There is no educating this guy. He is who he is. He's putting nails in his presidential coffin on a daily basis now.

[Dr. Bob]

Yes Mitt, a failed program for a harmless drug that results in HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people being raided, jailed, subjected to the criminal justice system, and financially ruined IS a significant issue. Perhaps more of a significatant issue than much of foreign policy. Before you think about leading the world, think about showing leadership to your own citizens.

 

Dr. Bob

[Restorium2]

The looming question is what he would do with us after he outlawed medical cannabis.

 

I have a sneaking feeling he has plans for us. It sure wouldn't be hard to do a 'round up'.

[Dr. Bob]

I remember Schuette trying to get homeless people to identify where they could be found in lieu of an address. Had the same thought.