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June 13, 2012

AG Holder Asked to Fight CO Amendment 64 and the Majority’s Wishes

Moirai 

Yes on Amendment 64 Colorado

A small group has formed, ironically called ‘Smart Colorado,’ to try and stop the groundbreaking Amendment 64 up for vote in Colorado this November.  This Amendement would allow adults in Colorado to possess up an 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use.  I can’t stress enough how important this amendment’s passing will be to continuing the chain of dominos falling in our march towards ending marijuana prohibition.

Smart Colorado has written a letter to marijuana enemy U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking he step in and help oppose the will of the majorty in a state matter.  The letter surprised Mason Tvert, the leader of pro-Amendment 64 groups.  “This seems like a politically tone-deaf request in light of the recent Rasmussen poll showing 61 percent of likely voters in Colorado support regulating marijuana like alcohol,” he said. “Whoever is asking the Obama administration to oppose Amendment 64 must be secretly rooting for Mitt Romney to be elected president in November.”

I hope current President Obama by now recognizes the growing wave of disgust over marijuana prohibition and can see elected officials falling in states like TX, NY, OR, etc.  Many politicians are waking up that we’re serious about ending prohibition and they can either ride the wave of the people’s will or fall under it’s crushing tide.  Obama and his pit bull Holder keep pushing and pushing us deeper into a police state and corruption instead of protecting the people’s civil liberties and fundamental rights.

Here are just *some* of the many wrongs against the people from Obama and his administration:

  • Not only lied about respecting 2008 campaign promise to respect state rights on medical marijuana, but did a complete 180 given the number of fed raids on legitimate dispensaries.  It is at a pace even George W would blush at.
  • Never closed Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Gitmo).
  • Can now assassinate US citizens without due process.
  • Can strip search us on arrest, even for jaywalking.
  • All the taxpayer $ wasted on Solyndra and attempts to stall proper investigations.
  • All the taxpayer $ and lives wasted on Fast & Furious aka Gunwalking scandal and attempts to stall proper investigations.
  • Flying drones over US to monitor own citizens.

Let me remind you Mr. President, Colorado is a swing state, so please choose carefully how you unleash your Attorney General on Amendment 64.  With the economy still struggling, and our soliders still uncessarily waging global war, do you really want to continue to trample on civil liberties that the majority of the US supports?  The number of indepedents is at an all-time high and if you’re not careful, many within your base will start to look at an alternative like Gary Johnson.

 

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  • Gregory Williams

    Who wrote this? Do ya think that the AG of the US is going to go and involve himself in what is clearly a state matter? to quote Bubbas mother”Are ya dumb or are ya stupid”.

    Oh and the threats to the Presidents political future? RiiiiIIIIiiiight he is just quivering in fear at your dire warnings of DOOOOOOOOOOM.

    Then there is that pack of lies after the third paragraph, HOGWASH of the utter kind.

    Then there is the final DRIVEL…… more than that need not be said except for this: GARY JOHNSON??? REALLY? REALLY? Well you just go ahead and support the man, he needs that support.
    SHHHHEEEESH, what a maroon.

  • Moirai

    Gregory,

     

    Thank you for taking
    the time to reply.  Although we don’t agree, I’m glad it elicited a
    reaction as these are exactly the kind of dialogues we’re looking to have.
     Please elaborate on what you feel we got wrong or why you feel some
    potential outcomes are actually impossible.

     

    I’ll reply with bullet
    points to your thoughts:

    -Yes, I do think
    there’s the possibility the AG of the US will try to assert himself on the
    Amend 64 vote.  In case you missed it a couple years ago, go ahead and
    google “Eric Holder prop 19″.  The AG of the US got extremely
    involved in campaigning against Prop 19 in CA.  Amend 64 in CO is just as
    big of a deal, so yes it’s quite possible the AG will get involved again.

    -As to scoffing Obama
    has no concern over marijuana as a voting issue, once again I ask you to google
    news on “Obama marijuana 2012 election”  There have been
    numerous articles from major outlets on this very topic. You can scoff all you
    like there’s no denying
    1) More than 50% of Americans support outright legalization and just under 75%
    want Obama to respect states’ rights on the topic at the very least
    2) We’re seeing an amazing wave of change from politicians on this topic in a
    short period of time as more people support it.  Hell, we’ve even seen a
    few elected officials voted out for their prohibition stances (i.e. Reyes in TX,
    Holton in OR) and even NYC, the marijuana arrest capital, is changing its tune
    now.
    3) As mentioned above, it’s gaining more and more press in the mainstream media
    and it’s always been a hot topic on the internet & social media (go figure)

    -Please elaborate on
    what the pack of lies are after the 3rd paragraph.

    -If you think Obama is
    not risking some of his traditional base with many of his policies, personally
    I’d say you’re the one spouting drivel and lets agree to disagree.  Once
    again go ahead and google to see major articles on how many of his base are
    less than thrilled, i.e. the youth vote and if he’s not careful a guy like
    Johnson can take those votes.  

    -To the same degree, google
    “Obama Amendment 64 2012 election.”  CO is a key swing state, and the
    election is mostly going to come down to these critical states.  If Obama does not take the topic of marijuana
    prohibition serious given the growing support for it, it absolutely can cost
    him votes and if it costs him a few key swing states, he loses.  Although
    I don’t believe this latest bit running around some articles, some say it could
    be Obama’s secret weapon to winning the election by relaxing prohibition.
     At the very least if he’s for states’ right for gay marriage, he should be
    consistent with marijuana, which is what he initially promised during his 2008
    campaign. This is another reason many in his base are upset as he went 180 and
    increased the number of raids on dispensaries legitimately operating under
    state law.

    -Yes, I feel the
    country would be better served by having more than 2 major political parties.
     This election has a record high # of voters who deem themselves
    independents.  Go figure when you look at how the country is doing and on
    some topics (i.e. ending prohibition) Romney and Obama have the same status quo
    answer.  Having more than two choices is a good thing for our democracy
    and I will never feel that I “wasted” my vote.  If my vote can
    help show the dissatisfaction with the status quo in the 2012 election, I’ll
    be satisfied.

    I could go on more,
    but I’d love to hear some of your thoughts back.  Hopefully it can be an engaging
    and informative dialogue and continue to bring the topic to public discussion.  You can call me partisan, but Obama has to earn my vote after trampling his 2008 promise on respecting states’ marijuana laws.  The call to end prohibition continues to
    grow, we won’t be belittled into silence, we have the numbers and we will keep
    on pushing.

  • Blair Ravish

    Gregory sounds like the typical blinded douche’et. I completely agree with you Moirai. We need reform, we need revision, and most of all we need action. Obama has failed on his promises, but the people are going to elect him back in to office as they did with GWB JR. Stupidity is hard to shake off in America for some reason :P People just follow whats trending and they don’t even examine the cold hard facts in front of them. The media has a special way of securing that thought process, which works in their favor tremendously. We simply have to fight back, and stay strong ;)

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