2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJeb Bush was a pot-smoking bully, say former classmates; Rand Paul adds 'hypocrit'
From TheHill
By David McCabe
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said in the 1990s that he smoked marijuana while he was in high school, but a new profile of the likely 2016 presidential candidate paints a more detailed picture of his use of the drug.
More:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/231328-jeb-bush-was-a-pot-smoking-bully-say-former-classmates
And in related news...
Rand Paul slams Bush 'hypocrisy' on pot
By Alexander Bolton
DALLAS Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused Jeb Bush of hypocrisy after The Boston Globe reported the former Florida governor was a heavy marijuana smoker while at an elite prep school.
More:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/231351-rand-paul-slams-bush-hypocrisy-on-pot
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)on little puddle jumper planes....Barry Seal of the CIA says he pulled up in the night and THERE THE TWO WERE...LOADING KEYS OF COKE! Think it's page 83?
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)are a con now.
ALL of these people have common traits.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I'd hate to think that the weed turned him into the monster that he is.
(And previous experience has proved I need this: )
Panich52
(5,829 posts)So I guess Jeb was just a bully who liked to get buzzed.
In my 45 yrs of tokin, never saw anyone become a bully after smokin. But didn't see it 'cure' any bullies either.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)would say things like, "I shouldn't let the two of them get together unless they both been smoking."
Persondem
(1,936 posts)" It has, for the most part, a more dampening sedative effect. So when you actually ingest or smoke or get cannabis into your bloodstream, it does get into the brain and it goes to these same targets.
It turns out that these targets actually block the process of learning and memory so that you have an impairment of being able to lay down new memories."
From ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/28/381622350/why-teens-are-impulsive-addiction-prone-and-should-protect-their-brains
According to the research pot makes teens stupid. Just what we need, another stupid Bush.
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)Leave it to a Bush to be both a pot smoker AND a bully.
Mass
(27,315 posts)whether Democrats, Republicans, or independants.
Mass
(27,315 posts)The rest is really BS. Who cares what they did when they were teens? But the fact is that our system is so corrupt that most people who run for president (and now even for Senator or Representatives) have somebody in their close family who was an elected official or a highly ranked civil servant/military person.
Time to make place for regular people.
red dog 1
(27,799 posts)"and pushed for mandatory prison sentences for drug offenders -- with the exception of his daughter, Noelle, who has struggled with crack cocaine use."
"Bush publicly opposed an amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/31/jeb-bush-smoked-marijuana_n_6585346.html
IMO, Jeb Bush is a two-faced, hypocritical asshole!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)He gets the nom.
But the general will bring hell down on him. Nobody likes a bullying hypocrite. I'm sorry about his family's drug issues but I can't take his slighting of people's struggles with pain.
Pisces
(5,599 posts)to disqualify him with who he is currently vs. who he was as a stupid adolescent.