Charlie Crist to support legalization of medical marijuana. His law firm leads the campaign in FL. [View all]

[madfloridian]

ONE on ONE with Gov. Charlie Crist

Video at the link.

"I am the same guy, I come from a party in my past, the leadership really has gone so hard right, it is not recognizable to me anymore, Crist says, and pretty intolerant to be honest, most Republicans are pretty main stream like my mom and dad who are still Republicans."

Crist says he is in favor of legalizing gay marriage and medical marijuana . He also says he would do a better job of taking care of teachers.

(My aside comment: Whoever wrote that first paragraph has one long huge run-on sentence. I taught my primary grades better than that.)

John Morgan of Morgan and Morgan law firm has lead the legalization campaign in Florida.

John Morgan, Obama fundraiser and Crist boss, to lead medical-pot initiative in FL

John Morgan, a major President Obama fundraiser and the boss of former Gov. Charlie Crist, is taking the reins of a Florida medical marijuana initiative, promising to pump major money and political muscle into the popular issue.

...Morgan said he hasn't spoken about the issue with Crist or Obama, with whom he had dinner Monday. And, he said, he doesn’t care whether they support it or not.

...Morgan, head of the Morgan & Morgan firm, said he’s going to lead the initiative for personal reasons: His father had struggled with cancer and emphysema, and only marijuana helped him.

“He was tethered to machines and on all these drugs that he had no appetite,” Morgan said. “One of my brothers was able to get marijuana for him so he could eat and be happy.”

Nan Rich, also a Democratic candidate, supports the issue as well. The problem for Nan is that Crist is the one leading Scott by 10 points.

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