Rand Paul backs bill that could lead to crackdown on states where voters legalized weed

[RainDog]

22. Rand Paul has been sucking up to the Talibornagains

because he wants to run for prezzie and he knows, in order to get the votes of the most backward ass people in the nation, he and his fellow Republicans have to act like backwardass people... but it's not an act, as we know.

Obama cannot force states to uphold federal law when the state's law allows for more individual liberty.

But Rand Paul doesn't really give a shit about individual liberty - all he cares about is making the divide between rich and poor larger, an economic policy that aligns with his racist attitudes toward issues such as marijuana legalization.

Mitch McConnell is backing hemp legislation to line the pockets of his pals (esp. the head of the KY agricultural commission), and Paul is playing the other side of the vote by going after those "liberals" in western states.

Since it is evident that marijuana has medical value (and, at this time the FDA is fast-tracking a study of marijuana in relation to Dravet's syndrome epilepsy) and since it is evident that marijuana is no more addictive than coffee - you have to wonder why Republicans want to double down on the side of stupid on this issue... it can't just be the old white "get off my lawn" voter... maybe it has something to do with the for-profit prison corporations and their successful efforts to remove black and Latino young men from the voter roles and the general population.

Republicans haven't had a good idea since Eisenhower.