President Obama's puzzling silence on marijuana policy

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139. The issue is not whether he supported it after it was approved by the party but why he didn't lead

the party or the country on the issue.

Here is the fact: FDR didn't lead the country on repealing prohibition. After it was popular and to the most minimal extent possible to own the issue he supported it.


He made no statement for it until the convention approved it and then his statement was "The convention is for it so I am for it".


During the campaign he made only one speech on it and ignored it as much as was possible and still capture all of the anti prohibition vote. In the middle of a campaign he did the minimum necessary to get the maximum popular vote.


It was also documented that before FDR made a statement on it there was wide spread bipartisan support for it, including support across the country by the American Bar Association and many Republicans who brought it to a vote at the Republican convention.


Your premise that Obama should learn from FDRs example is laughable.


Unlike during FDR's time concerning the complete legalization there is no:

Widespread movement in the Democratic Party to make this a major political issue in the next campaign.

Widespread movement in the Republican Party to make this a major political issue in the next campaign.

Major national coordinated campaign for a national repeal.

No significant support from organizations like the American Bar Association organizing and pushing the issue across the US.



The facts are clear. Personally I have never used it but I support its legalization but the fact is in CA anyone over the age of 18 can pay the fee get a doctors note and get it legally. You can get it legally for 'anxiety' or 'inability to sleep'.

Here is a list of 120 Marijuana dispensaries in San Diego.

http://www.sandiegocannabisclubs.com/directory/

Man that is some prohibition. Remarkable how a prohbited item that cannot be bought legally has hundreds of legal dispensaries that spend millions of dollars in advertising.

And yes they are trying to bring order to this industry and some will close on compliance issues but it is a huge business here there is no effective prohibition.

To show how big a business it is I refer you to the San Diego Reader

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/

This is the local San Diego magazine that has for years been provided free at offices and stores.

For years it promoted restaurants and places to go.

Now 80% of the advertising it is for MJ dispensaries.

It is so ubiquitous that if you go to the web page they have a MJ icon in the most prominent spot that takes you to all of their MJ advertisers.


http://www.sandiegoreader.com/

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/altmed/

and here is their special list where you can have weed delivered to you.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/altmed/



While other states are not this liberal they could be. So why would any national politician expend limited valuable capital on an issue that is not national in scope and where there is no effective organized national campaign to make it so.


That you would bash Obama on this issue by trying to compare him to non existent 'leadership' by Roosevelt is laughable but if you really really really believe it, go ahead I am not wasting time on an issue that for the people in California has been largely settled.

All you have proved is that you love your myths about marijuana more than facts.