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In reply to the discussion: What are Clinton's stances on legal marijuana? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)A majority of voters in all of those States have already chosen legalization. Thriving industries are growing and racist, selective drug war policies being replaced. The Democratic Party of Oregon supported legalization as did Senator Merkley. So ranting about Socialists and Rand Paul just makes you sound as if you hold the voters of Oregon and our Democratic Party in contempt.
Hillary will need far better rhetoric than that which you present in order to compete in the West. Sorry. O'Malley's positions are way worse than hers, so it's not really going to be a problem unless she makes it one. Bernie's statements on cannabis are not all that different from those of other Democrats and in fact short of the full endorsement given by Oregon Democrats. His position sounds tepid to me. Yours sounds right wing and reactionary. The stuff you are saying would sink any candidate for any office in this State, well, would sink any Democrat. We have a Republican district, they might dig that but they won't vote for Democrats. Democrats vote for Democrats and around here, Democrats are for legal cannabis.