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aikanae

(202 posts)
3. Who?
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jun 2014

What I don't understand is who are they grandstanding for? Obviously their "base" doesn't care one way or the other (actually polls I have seen at MSNBC and articles at KOS show majority are against regulations - Huff Po is on a tangent against them too, but not their readers, the majority). Ecigs just don't seem to be on the map for a political issue for Dem's. Swing voters are siding with "let's wait and see" and Republicans are standing up (barely) against them (in the spotlight).

So why are they doing this? These are not sophomore politicians involved and they can't be THAT stupid to have survived for so long? The biggest money in the game are the pharmaceuticals. Next in line might be governmental taxes (85% the price of cigs + Master Settlement Pymts).

The truth is that vaping could be the biggest health advancement in a half century (or more). There are studies that prove that. What we do know is that they are far less harmful than smoking cigarettes.

And it appears the tag line for the next campaign season is "evidence-based". LOL! They couldn't make themselves appear more hypocritical. As usual, Democrats are their own worst enemy.

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