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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is *NOT* for pot legalization. [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)27. This excerpt from Aaron Sorkin's "The American President" (1995) covers it:
I've known Bob Rumsford for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Bob devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections.
Substitute "The Democratic Party" for "Bob Rumsford", and "reviling the Republicans" for "shouting at the rain."
As for why ostensible 'liberals' support Clinton?
Lewis Rothschild: People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.
President Andrew Shepherd: Lewis, we've had Presidents who were beloved who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand 'cause they're thirsty. They drink the sand 'cause they don't know the difference.
President Andrew Shepherd: Lewis, we've had Presidents who were beloved who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand 'cause they're thirsty. They drink the sand 'cause they don't know the difference.
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I mean the information is here, how come those that support her don't ask these questions?
insta8er
Apr 2016
#6
I find it interesting that Clinton can be the candidate for the prison industry... and POC.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2016
#7
they love the pot laws...they can bust most the population at anytime
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#32
Did not know this, while you dont link any of this I do figure it is possible.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#10
I accept your surrender on the OP topic. If you want to talk about guns and gay marriage,
jack_krass
Apr 2016
#24
I suspect if she was really likely to get tough on weed, snoop dogg wouldnt have endorsed her.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#30
"Big Cannabis will soon be funneling millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation"
jack_krass
Apr 2016
#19
Well shit- look at the patriot act. The "vital tools to fight terror" were used almost exclusively
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#31
yes the dea illegally uses parallel construction to convict citizens it has illegally spied on
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#35
She's being slow, and cautious, and listening to beltway conventional wisdom voices who dont really
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#28