Barack Obama explains the appeal of marijuana to a young person

[BurtWorm]

"And if the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it
could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through
all the hypocrisy and bullshit and cheap moralism."

-Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father, (1996), pg. 87


:think:


Speaking of seeing through bullshit, I don't recall ever hearing any other American politician speaking quite so honestly and utterly without bullshit on any subject, let alone the use of an controlled substance. It's astonishing that the republicans didn't try to turn this refreshing candor and truth-telling from Obama into the devil's own language.

Full disclosure: I haven't read Dreams from My Father. This was sent to me in an e-mail. I felt compelled to give it a post of its own because I was immediately struck by how much it resonates with me. I wonder if, in context, it's watered down with more typical politician-speak about how wrong he was or how high on life he is now. It doesn't mattter; this is a clear line of sight into a mind that clearly can see things as they really are and tell it like it is.