Norm Coleman in his Pot Smokin Days...hilarious

[SaveElmer]

Guess he doesn't like the wacky tabaccy anymore...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/28/91812/5867

[BeyondGeography]

1. LOL! Party on, Norm

[welshTerrier2]

2. please don't take pot smoking lightly

pot smoking can cause all kinds of serious problems like loss of short term memory, anxiety, lung disease, loss of short term memory and, ummmmm, loss of short term memory ...

[endarkenment]

4. are you ok?

I'm very worried.

[jedicord]

7. Amazing weight gain problems, too. n/t

[jefferson_dem]

3. LOL! He looks like Ozzy from "back in the day".

I think i would prefer old Norm to new Norm.

[MADem]

5. The former Democrat, who cravenly switched parties to aggrandize himself.

And now he's opposed to legalization! That web site is pretty amusing...and shows just how much of a bullshitter (I had MY fun, now you kids can't have YOURS) he is:



Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman acknowledges on his website that he was a "campus organzizer in the '60s" when he attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. His Wikipedia entry states: "He ran for student senate and opined in the school newspaper that his fellow students should vote for him because he knew that 'these conservative kids don't fuck or get high like we do... Everyone watch out, the 1950s' bobby-sox generation is about to take over.'" Several photos (reproduced here) show the then longhaired Coleman speaking through a bullhorn and unfurling an anti-war banner with other students.

Since that time, the Brooklyn, NY-born politician graduated from the University of Iowa Law School and stayed in the Midwest, where he worked as a prosecutor in Minnesota for 17 years before his two terms as mayor of St. Paul. In 1996, he switched parties - from Democrat to Republican - and in 1998 he lost the Minnesota governor's race to Jesse Ventura. In 2002, Coleman was elected senator by a 2% margin. He benefitted from the sudden death of the state's incumbant Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash 11 days before the election.

NORML board member Norm Kent, who is a lawyer as well, went to Hofstra with Coleman. Kent recently received a form letter from Coleman regarding his current anti-marijuana positiion. It reads, in part: "I oppose the legalization of marijuana because, as noted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, marijuana can have serious adverse health affects on individuals. The health problems that may occur from this highly addictive drug include short-term memory loss, anxiety, respiratory illness and a risk of lung cancer that far exceeds that of tobacco products. It would also make our transportation, schools and workplaces, just as examples, more dangerous."

Offended by Coleman's comments, Kent fired of a letter to his former smoking buddy. .....My friend Norman. Years ago, in a lifetime far away, you did not oppose the legalization of marijuana. Years ago, in our dorm rooms at Hofstra University, you, me, Billy, your future brother-in-law, Ivan, Jonathan, Peter, Janet, Nancy and a wealth of other students smoked dope.

Sure, we had to tape the doors shut, burn incense and open the windows, but we got high, and yet we grew up okay, without the help of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's advice. ....

http://www.celebstoner.com/content/view/243/34/

[rinsd]

6. Hey, bud let's party

[David__77]

8. Ooh, here's one where he has a bullhorn!

I'm sure he was always a simple opportunist. He simple goes where his ego can be gratified.