Bush's Hypocrisy on Medical Marijuana

Radley Balko uncovered this and posted the text on his blog. It's from the Dallas Morning News, October 20, 1999, while he was campaigning for President:

Gov. George Bush said he backs a state's right to decide whether to allow medical use of marijuana, a position that puts him sharply at odds with Republicans on Capitol Hill. "I believe each state can choose that decision as they so choose," the governor said recently in Seattle in response to a reporter's question.

We'll put that one right next to his campaign position that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform act was unconstitutional, which he later signed. Once in office, Bush went in the opposite direction, of course, pursuing the Raich case all the way to the Supreme Court and securing an outrageous decision that expanded Federal power far beyond the clear meaning of the Constitutional text. In the process, two state laws passed overwhelmingly by popular referendum were overturned. And this by the same guy who complains about "unelected judges" overruling the "will of the people" and claims that we need "strict constructionists" on the court. I think this may be a world record for being hypocritical on multiple levels simultaneously.

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He also said gay marriage was a states issue until MA legalised it. He also said the feds got warrents when they spied on Americans. He also claims to be a part of a "culture of life" when he made it legal in Texas for them to shut off life support in cases that are terminal and can't afford the life support. He said he thought a lot of things that aren't terribly, well, true. I am no longer capable of surprise when it comes to anything that criminal in office has said or done. You could tell me it turns out he serial murdered babies and it wouldn't surprise me anymore. The same can be said of what the morons who still vote republicans are capable of defending. Click my name for the latest, well by now I'm sure more have died because he's the president - but one of the most recent deaths that can be attributed to policies he's supported and pushed.

It is things like this that make the Daily Show so funny. It is clear that GWBush is nothing more than a caricature.

It is well known by Europeans. And it is embarrassing.