Hickenlooper: Pot for mine, but not for thine

[bigtree]

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[walkingman]

1. Adios Mofo!

[workinclasszero]

23. No kidding

Talk about being out of touch with the public...wow!

[3catwoman3]

2. This make absolutely...

...no sense.

[hlthe2b]

3. To be fair, he's consistent. He opposed legalization in CO too, but accepted the will of the people

AND, has done a remarkable job with regulating the industry and addressing all the myriad of problems that have come up. Colorado has been the model gold standard that other states have followed, as a result.

I'm not promoting him for President, but this alone should not discount him.

[bigtree]

6. yeah, that's not a ringing endorsement

...that he needed to be dragged into it.

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and this nonsense:

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[hlthe2b]

9. I am not trying to offer you an endorsement; only the truth.

and while I am not supporting him for President in the primaries, one could do a LOT worse. He is respectful of the public's views and will work hard to enact democratically voted measures-- even if he personally disagrees with them. How many in Congress and other state governments can you say the same?

[bigtree]

10. you know well that's just a deflection from the issue in the op

...it's become the defense-DU-jour.

Sure, he's presidential enough, but what about federal legalization which affects so many jailed and processed through the criminal justice system?

We can discuss electability in another thread, but he's clearly pushing some folks away here.

[hlthe2b]

11. why are you behaving this way toward me?

I am offering you civil exchange, am deflecting NOTHING and I already told you that he's not my candidate.
It is uncalled for! Don't bother to engage with me again if you insist on this level of discourse.

[bigtree]

14. I didn't realize 'deflection' was such a hot button word for you

...I'm truly sorry. I was just trying to direct the discussion onto the actual issue.

And to be fair to your response, there was that 'puff of smoke' thing in the op, so I reacted wrongly.

[Renew Deal]

4. The 2020 election is not going to be decided on marijuana

And 2. The Democratic position will be "better" than the republican one.

[bigtree]

12. it's a matter of criminal justice

...with so many folks in jail, or stigmatized by arrests.

I'm sure it'll be a comfort to these folks to have to fight a Democratic president on this.

Primaries are for sorting aspirants out on things like this. 'Electability' is a function of the primary campaign, more than some sense of entitlement based on tenure.

[Renew Deal]

16. That's fine. The election will still not be decided on this.

[Amimnoch]

17. +1. Pot could be legalized in Texas tomorrow and I still wouldn't

Touch the stuff.

BUT, I’m 100% behind the legalization because of the lives the draconian laws destroy due to incarcerations is much larger in numbers than anything the plant itself ever could. Especially since the application of the law is used heavy handedly to target and diminish minorities sooo disproportionately.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Damn, that was over quick.

I wonder how many donations he got before he decided to drive his campaign off a cliff.

[Autumn]

7. That was fast. Wait till he opens up about fracking.

[kcr]

15. The first time I went out to CO to visit family that had moved there

I couldn't believe all the fracking rigs everywhere. Some of them were behind these giant screens as if that could hide them, but most were right there out in the open, fracking away.

[Autumn]

20. He threatened to sue any cities than banned fracking within their city borders.

https://denver.cbslocal.com/video/4042481-cbs4-archive-report-hickenlooper-threatens-to-sue-any-city-that-bans-fracking/

[workinclasszero]

24. Wow the more I hear about this guy

The bigger disaster he becomes as a candidate for POTUS!

[Autumn]

25. He's a moderate. But I give him kudos for bowing to the will of the people on marijuana.

He would IMO not be good on climate change, too into fossil fuels. We affectionately call him Governor Frackenlooper . He drank Halliburton fracking fluid to show how safe it was.

[shanny]

29. I'd call him a moderate within the entire political spectrum;

within the Democratic Party I'd call him a conservative.

As a Coloradan, I say nay.

[Autumn]

32. + 1000... Agree with everything you said.

[jalan48]

8. Apparently, drinking fracking fluid does affect one's judgment.

[shanny]

30. +1

not unlike Kool-aid perhaps

[geardaddy]

13. What a dick n/t

[BannonsLiver]

18. That'll knock him off my list

I'm not typically a one issue voter but we're on the precipice of some long overdue and badly needed justice with regard to federal marijuana laws. The 1980s worldview on cannabis Hickenlooper espouses is tired and wrong.

[WeekiWater]

19. So many different ways he could have answered this without including that one sentence.

Completely unnecessary misstep. These are the simple ones a Presidential candidate should get right. I'm not necessarily talking about being "right" on the issue itself. I'm talking about not making an unforced error.

[DavidDvorkin]

21. Not for mine, either

https://www.denverpost.com/2012/09/12/colorado-gov-john-hickenlooper-opposes-marijuana-legalization-measure/

[workinclasszero]

22. 70% of the American public are in favor of legalized pot

His own state pioneered cannabis legalization!

WTH?

This is nuts.

It makes me suspicious of who is funding his presidential campaign TBH.

[Docreed2003]

26. Well...bye!

Johnny we hardly knew ye

[defacto7]

27. There should be a "nail in the coffin" emogi.

[shanny]

31. how 'bout this one?

[defacto7]

33. That's close. I'd like the little face hammering a nail into a coffin

with a sledge hammer then it breaks the coffin in pieces.

[shanny]

36. yeah, that would be good

[ooky]

28. We never knew you.

[defacto7]

34. that sounds biblical in scale.

[ooky]

37. Actually, recalled that line from an old

Dilbert comic strip. It was talking about how fast new department managers come in and go right back out in big companies.

But yes, the biblical reference is the likely interpretation.