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red dog 1

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14. I remember that scene from The Big Lebowski, and I also remember that

Reply to sofa king (Reply #10)

Tue May 15, 2012, 10:12 PM

May 2012

Lebowski, like many millions of Americans, smoked pot.
I support President Obama; but I would not call him "astute".
His broken promise "not to go after medical pot dispensaries" is far from astute
He is likely to lose millions of votes solely because of these ridiculous "pot club raids"
As far as his other campaign promises, he does OK.
He's broken 14% of his promises and kept 36%.
But he needs to re-think his heavy-handed attitude towards medicinal pot dispensaries, or he might just find himself is a much tighter race come November.

On his campaign promises:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

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