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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Update: Ask the Obama Administration
Posted by Joe Bardi on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Last Friday, I detailed the Obama transition team's efforts to reach out to the faithful by allowing them to ask questions of the President-Elect on his website, change.gov. More than 7000 questions were submitted, with the readers then voting on their favorite questions. And the #1 question people wanted answered?
"Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?"S. Man, Denton
I speculated that Obama would dodge the question. Turns out that I was wrong. Here is the pithy response.
President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.Transition Team, Washington, D.C.
Seems a little brief, no? Especially in light of the fact that the rest of Obama's answers were longer and more thought out.
Looks like the pro-pot activists have their work cut out for them.
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They are still hoping Bill Richardson as commerce secretary -- and pot decriminalization supporter -- will save the day. Not so sure though.
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I saw the Alternet article currently in the "This Just In" section on the CL homepage that also talks a bit about Richardson. The author seems to think that the answer Obama gives on the site is a stall and that he is going to have no choice but to face the issue eventually. I think that's probably the case. Especially if the economy stays in the tank or worsens. On a side note: I was taken aback by the article's quote of Clarence Thomas referencing the Scalia interpretation of the Commerce clause of the Constitution. I think I finally found the one thing me and C.T. agree on. Well, this and not not enjoying pubes on our Coke cans.
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