Comments on: The Drug Policy Reform Movement on Holder

By: freedomfan

freedomfan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:26:05 +0000

Radley, I really think you are letting hope get in the way of more reasoned judgment on this. I don’t take Obama’s campaign “promise” to end medical marijuana raids seriously. And, neither did McCain and the GOP, or else they would have hammered him on it and hammered Biden on the discrepancy between his and Obama’s positions.

There is nothing wrong with being hopeful and I totally agree that the appointment of the next Drug Fuhrer will be far more telling than Holder’s appointment. But, as it stands, all there seems to be is a fairly vague promise and no history of Obama taking strong stands on the issue. Given that, the relevant data point is that Obama is a politician, and one who has surrounded himself with other politicians who don’t think they are losing any votes by supporting “tough on drugs” policies and certainly won’t waste “political capital” opposing those policies.

The preliminary conclusion is that he will do nothing to change drug policy. That is the appropriate default assumption for any politician who hasn’t actually fought (not just pontificated) on this issue. He has to prove otherwise with actions.

By: kafka

kafka — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:24:37 +0000

It kinda gets on my nerves the ACLU hasn’t commented of Holder. They always seem to comment when its a Republican appointee.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:16:30 +0000

federal drug policy factored into his decision to chose them

Since you’re a published person, I’m sure you care more about typos and grammar errors than most. The word is CHOOSE, not CHOSE. Simple typo.

By: MacGregory

MacGregory — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:13:45 +0000

Id like to be optomistic. You’re right Radley. Obama’s gonna do what he wants to do regardless. But, with these bugs buzzing in his ears who knows. Allen St. Pierre’s comments sent shivers down my spine.