Wednesday, April 25, 2012
When the President lies like a Republican
You get responses like this in a Rolling Stone interview. When asked why he was pushing DoJ actions against medical marijuana when he had stated in 2008 that he would not do so, President Obama reached way up his ass and pulled out this turd.
Speaking with Rolling Stone, the president tried to explain his original comments, claiming that the recent pressure on dispensaries and providers was in line with his intent.And if you believe that, I am selling shares in a potentially lucrative lunar green cheese mining venture.
"What I specifically said was that we were not going to prioritize prosecutions of persons who are using medical marijuana," Obama said. "I never made a commitment that somehow we were going to give carte blanche to large-scale producers and operators of marijuana -- and the reason is, because it's against federal law."
The president continued: "I can't nullify congressional law. I can't ask the Justice Department to say, 'Ignore completely a federal law that's on the books.' What I can say is, 'Use your prosecutorial discretion and properly prioritize your resources to go after things that are really doing folks damage.' As a consequence, there haven't been prosecutions of users of marijuana for medical purposes."
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