Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows


And the Colorado Marijuana Ballot Initiative is another example of the truth of that maxim. Last week a most surprising Colorado politician came out in favor of the initiative.
In a little noticed op-ed published last week, former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) endorsed a voter-sponsored initiative to legalize marijuana in Colorado, saying his change of heart came “not despite my conservative beliefs, but because of them.”

“In many ways, marijuana prohibition is very similar to alcohol prohibition,” he wrote in The Colorado Springs Gazette. “Nowhere is this more apparent than in their impact on public safety.”

Tancredo’s editorial compares the booze-fueled organized crime of the prohibition era to the weed-fueled “narcoterrorists” in Mexico, who he said pose a dire threat to Americans and American business. “[By] keeping marijuana illegal for the last 75 years, we have created a black market that helps fuel some of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world,” he argued.
Tommy may be playing politics because the Democratic governor opposes the legalization but, as the little old lady who pissed in the ocean said, every little bit counts.

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