So Much For The Obama Youth Vote

I wonder how all those wild and crazy freedom loving utes that fawn all over Obama would react if they knew some of the pet projects of his new running mate, Joe Biden. Gotta love the portion of Biden's original RAVE Act that said the presence of glow sticks and free water at an event was an indicator that there would be Ecstasy on the premises.

The Drug War is Biden’s pet issue, one he pays close attention to. Senator Biden was one of the original drafters of the legislation that created the Office of National Drug Control Policy, an anti-drug office of the White House.

The Rave Act has the force to stop licensed and law-abiding business owners from hosting events out of fear of massive fines and prison sentences. Shortly after the act became law, a federal agent in Montana used it to shut down a benefit to raise money for Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. The DEA agent told managers of the Eagle Lodge in Billings, Montana that the Lodge could be fined $250,000 if anyone smoked marijuana during a planned benefit to raise money for a campaign to pass a medical marijuana law in Montana. The Eagle Lodge canceled the event.

Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) forced the controversial legislation, widely referred to as the "RAVE" Act, through both houses of Congress as an attachment to an unrelated child abduction - AMBER Alert bill (S151). The "RAVE" Act had not passed a single committee before being attached to the AMBER Alert bill. In addition, it was so controversial when it was introduced during the 107th Congress that two Senators withdrew their sponsorship.

The law applies to any business owner, including bar owners, motel owners, concert promoters, and cruise ship owners. Because of its broad language, the law could even potentially subject people to twenty years in federal prison if guests smoked marijuana at their party or barbecue.

The Man Behind the Plan
The Drug War isn’t a purely Democrat or Republican issue. Members of both parties support punitive policies, perpetuating the stigmatization of drugs and drug users. A Democrat, Senator Joe Biden, introduced the Rave Act in the Senate in 2002. Biden’s RAVE Act was co-sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Strom Thurmond (R-NC) - with pressure from the Drug Policy Alliance counter-campaign two of the original co-sponsors of the bill, Richard Durbin(D-IL) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) withdrew their support for the bill because it was too broad and goes too far.

Comments

[jharp]

You are a fool, my friend.

You can't honestly believe that folks who care about this are going to vote for a hack like McCain.

It's more likely Obama will attract some fringe right wingers with his choice.

[PA]

"You can't honestly believe that folks who care about this are going to vote for a hack like McCain."

Of course not. But they might just choose to do more bong hits instead of voting.

[LOL]

you're right! now the young ppl will start flocking to vote for mccain

[SacTownMan]

Well Ace we are talking with Harpo "the hitter" here.

I thought that the Denver police were planning to turn a blind eye this week to the Bud Pirates

I'll bet a bunch of Hillary supporters will have to be plenty stoned when they have to vote for Barry and a VP who finished dead last in the primary Race. They are going to plenty pissed that Hillary and her 18 million votes got passed up for VP for a old, white guy, attack dog!

While Barry is a dumbass, he's not dumb enough to go against the Chicago / Soros political machine that makes him dance like a puppet!

Soros tossed Hillary and Bill aside long ago and went with Barry. The crack up is if he picked Hillary he may very well become POTUS. There would have been a huge buzz and White older women would have gotten involved. These voters have the power in this election cycle to determine the POTUS and I've met several democrat women over the past couple of months that have said if Barry didn't choose Shillary they would go with McCain.

Barry really dropped a dud on the Dems with this pick!

[PA]

"now the young ppl will start flocking to vote for mccain"

Yep - same way they "rocked the vote" for Kerry. Bong hits? Vote? Bong hits? Vote? Bong hits? Vote?

Let's party dude!

HST had it right: "the little bastards betrayed us again"

[Fred Beloit]

Hey, Harpo, honk, honk. You will be very interested in this piece from the Chicago Sun Times. It seems Michelle O isn't in charge of University of Chicago Hospital outreach after all. She is in charge of outshove.

"Michelle Obama -- currently on unpaid leave from her $317,000-a-year job as a vice president of the prestigious hospital -- helped create the program, which aims to find neighborhood doctors for low-income people who were flooding the emergency room for basic treatment. Hospital officials say such patients hinder their ability to focus on more critically ill patients in need of specialized care, such as cancer treatment and organ transplants."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1122691,CST-NWS-hosp23.article

[Fred Beloit]

More from that Sun Times piece:
"'I've heard complaints from a handful of constituents, but I've also had calls from people in the health care profession complaining,' said Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, whose 4th Ward is just north of the hospital. 'The medical professionals who have come to me are accusing the university of dumping patients on its neighboring institutions. ... Whether it's being implemented in the way that's in the best interest of the patient, I can't tell you.'

[Fred Beloit]

From Victor Hanson at Pajamas Media:
"Biden understands Washington after more than three decades (Obama made a ludicrous claim when he announced today that 'Joe Biden… for decades…has brought change to Washington.')."

Funny stuff. O.B. spelled backwards is B.O.

[jharp]

Hey Fred,

"It seems Michelle O isn't in charge of University of Chicago Hospital outreach after all. She is in charge of outshove."

And Cindy McCain stole drugs from her own charity.

[Spartan112]

So getting people out of the ER and into doctors offices for routine care is a problem? Have you been to an ER lately? I went a couple of weeks back because spartan 113 broke his elbow. 4.5 hours later we were on our way home because the ER is filled with people with sinus infections.

[Claude Chesnutt]

Cindy McCain has the pill-thief vote locked up. Time to move to a new demographic - like angry old white men with lesions on top of their heads.