Guys,
I know many of you are following the Governors Race in
Do You Believe it’s Time Colorado Legalized Marijuana? Tom Tancredo Does!
by Jimmie H. Butler, Colonel, USAF, Retired
At the 25 September gubernatorial debate sponsored by Action 22 in
The three-way debate between Democrat John Hickenlooper,
Republican Maes, and self-appointed third-party candidate Tancredo started out informative and spiced with controversy. This key exchange started with a rather simple question on what should be done about the flood of marijuana dispensaries rolling over the state since the approval of medical marijuana use in
Tancredo led off stating that since the war on drugs has been lost, Coloradoans should just go all the way and legalize marijuana and tax it to increase state revenue. In one way this was a typical career politician’s answer similar to what we’ve seen this year from the liberal Democrat governor and legislature in
Following Tancredo’s 90 seconds, Maes attacked the concept of just legalizing various vices with the goal of increasing government revenue. He challenged Tancredo on what would be next. Legalizing prostitution, cocaine, heroin, etc.? Maes pointed out the fallacy of thinking the revenue from taxing marijuana would be free money to the state. He predicted the costs of
Mayor Hickenlooper started off jokingly warning Maes that such sarcasm likely would reappear in an attack ad suggesting Maes supports legalizing prostitution and drugs. Mayor Hickenlooper made a reasoned argument for medical marijuana in cases where it was uniquely able to treat symptoms such as chronic pain. He cited a council member whose back pain was relieved only by taking small doses of marijuana. Hickenlooper said that every person he’d talked to in law enforcement and social services has told him legalizing marijuana would be a bad idea.
Hickenlooper’s assessment should have convinced Tancredo he was off the grid. What true conservative puts himself on the liberal side of a liberal Democrat position? Nevertheless, Tancredo started off his 30-second rebuttal stating that he, too, had talked to many police officers. They all said that when responding to an incident, it was easier to deal with someone high on pot than someone who was drunk. Okay. Tancredo seemed to think that logic supported his case for legalizing marijuana.
More than a year ago Tancredo stated his position on legalization while speaking to the Lincoln Club of Colorado on 20 May 2009. He said since the war on drugs is lost, it was time to consider legalizing drugs. He spoke of how violence between drug cartels over cocaine smuggling is moving closer to our borders and that the Drug Enforcement Agency says
In this year of peaceful revolution with millions of Americans standing strong to take
In the 3-way debate, Tancredo was obviously the odd man out. So that leaves
Jimmie H Butler is a retired USAF veteran who flew 240 combat missions in Cessnas, mostly over the Ho Chi Minh Trail through
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