Mike Gravel for PRESIDENT in '08

This guy wants to legalize pot and put it in liquor stores. He's got my vote. To learn more go here: http://www.gravel2008.us/

 

i can't find where it states that he'll legalize pot and sell it in liquor stores. Only his approval of HEMP Industries.

 

Ron Paul is the best pro-drug candidate.


Actually Ron Paul is the best candidate period

 

youre dreaming if you think any politician seriously would attempt such legislation. Why not do some research into why the USA could never legalise it ? Look into exactly why it is illegal and what prevents its legalisation

 

THIS GUY IS THE REAL DEAL said it on live tv c-span i belive look it up on google if you dont belive it.

 

hell ya,pot is pratically legal here in brazil but if we manage to end the War on Drugs hell brazillian people gonna go insane since most of us are potheads,only bad thing iss the policial violence they break your bones

 

i like kucinich.

 

Kucinich, Gravel both great candidates however I definately endorse DR. RON PAUL for president in 2008.

-Legalize industrial hemp. (Jan 2007)
-Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
-Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
-War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights . (Dec 2000)
-Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
-Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)

**War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights .

Dr. Paul adopted the Republican Liberty Caucus Position Statement:

As adopted by the General Membership of the Republican Liberty Caucus at its Biannual Meeting held December 8, 2000.

WHEREAS libertarian Republicans believe in limited government, individual freedom and personal responsibility;
WHEREAS we believe that government has no money nor power not derived from the consent of the people;
WHEREAS we believe that people have the right to keep the fruits of their labor; and
WHEREAS we believe in upholding the US Constitution as the supreme law of the land;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Republican Liberty Caucus endorses the following [among its] principles:
While recognizing the harm that drug abuse causes society, we also recognize that government drug policy has been ineffective and has led to frightening abuses of the Bill of Rights which could affect the personal freedom of any American. We, therefore, support alternatives to the War on Drugs.
Per the tenth amendment to the US Constitution, matters such as drugs should be handled at the state or personal level.
All laws which give license to violate the Bill of Rights should be repealed.

Source: Republican Liberty Caucus Position Statement 00-RLC13 on Dec 8, 2000

Ron Paul has been endorsed by Cannabis Culture Magazine, Marc & Jodie Emery, NORML, Americans for Safe Access and numerous other pro-cannabis organizations.


Mike Gravel on the other hand:

-War on drugs loses an entire generation to our prisons. (May 2007)
-Legalize the use and possession of marijuana. (Feb 2007)

Senator Gravel advocates for the legalization of the use and possession of marijuana and ending the war on drugs and treating drugs as a medical problem rather than a criminal problem.

Source: Wikipedia.org article on Mike Gravel campaign Feb 26, 2007

Kucinich on the issues:

-Hasn't smoked marijuana, but would decriminalize it. (Nov 2003)
-Emphasizes rehabilitation over incarceration. (Sep 2003)
-Racial bias in drug enforcement is pervasive. (Aug 2003)
-Addiction is a medical and moral problem. (Aug 2003)
-Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
-Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
-Rated A+ by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)

 

Gravel or Ron Paul.

Both would fix America better than anyone else could.

Guilani was assigned reading homework from Ron Paul earlier because he knows nothing and is dumb as fuck.

 

then why is marijuana already legalized in denver??!??!?! were gettin there

 

Well that wasn't because of politicians per se... the SAFER coalition which got the pot legalization initiative on the ballot in Denver is a grassroots organization not a political organization. There are pot-friendly politicians though....

Presidential Candidates Who Want To Legalize: Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel

The three strongest voices for marijuana legalization in this 2008 US Presidential primary pre-season are Democrat Mike Gravel, Democrat Dennis Kucinich, and Republican Ron Paul.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson of The Democratic Party is a strong, accomplished supporter of state medical marijuana, having signed into law his state medical cannabis law earlier this year, and is seeking the Democratic nomination.

Republican Ton Tancredo is a Congressman running for his party's nomination who supports the States Rights to Medical Marijuana Act .

Presidential Candidate for the Democratic Party nomination Dennis Kucinich has this on his website. (www.kucinich.us)

Marijuana Decriminalization
by Congressman Dennis Kucinich

With the enactment of the Volstead Act in 1919, America embarked on a social experiment known as Prohibition. Prohibitionists rejected the idea that people could be trusted to drink in moderation, arguing that alcohol use inevitably led to moral corruption and undesirable behavior. Accepting these premises led Congress to conclude that a federal ban on the production and sale of alcohol would go a long way toward reducing crime and addressing a variety of other social problems. Within a decade, however, Americans discovered that the criminally enforced prohibition of alcohol produced harmful side effects. The rise of black markets empowered organized crime to an unprecedented degree. In some of America's largest cities, local governments had been heavily corrupted by the influence of organized crime. The black market provided minors with easy access to bootlegged alcohol, which was frequently of poor quality and unsafe to drink. Faced with the disastrous consequences of Prohibition, Congress decided in 1933 to repeal the Volstead Act. Since that time, the government has implemented the much more successful policy of focusing law enforcement efforts on irresponsible alcohol users who endanger the rights of others.

Unfortunately, current drug policy fails to take into account the lessons of Prohibition. The law regards all users as abusers, and the result has been the creation of an unnecessary class of lawbreakers. According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, more than 734,000 individuals were arrested on marijuana charges in 2000. This number far exceeds the total number of arrestees for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Eighty-eight percent of those arrested were charged with possession only. Convicted marijuana offenders are denied federal financial student aid, welfare, and food stamps, and may be removed from public housing. In many cases, those convicted are automatically stripped of their driving privileges, even if the offense is not driving related. In several states, marijuana offenders may receive maximum sentences of life in prison. The cost to the taxpayer of enforcing marijuana prohibition is staggering -- over $10 billion annually.

The harsh nature of punishments for marijuana offenses is even more disturbing if one considers the racial bias of the war on drugs. According to data collected by the National Household Survey, on an annual basis the overall difference between drug use by blacks and whites is quite narrow. However, a recent national study found that African Americans are arrested for marijuana offenses at higher rates than whites in 90% of 700 U.S. counties investigated. In 64% of these counties, the African American arrest rate for marijuana violations was more than twice the arrest rate for whites. Questions of racial bias affect the integrity of investigations, arrests, and prosecutorial discretion. If we truly aspire to the ideal of "Justice for All," then these unjust racial disparities are unacceptable outcomes for the American justice system.

The rationale for continuing this draconian policy of marijuana prohibition is unclear. Statistical evidence shows that marijuana use follows a pattern very similar to that of alcohol. Most marijuana users do so responsibly, in a safe, recreational context. These people lead normal, productive lives -- pursuing careers, raising families, and participating in civic life. In addition, marijuana has proven benefits in the treatment of numerous diseases, such as providing a valuable means of pain management for terminally ill patients. In either of these contexts, there is no rational justification for criminally enforced prohibitions. These unnecessary arrests and incarcerations serve only to crowd prisons, backlog the judicial system, and distract law enforcement officials from pursuing terrorists and other violent criminals.

New Mexico's 2001 state-commissioned Drug Policy Advisory Group determined that marijuana decriminalization "will result in greater availability of resources to respond to more serious crimes without any increased risks to public safety." This finding is backed by the successful implementation of such policies in twelve states. The state governments of Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon approved these measures after the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse recommended that Congress adopt a national policy of marijuana decriminalization. A recent CNN/Time magazine poll indicates overwhelming public support for this approach, with 72% of Americans favoring fines as a maximum penalty for minor marijuana offenses, and 80% approving of marijuana used for medical purposes.

As a nation, we must work to implement a drug policy that removes responsible recreational users and medical users of marijuana from the criminal justice system, in order to redirect resources toward the following goals:

Enforce penalties for those who provide marijuana to minors.
Enforce penalties for those who endanger the rights of others through irresponsible use, such as driving under the influence.
Develop drug treatment programs focused on rehabilitation, rather than incarceration.
Support the efforts of state governments in developing innovative approaches to drug policy.
Improve drug education by emphasizing science over scare tactics.
Implement a Department of Justice program that would review the records of, and consider for sentence reduction or release, inmates convicted for nonviolent marijuana offenses.

 

I'm voting for him becasue he truly voices some changet that we really need, not becasue he will legalize pot.

 

I still think I will still vote for Gravel, but Paul's views on legalization are good too. So Gravel is a democrat and Paul is a republican? I read somewhere that Ron Paul is a libertarian. If that's the case the libertarian party never gets enough votes so I guess I'll go with Gravel if that's true.

 

^Ron Paul is running under the GOP ticket, but he is basically Libertarian and has even run as a Libertarian previously. I think he has a chance.

 

Of the three candidates: Gravel, Kucinich and Paul--

Ron Paul is by far the most popular

 

so then every one should say screw kucninch and gravel. if we want pot legalized we only have a fighting chance if every one votes for one candidate.

 

Well here is my thinking... and that is a good point Jimi420.. because personally I think Ron Paul is the best candidate of the three, however, people should take the time during the primaries to vote for who represents them best. From there we should join in solidarity behind the most pot friendly candidate.

I will vote for Ron Paul in the Republican primaries simply because he understands American history and to me that is the most important attribute of any potential president. He leads more than a handful of polls on the internet and will be featured on the Daily Show with Jon Stewert this MONDAY JUNE 4th and will be on the Colbert Report on June 13th. He has been on Real Time with Bill Maher twice and is on CNN almost once every two weeks. Of the second tier candidates in both the democratic and the republican parties he recieves the most mainstream media coverage and even more interestingly he has more viewed videos on youtube than anyone... any presidential candidate, paris hilton, etc.

I honestly think (and this why you should vote for him although if he doesn't represent you then vote for who you want in the primaries obviously) he is the only 2nd tier candidate that has a shot at the presidency and that goes for both Democrats and Republicans. I like both Gravel and Kucinich but the media hates them and I don't think they reach out to as many people as Dr. Paul does. Who else represents tax cuts for everyone including the rich and was anti-iraq war from the beginning and anti-the war on drugs beside Ron Paul? Gravel, Kucinich are a lot of people's worst enemies whereas Dr. Paul reaches out to Christians, big corporations, me, you, the cannabis culture, the anti-war subculture, etc.

 

Yah I've been watching some of Ron Pauls videos on YouTube and he just pwns everyone else in the debates. I love how he's still a republican but he wants change and more of a democratic style of running the office. I would love if he won, but pfft I donno I dont even vote I think it's pretty pointless.

 

I'm a fan of Kucinich. I'd vote for Paul if he made it through the primaries though. (Hey, it could happen!)

 

i seriously hope you people dont vote based on the legalization of pot.

im all for legalization and god knows i love the stuff, but i vote liberal, never would green party.