Poll of the Day > Democrats delay house vote on marijuana legalization.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/17/marijuana-legalization-vote-postponed-after-backlash-moderates/3484129001/

These guys suck.

Man these leftists hate... marijuana?

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I could see it delayed until after the election. GOP could use it as a narrative that "The Radical" Democrats want to legalize illegal drugs after the fallout of the opioid crisis.

Ironic considering how many venture capitalist and fiscal conservative people are investing into marijuana.

IronBornCorps posted...

the fallout of the opioid crisis

Unless you can fix my brother, that's still ongoing.

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shadowsword87 posted...

Unless you can fix my brother, that's still ongoing.

You are correct, I meant fallout since realizing it was a crisis. My own step brother just relapsed and over dosed in May. I'm sorry about your brother, I know it's hard.

Definitely an ongoing crisis.

*Edited previous post for clarity*

-_-

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Probably because the Dems don't want it legalized, but they don't want to be seen voting against it given that Biden needs every advantage he can get (likewise voting for it won't do them any favors).

If it gets forced to a vote, the whole party can shout "Present!"

IronBornCorps posted...

Ironic considering how many venture capitalist and fiscal conservative people are investing into marijuana.

Both parties have people who want it and don't want it. There's a fallacy where people believe that issues are generally partisan whereas in reality opinions tend to be split.

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Establishment peeps need that cheap prison labor, of course they don't want it legalized.

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add it to the police reform bill they killed and corona stimulus

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weed should be legal for all and the government should pay for it

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Canada will pay for it!

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can't have the negroes, chicanos, and mulatos wandering off the plantation and impregnating white women with their jazz music.

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Zeus posted...

Probably because the Dems don't want it legalized, but they don't want to be seen voting against it given that Biden needs every advantage he can get (likewise voting for it won't do them any favors).

If it gets forced to a vote, the whole party can shout "Present!"

Both parties have people who want it and don't want it. There's a fallacy where people believe that issues are generally partisan whereas in reality opinions tend to be split.

Issues might have been like you said 30+ years ago these days issues are more partisan then they ever have been. Just because you can find a few that break the mold doesn't mean they aren't extremely partisan mostly. Classic case of exception proves the rule period.

imagine allowing someone else to control what you inhale

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Its because, as someone who identifies with a good bit of democratic ideas, the dems in the house are fucking cowards

if they even wanna contemplate keeping the party togetherness they gotta take risks

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Early voting is less than a month away, it's obviously a move not to give older moderates a reason to stay home.

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If they passed it now, wouldn't it just die in McConnell's Senate or w/ Trump's veto pen anyway?
And per the article, they put it off b/c they want to focus on a new coronavirus bill. Legalizing marijuana over taking care of people getting evicted and shit is just really bad "optics".
It's pretty understandable. If they win the Senate and presidency and still don't do it next year, then they deserve every bit of scorn they get.

Cobalt_Wasps posted...

imagine allowing someone else to control what you inhale

yeah, let people smoke meth and crack!
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Monopoman posted...

Issues might have been like you said 30+ years ago these days issues are more partisan then they ever have been.

Except on an individual level they're really not. Even if the parties beat their chest and claim to stand for something, 9 times out of 10 they don't follow through because the moderates in their party -- who have more in common with the moderates in the other party than the fringes within their own -- won't go along with it. On many levels the parties are collectively more extreme (especially in terms of rhetoric) and there are more issues that they divide on, but that's not necessarily true of the individual politicians and hence why you don't see the kind of major shifts you'd expect when one party controls a large enough stake to get their agendas put forward.

It's also why Bernie wouldn't have got a fraction of his promises fulfilled had he been elected. Yes, it's significant that a far-left self-avowed socialist can be a frontrunner in two races, but from a practical standpoint his party is going to limit a lot of the damage he'd otherwise do to the country.

Monopoman posted...

Classic case of exception proves the rule period.

Classic example of misusing an expression.

https://grammarist.com/phrase/the-exception-that-proves-the-rule/

hamsarris_ posted... Its because, as someone who identifies with a good bit of democratic ideas, the dems in the house are fucking cowards

if they even wanna contemplate keeping the party togetherness they gotta take risks

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And, in general, a politically minor win (or, you might say, a "toking" victory) that potentially costs them the presidency is a terrible gamble, no matter how you look at it. That one win could potentially spell out dozens of losses because they can't get other legislation passed. It's not "cowardice," it's political opportunism and savvy. It's also why Bernie Sanders ran as a Democrat when he should have run as a third-party (or, more realistically, as a joke)

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Well, they are not changing my mind on who to vote for with this one! I like growing these plants, they are a pretty addition to any garden. I just grow them for seeds, not smoking though.

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zeus, sammy has been on this board more than twice as long as you have.

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