{"id":4139,"date":"2008-02-01T02:36:57","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T09:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/01\/in-2004-obama-endorsed-decriminalizing-pot\/"},"modified":"2008-02-01T02:36:57","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T09:56:45","slug":"in-2004-obama-endorsed-decriminalizing-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4139","title":{"rendered":"In 2004, Obama Endorsed Decriminalizing Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wQr9ezr8UeA&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wQr9ezr8UeA&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080131\/NATION\/896961936\/1001\">The Washington Times<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The campaign went on to say that, as president, Mr. Obama &#8220;will review drug sentences to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the blind and counterproductive sentencing of non-violent offenders, and revisit instances where drug rehabilitation may be more appropriate.&#8221; His campaign later stated that Mr. Obama &#8220;always&#8221; has supported decriminalizing marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Obama&#8217;s differing answers on marijuana are among a half-dozen conflicts between positions he took while running for Senate in 2004 and those he now articulates while running for president, a review of debate tapes shows. Other conflicts range from ending the embargo against Cuba to providing health care for illegal immigrants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder if, and how much, this story will hurt Obama in the election. It&#8217;s too bad that decriminalizing marijuana &#8212; a sensible policy favored by a huge number of Americans &#8212; is still a shocking position for a mainstream politician to take.<\/p>\n<p>Curtsy: <a href=\"http:\/\/shakespearessister.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/read-these-now-or-blue-eyed-people-will.html\">Shakesville<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Times reports: The campaign went on to say that, as president, Mr. Obama &#8220;will review drug sentences to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the blind and counterproductive sentencing of non-violent offenders, and revisit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4139\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-and-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}