A Shift On The Left?

I am a member of a mostly lefty anti-prohibitionist list. The question to the list was: given Holder's recent Oct. 2010 announcement that he would go after Calif if Proposition 19 passes, how would the youth vote break? Would Proposition 19 bring them out? Would Holder's remarks make them vote R?

Which made me link to this post in my email response.

Richard Lee, the founder and president of Oaksterdam University, is a veteran activist who also is sponsoring a statewide ballot measure that would allow adults 21 or older to possess and grow relatively small amounts of marijuana. The initiative also would allow cities and counties to tax and regulate marijuana sales and cultivation.

Lee calls himself a "Libertarian Republican."

So I'm searching around the 'net to see if I can get a feel for the zeitgeist and came across this comment at a FireDogLake article about Federal corruption in the drug war.
I'm beginning to think the Teatards are right, maybe we should drown the Fed Gov. in a bathtub.
When even lefties start catching on I think the current game is OVER.

Cross Posted at Power and Control

posted by Simon on 10.16.10 at 09:10 AM





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And the State governments, too!

Brett   ·  October 16, 2010 07:39 PM

Holder is sounding like a conservative.

(I should say an anti-states rights conservative...)

Eric Scheie   ·  October 16, 2010 11:30 PM

At least one commenter over there wondered where states rights conservatives were on the issue, since many social cons allow their social preferences to override their political principals in this case.

I was going to point out that there are many con/libs, political cons, and independents like me (call myself a Localist these days) who aren't at all happy with the war on drugs, but they require registration. Feh. Too much work.

I'm hoping that at least some of states will use marijuana reform to break down the "Commerce Clause" hegemony which has been established for so long. Bottom line: the Federal government has no authorization in the Constitution to regulate narcotics, or drugs in general. The states do. I cite Prohibition in evidence.

Considering that some states are now challenging Obamacare, and that many states passed laws/amendments in reaction to the Kelo case, we may finally be seeing the birth of a modern states right movement.

Cue the usual suspects to equate states rights with slavery & racism in 3... 2...

Casey   ·  October 16, 2010 11:49 PM

Casey,

Your point about alcohol prohibition is one I made to my list. I'm going to work the TEA Party on this as well.

M. Simon   ·  October 17, 2010 03:11 AM

BTW, thanks for the link to the LibertarianRepublican. Looks interesting.

Casey   ·  October 19, 2010 12:57 AM

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