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SAM
A prior history of drug use and evasion of national service should not be a prerequisite for our nation's highest office.
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Slave
Nor - in this day and age - should either be a disqualifier.
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"This day and age" means the one we live in, right? Play out the tape.
"People of America, I have used illegal drugs. They were illegal when I used them. But I have no criminal record. Why is this so? I wasn't arrested, so I wasn't convicted.
"Presently, federal judges are sentencing people like myself, committing no crime I myself haven't committed, to prison sentences ranging from 18 months to 50 years.
"I would now like to introduce my drug czar and my new drug policy . . . [drumroll] . . . ."
What on earth could such a person say, other than that he was legalizing drugs? If 43 admitted to doing coke tomorrow, how could he possibly maintain leadership over a system that puts coke users and traffickers in prison, and often deprives them of their right to vote or hold office?
43 can't even say, "I did drugs, and it was wrong and I'm sorry" at the same time people are sitting in federal prisons for dealing and doing coke.
