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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Funny, but the facts just don't bear you out. Clinton boldly moved to eliminate discrimination against gays in the military. Was that a popular stance at the time? No. Of course, it was the right stance (as opposed to the right-wing stance), but it sure wasn't popular.
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Wasn't popular? Most people could care less what happens in the military, its not their kids who join these days. Asking them about don't ask - don't tell is like asking them their opinion on who the next alderman should be for Quebec City's 4th ward.
And I don't recall seeing any strong sentiment one way or another, except for that from gay people and the military itself. But from your quote, I'd guess you'd back the Democrat in Quebec City's 4th ward.
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Your argument about the war on drugs is based on the fluff in your head. Clinton didn't reduce the country's commitment to the war on drugs, even as voters in various states called for such a reduction.
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Just more California arrogance. The voters in various (read: a few... Alaska, Ohio, Hawii, California?) states generally voted to decriminalize pot for medical use or, in some cases recreational use. You know, the kind of stuff that only states enforce anyway. The Republican party would have a collective heart attack if Bush admitted Coke use and called for decriminalization. So would an extremely significant part of the Democratic party.
You are not showing yourself as credible if you think the majority of people in America are in favor of allowing people to put needles in their arms or to import coke by the ton... or to snort coke. Not a single significant leader in even the Democratic party has come close.
Which is to say, if you think California's support for medical marijuana use indicates any kind of consensus support for something even close to what I'm talking about, you should probably see a brain surgeon to have the two parts of your brain reconnected.
