Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

For someone who is constantly going on about the evils of big government, social engineering, and infringement on civil liberties, he sure does support an extremist version of the war on drugs.

Pushed a bit later on the incarceration rate related to petty drug crimes, Gingrich responded, "I think the best thing is to get young people not to do drugs and then you won't be dealing with criminals that you just described."

Oh, well shiat, what an easy solution.

Hey young people. Hey. All here? Good. Please stop doing drugs. OK? OK.

And he's the GOP's idea man. This is the guy the GOP says is full of fresh ideas. Yeah.

Aarontology: For someone who is constantly going on about the evils of big government, social engineering, and infringement on civil liberties, he sure does support an extremist version of the war on drugs.

It happens when you think you're the world's last, best hope to save Western civilization.

And any bush league pot smoker knows Washington was pro hemp.

Diogenes: It happens when you think you're the world's last, best hope to save Western civilization.

I always underestimate his pseudo messianic belief in himself.

It's too bad it he didn't consult with a knowledgeable historian before making those stupid comments.

Of course Washington would have crushed anyone growing MJ.

It would have cut into his whiskey profits. (see: Whiskey Tax/Rebellion)

Sound familiar?

Newt Gingrich: "Do as I say not as I do"

(He admitted to smoking pot in the 70's)

He may be well educated, but he's intellectually dishonest at best

PreMortem: Of course Washington would have crushed anyone growing MJ.

It would have cut into his whiskey profits. (see: Whiskey Tax/Rebellion)

Sound familiar?

Nah. I'd like to think that Washington would have grown it, sold it, and taxed it to supplement his Whiskey income.

Because People in power are Stupid: Newt Gingrich: "Do as I say not as I do"

(He admitted to smoking pot in the 70's)

"The law didn't change, only the morality... That's why you get to go to jail and I don't ." - Newt Gingrich 1997

To be fair, hemp is different than marijuana. Hemp has far more industrial uses and should be sown "everywhere".

Marijuana has its own uses and should at the very least be downgraded so it can be prescribed by a doctor, but who knows if/when that will ever happen.

What did it take to get an "A" in Gingrich's history class?

"...Paul Revere's warning the British about American guns precipitated Washington's attack on Erwin Rommel's 21st Panzer Division, driving the Desert Fox deep into Georgia, where he was finally forced into the sea by a rag-tag army of misfits who knew when to take orders and when to act on their own initiative."

Ambivalence: Marijuana has its own uses and should at the very least be downgraded so it can be prescribed by a doctor, but who knows if/when that will ever happen.


When the pharmaceutical companies quit making profit off of opiate based pain meds,benzodiazapenes and barbiturates.

CPennypacker: "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them."

-Mark Twain

"The problem with quotes on the internet is that the authenticity is difficult to ascertain."

-Socrates

wait wait wait
newt should give back all the money he has made by pretending to be an historian
seriously

Aarontology: For someone who is constantly going on about the evils of big government, social engineering, and infringement on civil liberties, he sure does support an extremist version of the war on drugs.

he is a liar and hypocrite just like all the other republicans

big government is banning:
drugs - all drugs legal and illegal should be accessible to all citizens. period.
sex - all prostitution should be legal. period. (STFU you rtards going on about child and force prostitution, no one is talking about that)
gambling - same story
suicide / euthanasia - DUH
same sex marriage, marriage to turtle, whatever
religion ????? duh get religion out of schools and laws and courts

but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
by small government, the gop means a government which interferes with all parts of your life

bwhahahhaahahahahahaha

namatad: he is a liar and hypocrite just like all the other republicans

The historical timeline of when Newt thinks it's okay to smoke marijuana:

The founding of the country through the time Newt is in college - morally unacceptable and the founding fathers would have been strongly against it

The 60s, when Newt was in graduate school and smoked it - "That was a sign that we were alive and in graduate school in that era" Link (new window)

In the 80s when he is out of grad school - using marijuana during this period is "shameful and scandalous", which of course he says in the same sentence about how it was okay during the time when he did it. Suddenly, when he is out of grad school, it isn't okay to do anymore.

In the 90s - Trafficking a small amount is cause for the death penalty (new window)

Present day: he is actively campaigning about how morally wrong it is, while admitting he smoked it and it was okay when he did it.

So basically, Newt is a monster douche. This isn't mentioning having a string of affairs while impeaching Clinton for effectively the same thing.

Hemp is to the pot you smoke about what rubbing alcohol is to a bottle of Johnnie Walker black. Conflating the two - whether its the government doing it or subby - is just plain ridiculous

As versus the fancy ridiculous we usually get around here.

/RON POPEIL

FTFA: During a town hall-style appearance in Concord, the former House Speaker said he had no interest in exploring drug decriminalization, arguing that such efforts haven't worked in Europe.

He's a liar and he knows it. Portugal has had fantastic results, and they showed up almost immediately.

Link (new window)

Rustico: He's a liar and he knows it. Portugal has had fantastic results, and they showed up almost immediately.

What he means is the prison industry didn't have great results from it.