Thread: Jeb Bush admits toking at private prep school: 'I smoked marijuana

We may hear about them but
The Fair Tax, The Flat Tax, The 9-9-9- Plan, etc. are ALL as dead as Ron Paul's political career.

ByJAKE MILLER CBS NEWS
January 31, 2015, 2:32 PM

Jeb Bush is a hypocrite about marijuana, Rand Paul says


(L-R) Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and former Gov Jeb Bush, R-Florida. GETTY

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, accused Jeb Bush of "hypocrisy" Friday after a report in the Boston Globe chronicled Bush's marijuana use during high school. Bush, a former Florida governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate, opposes the use of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes.

"This is a guy who now admits he smoked marijuana but he wants to put people in jail who do," Paul, who's also mulling a presidential bid, said during an interview with The Hill newspaper. "You would think he'd have a little more understanding, then."

In the Globe's report, Bush acknowledged some experimentation with the drug during his time at Phillips Academy in Andover, an elite private boarding school in Massachusetts.

"I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover," Bush told the paper. "It was pretty common."

One former classmate recalled the first time he "really got stoned" in Bush's room at the academy: "He had a portable stereo with removable speakers. He put on Steppenwolf for me." Another described Bush as a "toker."

The Globe reported that several classmates said Bush, "with his taste for marijuana and his skill at tennis, straddled the line between jock and freak."

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As he aged and entered public life, though, Bush's views evolved. He's called his youthful experimentation with the drug "stupid" and "wrong," and he's opposed efforts to weaken marijuana laws. During the 2014 midterms, he issued a statement opposing an amendment in Florida that would have approved medical marijuana in the state.

That about-face, Paul said, makes Bush a hypocrite.

"I think that's the real hypocrisy, is that people on our side, which include a lot of people, who made mistakes growing up, admit their mistakes but now still want to put people in jail for that," Paul told the Hill. "Had [Bush] been caught at Andover, he'd have never been governor, he'd probably never have a chance to run for the presidency."

Paul continued, "I think in politics the biggest thing, the thing that voters from any part of the spectrum hate worse than anything is hypocrisy. And hypocrisy is, 'Hey I did it and it's okay for me because I was rich and at an elite school but if you're poor and black or brown and live in a poor section of one of our big cities, we're going to put you in jail and throw away the key.'"

Paul has championed efforts to reform drug sentencing laws, saying it's "ridiculous" to incarcerate someone for years for possession of marijuana. He remains opposed to legalizing marijuana for recreational use, though he's spoken in favor of the rights of individual states to legalize medical marijuana.

Last year, Paul and Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, introduced an amendment to prevent federal authorities from taking action against states that have legalized the drug for medical use.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeb-bush...and-paul-says/

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

We may hear about them but
The Fair Tax, The Flat Tax, The 9-9-9- Plan, etc. are ALL as dead as Ron Paul's political career.

Ron Paul wasn't about the FairTax or the Flat Tax or the 999 Plan. What Ron Paul wanted to do was cut the size of the federal government in half and eliminate the income tax on individuals forcing businesses to pay all the tax needed to cover the cost of government. His position on the FairTax was he was not a supporter or advocate, but if it got to the floor of the US House of Representatives, he would vote for it. The problem with Ron Paul's plan to make companies pay it all is that gives the corporations even more power over our Congress, Courts and Executive Branch than they already have and all they do is pass the cost on to consumers anyway, so while I adored Ron Paul, his position on taxation was out of character and a complete anomaly to everything else he stood for.

Gary Johnson from New Mexico actively supported the FairTax as does Mike Huckabee.

Nothing with regards to the FairTax has been changed because Ron Paul retired from Congress.

Ron Paul's political career is dead.

The Fair Tax is dead.

One did not cause the other.

But both are still DEAD.

No one wants to hear anymore about either.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Ron Paul's political career is dead.

The Fair Tax is dead.

One did not cause the other.

But both are still DEAD.

No one wants to hear anymore about either.

The FairTax is not "DEAD", it has more support in Congress than any major bill ever. HR 25 in the US House of Representatives and S 155 in the US Senate. HR 25 has 64 Sponsors. Obama care had only 8. So your attitude is uncalled for and unsupported by facts. Ron Paul had nothing to do with the FairTax ... ever, which just shows you don't know very much about the legislation, its status, its workings or how it will benefit our country and citizens.

And what if I told you no one wants to hear any more about your silly "ICE News Releases"? Oh wow, a $60 billion a year agency arrested some convicts during a traffic stop? What for? Oh, we don't know. Were they illlegal aliens? We don't know. To me, they illustrate how totally ineffective DHS is at dealing with anything they're supposed to do. But would I tell you, that stopping illegal immigration is DEAD"? Would I dare tell you "no one wants to hear about it any more"?

Nope, I would never do that. The FairTax by itself would do more to stop illegal immigration than all the efforts of DHS combined and do it without guns, arrests, hearings, detention, or forced deportations. But I guess you don't know that, because like so many, you haven't taken the time to understand the FairTax, how it works and how it solves so many problems for our nation, and furthermore, why Republicans shouldn't vote for anyone who isn't a full supporter and advocate of the FairTax and if a member of Congress, a signed on co-sponsor of the FairTax either in the House or Senate.

When your comments contain childish immature name calling it makes it difficult for anyone to want to read anything you write and even more difficult to take anything you write seriously.

EXAMPLE:

Originally Posted by Judy

Wake Up Little Stupid Bunnies, . . .

@ http://www.alipac.us/f9/gop-house-vo...macare-317215/

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

When your comments contain childish immature name calling it makes it difficult for anyone to want to read anything you write and even more difficult to take anything you write seriously.

EXAMPLE:



@ http://www.alipac.us/f9/gop-house-vo...macare-317215/

Calling members of Congress names is a God-given right of all Americans, and one widely exercised on this and every forum I've ever read posts on. But, if for some unidentified reason, you find them childish and immature, then please feel free to ignore or disregard them. Any Republican member of Congress who is waiting for the US Supreme Court to save their asses on Obama Care while they twiddle their thumbs and wring their hands are in fact Little Stupid Bunnies, hiding behind the skirts and trousers of the US Supreme Court which can not be relied upon to save the day.

https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/highlights

FairTax HR 25 and S 155 are the top 2 bills receiving the most support and most activity by a mile on POPVOX. Any Republican member of Congress and some Democrats as well, who fail to address these legislations and get them to the House and Senate floors for a vote are not paying attention to the needs and will of the people of the United States, so in 2016, if you haven't done so, then we'll make changes to find representatives and senators who do.