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DarkSteven -> Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 9:02:56 AM)

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gary-johnson-newt-gingrich-supported-death-penalty-for-marijuana-even-though-he-smokes-marijuana/

Gary Johnson outed Newtie as a former pothead.  Gingrich actually was quoted as saying:  “See, when I smoked pot it was illegal,” he told WSJ’s Hilary Stout in 1996, “but not immoral. Now, it is illegal AND immoral. The law didn’t change, only the morality… That’s why you get to go to jail and I don’t.”

Wow... talk about arrogance...



tazzygirl -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 9:07:45 AM)

Just gets worse and worse. I dont care that he did. I dont care that it was illegal. I dont care if it was immoral. But why does he have to make such asinine excuses?



Lucylastic -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 9:21:02 AM)

Whoever decided he should be gone in the 90s didnt go far enough



tazzygirl -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 9:47:31 AM)

Its like a bad penny.



Kirata -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 10:15:44 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral

Hey, don't give potheads a bad name! If potheads were deciding what's moral we'd all be a lot happier.

(I can only speak theoretically, of course)

K.



ConfidencePlays -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 10:49:12 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Kirata


quote:

ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral

Hey, don't give potheads a bad name! If potheads were deciding what's moral we'd all be a lot happier.

(I can only speak theoretically, of course)

K.


If potheads were deciding what was moral, nobody would legislate morality, they'd all get high and forget.

Sweet, blessed silence...

I approve of this theory.



outhere69 -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 10:57:06 AM)

He's hanging around like a fart in a telephone booth.



MasterG2kTR -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 11:42:28 AM)

Damn!....I misread the title of the thread....I thought it said "Gingrich the POTATOhead decides what's moral".....meh....maybe I need a couple more hits to see it straight....



mnottertail -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 11:44:11 AM)

And I thought it said Gangreneitch makes potatoes au gratin with morels.....



DaNewAgeViking -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 1:12:52 PM)

We shouldn't be too hard on The Newt - he serves a useful and patriotic role in our society by constantly reminding us of why we should be so paranoid about the Radicals.
[sm=couch.gif]



Moonhead -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/11/2012 1:21:28 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Whoever decided he should be gone in the 90s didnt go far enough


Maybe Clinton was worried that he'd lose the sympathy vote if Gringrich was publicly executed by men in black?



hot4bondage -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 6:40:23 AM)

Here's a Newtism from a town hall meeting in New Hempshire last week.

“In general, I’d like us to be as drug free as possible and I think that it requires a much more serious approach.”
Gingrich was later asked if former Presidents Thomas Jefferson or George Washington should have been arrested for growing marijuana.
“I think Jefferson or George Washington would have rather strongly discouraged you from growing marijuana and their techniques with dealing with it would have been rather more violent than our current government.”

Doesn't Newt brag about being an American historian? Does he know that Jefferson risked his life smuggling hemp seed out of China? Or maybe he missed this quote, even though it's plastered all over the internet...

"Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!"
George Washington in a note to his gardener at Mount Vernon (1794), The Writings of George Washington, Volume 33, page 270 (Library of Congress)



Hillwilliam -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 6:45:01 AM)

Wasn't Beck also a pothead in his earlier days as well?



Lucylastic -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 3:51:07 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Moonhead


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Whoever decided he should be gone in the 90s didnt go far enough


Maybe Clinton was worried that he'd lose the sympathy vote if Gringrich was publicly executed by men in black?

LOL ok that hit the funny bone



popeye1250 -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 4:55:13 PM)

I don't think anyone in govt. should be deciding what's "immoral."
They can do so for themselves but not for The People! That's *NOT* what we elected them to do!
Again, I'm a very big fan of "Job Descriptions" in govt. And the higher they go the more supervision they need!
Gingrich is just like a whiney kid because Ron Paul and Mitt Romney took him to the wood shed up in New Hampshire!
And he lost a "key Republican" here in S. Carolina because of his attacks on Romney.
Now he's going around yelling at people while holding his fanny.
You know, we really do need a lot more involvement in our govt. by The People! Maybe like "Ombudsmen" like in Sweden?
Maybe have like 500 "Citizen/Ombudsmen in Washington overseeing all the govt. agencies to make sure that they're doing their jobs in a timely fashion.

P.S. we need to legalize marijuana.
The only reason it was made illegal is because some asshole said it made "Negros" crazy!



Hippiekinkster -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 5:29:11 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Just gets worse and worse. I dont care that he did. I dont care that it was illegal. I dont care if it was immoral. But why does he have to make such asinine excuses?
Mental decline begins at about 45.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/06/memory-loss-begins-at-45-says-study

So Gingrich & Paul are at least 20 years into their dotage.



DarkSteven -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 10:41:15 PM)

NOTE"  luckydawg sent me a PM, disputing the account given in my link.  I cannot find the original WSJ article, and my citation is mediaite.  As luckydawg said, the second link in my post goes to a listing of GOP candidates, which contains this expanded section:

"Gingrich would explain his shift in position in an interview with journalist Hilary Stout in 1996.
“See, when I smoked pot it was illegal, but not immoral. Now, it is illegal AND immoral. The law didn't change, only the morality… That's why you get to go to jail and I don't.”
August 8, 1996, Wall Street Journal
(Note: Several readers have correctly pointed out that Mr. Gingrich did not, in fact, make the statement in the interview. The quote will be deleted in three days, to allow time for the information to be disseminated. Our thanks to Dr. Steven Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor of Political Science, Troy University), for bringing this to our attention.)"

Note the passage in blue italics, which is not contained in the first link I gave.  Personally, I find the retraction weird - was he misquoted, or was the whole thing fabricated?  Did it appear in the 1996 WSJ, or not?  But the http://2012.republican-candidates.org source seems at least as reliable as the mediaite source I used.  So I'm retracting the original statement, pending clarification.



tazzygirl -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/12/2012 10:52:06 PM)

Try this DS

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/about-that-gingrich-marijuana-quote/



provfivetine -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/13/2012 12:25:37 AM)

It's a presidential requirement to belittle marijuana users; all while admitting to have used the substance themselves. Our last 3 presidents have been open about their weed consumption. Of course, none of them have done anything about it except imprison/fine more non-violent individuals and declare war on medical patients. Gingrich is just another name to add to the wall along with Clinton, Bush, and Obama.





hot4bondage -> RE: Gingrich the pothead decides what's moral. (1/13/2012 6:30:28 AM)

DS--Thanks for your honesty. I would've thought he said it. Just to be clear, it's the specific quote that's in question, not the fact that he authored a bill to execute people caught smuggling about two ounces of pot. (H.R. 41, The Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1997)



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