Instead of taking the lefty point of view, and instead of at least
faking it and
fighting for his team, he joined Bob Novak in ridiculing the
pro-logic, pro-pot guy.
Why can't Begala speak for the left?
Have you even seen Begala and Novak team up to ridicule a rightie?
No, and you never will, because the Republicans stand their ground.
The "hate pot" guy held up what he said was three ounces, and
then he held up about 400 fat joints
and said "This is what they want for every man walking around
in Las Vegas," and Paul laughed and agreed.
(as if you can get 400 fat joints from 3 ounces of pot - that's
five fat joints per gram!)
Sidebar: If it was legal, one wouldn't
NEED three ounces at a time. Who buys 90 days worth of beer?
Who buys 90 days worth of cokes, or cigarettes, or any goddamn thing? If
you know you can get
more tomorrow, you only buy a few days worth, which is something Begala
might realize if he could
put his anti-logic hysteria aside for a minute and do his damn job.
Then Paul said,
BEGALA: That's an enormous bag. That's not just some recreational use there.
ROGERS: I'm talking about an adequate supply that is a 30 to 60 day supply...
BEGALA: Adequate supply for a Grateful
Dead concert!!!
You can get the whole Memorial Stadium stoned on that!!!
Gee, Paul, could you get any more hysterical?
You sound like the buffoons in "Reefer Madness." That was
60 years ago, Paul.
Hey, Paul, I have a great idea!
Why don't
you pretend there's a difference between you and Novak?
Do you
think you might be able to pull that off?
Can't you put your hatred of individual freedom aside long enough
to do your job?
Are you getting paid to speak for the left or to agree with Bob
Novak?
Aren't we supposed to be getting BOTH sides of the story, Paul?
Instead, we have Begala and Novak and the pot-hater beating up
on the pro-pot guy.
Paul Begala has, in my opinion, let his party down on at least
two occasions,
the "Under God" pledge and now civil liberties concerning pot
laws.
He needs to remember which team he's on.
Is Begala setting himself up for one of those fancy Steffanopolous
jobs?
Is Begala abandoning his beliefs to get a bigger paycheck?
Sidebar: Carville has a whooooooooole
different opinion on this.
Many times, he's mentioned smoking a little something with a giggle in
his voice.
And anyone who says they're for individual rights and freedoms
needs to get on the right side of this issue
or prepare to defend your position. Jesus, if a man can't plant
seeds on his own land and smoke the leaves
that sprout from it (like Abe Lincoln did) how free a people
are we?
Audience question: In light of the
decision in London to decriminalize pot so they could focus more
resources on important issues like crime, health care and education,
do you think the U.S. should follow suit?
BEGALA: No, I think the last thing we need is another mind-altering chemical on the market. I am not for it .
Paul, forgive me, but can you actually be that stupid? Once again,
you've taken the illogical GOP position
and decided that prohibition is the best way to deal with a substance
that everybody can easily obtain.
Guess what, Paul? - pot is already here.
The guy didn't ask if America was better off with or without pot.
He asked if we should be spending valuable
resources chasing pot smokers. The next time two teenagers get
kidnapped in California, do we want every cop
looking for them? Or just the cops who aren't busy busting concert-goers
for smoking a joint?
Look at the damn facts: Tobacco kills 400,000 people each
year, pot kills nobody, so we ban pot?
Legal pot would balance the budget, even with Bush's crazy tax
cuts. Crime would go down, violence would
go down, domestic abuse would all but disappear, alcoholism would
go down, taxes would go down, etc.
...but Paul Begala is too busy teaming up with Novak to do his damn job.
Paul, you can be a very big disappointment, sometimes.
Think I'm wrong, reader?
I'll bet you can't defend the other side of this.