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Posted on 08/26/2013 7:01:27 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Is he, or is he trying to possibly compensate for a strain of GOP-e military interventionism?
Is he trying to offset one issue with another (and regain among some libertarians with one issue what he loses with other libertarians on another issue), thus basically pandering for votes?
What is a Christie?
Is it a new strain of bacteria?
The “rebranded” GOP is wackier than the commie ‘RATS.
Are some politicians rinos/GOP-e in one area or several - libertarian in other areas - and yet can say that their area or strain of libertarianism is ok while others is not?
IIRC, Clarence Thomas voted in favor of Marijuana users once...based on states rights.
And I do think it should be a state issue.....and I can see how people who have libertarian leanings have a legitimate gripe that alcohol is legal but marijuana isn’t.
So I won’t dislike Christie for this...there’s plenty of other things for me to dislike.
BTW - never used Marijuana or any illegal drug.
Then perhaps you can tell us where that strain of libertarianism (that Chris Christie may or may not possesss) on the issue of medical marijuana went when it comes to the issue of the 2nd amendment?
Looks like that strain went out the door real fast...
It appears that a Christie (Chris) is averse to libertarianism on the issue of the 2nd amendment and/or gun control.
I’m for drug decriminalization, but what Chritie has done is cave to the sympathetic heart strings of an individual case. Hard law is bad law and special laws for special people is anti-constitutional.
The emerging opposition to Socialist Liberalism is some form of Libertarianism. Has a high appeal to the Under 30 crowd (quit snooping in my emails and get off my back about smoking a joint or two).
Will be the only opposition as traditional Reagan Conservatives appear to have abandoned the field.
Oh...don’t mistake me for a Christie apologist.
Eventually we will find ourselves in a situation - Christie will be the darling of the media, probably with New Hampshire and other NE states under his belt in the primaries...and he won’t be popular with conservatives.
I don’t want this to devolve into ‘they just don’t like his stance on drugs’. Opposition to Christie should be based on the ‘big’ stuff...just like 2nd amendment, and Uncle Sugar attitude towards the federal government.
IMHO, marijuana is a wedge issue...that splits libertarians off from the party (ie Paulbots) and dilutes the voting base. Its really nothing more than a diversion...Obama has actually been quietly strong on drug law enforcement, so its not an issue the GOP can make a lot of hay with. A lot of downside and little upside...and being a state issue, it becomes doubly a diversion for somebody running for federal office.
Uh... Yes?
Christie strikes me as a calculator rather than a man of great principle. The more I hear from him the less I care for him.
I think the best way to handle the MJ question is by citizen initiative, state by state. Let the voters decide, when and if they want to do the work of taking on thhe issue themselves.
Yea or nay, politicians don’t have to make EVERY decision in our lives for us.
Remember that libertarianism is about ALL drugs, current and future, bath salts and heroin, crack, meth, and whatever scientists and drug cartels can create in the laboratory, and full marketing and advertising of those drugs and combinations.
Christie maybe the cat’s meow in Noo Joeesey but he stinks south of the Mason-Dixon line.
I’d go with Ted Cruz for President!!!
Fatso knows that doped up voters vote for big government.
There is no “libertarianism” at play here.
Too minor an issue to matter anyway.
He’s a pro-amnesty RINO (and pretty obviously a jerk) who’d never get my support anyway.
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