"No, truly. Cambodia. I was sent there by the war pig Nixon, mon."
"BUFFalo soldierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs... aw ree, aw ree... BUFFalo soldierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs...!"
Posted on 08/23/2004 6:39:44 AM PDT by Horatio Gates
Amid the bong sales, the drug-reform speeches and a certain aroma that permeated the annual pro-marijuana festival yesterday, Hempfest was also a venue for another cause: getting John Kerry to the White House. Regulars who attend the two-day festival to hear the usual cry of "legalize marijuana" also found organizers campaigning to get pot users to vote for Kerry.
About 100 Democratic activists passed out Kerry/Edwards buttons and stickers and tried to register voters yesterday at the 13th annual gathering at Myrtle Edwards Park along Seattle's waterfront.
With an expected 150,000 visitors over two days, Hempfest is billed as one of the world's largest pro-marijuana rallies. As organizers see it, that's a gold mine for Kerry, since the crowd is largely anti-President Bush.
Said Hempfest spokesman Dominic Holden, "Bush has had a disastrous drug policy — criminalizing sick and dying people who need medical marijuana and campaigning against citizen initiatives to implement drug-law reforms."
Organizers set a goal of signing up thousands of new voters. Some Kerry supporters also were recruiting campaign volunteers.
A Kerry campaign spokesman said the efforts were orchestrated by independent groups that are not associated with the official Kerry campaign.
Walter Duncan, a 32-year-old graduate student and a Kerry supporter, decided to pick up a clipboard and sign up voters because "this is going to be a close election ... and this would be a good place to find" Kerry supporters.
Chris Martino, 35, a Kerry volunteer from Seattle, signed up 15 new voters within an hour. "It's not exactly an evangelical Christian group. It's a left-leaning crowd," he said.
Hempfest's milelong stretch of booths features vendors selling anti-Bush T-shirts, bumper stickers and signs reading "Smoke Bush."
The event also drew campaigns for Ralph Nader and the Libertarian ticket.
Hempfest organizers said the event's political overtone underscores the clout that pot smokers have, as evidenced by the passage of I-75, the initiative that made marijuana the city's lowest law-enforcement priority.
The initiative was approved by 58 percent of Seattle voters last September.
Oh man, you guys make this too easy...
the dog seems to be the sane one in this crowd.....
WTF?
"No, truly. Cambodia. I was sent there by the war pig Nixon, mon."
"BUFFalo soldierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs... aw ree, aw ree... BUFFalo soldierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs...!"
Back when the primaries first started, I saw on some program where Kerry admitted to smoking some dope in his hippie youth.
The funny part is, Kerry has also stated that he does not support legalization, yet the participants of this howling body-funk-fest seem to be oblivious to that fact.
Bush would be politically wise not to demonize pot smokers, but the left would still vote against Bush even if the other candidate were dead. It's a senseless, pathogenic hatred that cares not for sense or issues.
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It's irrelevant what Kerry or any politician does personally - look at the Toon's nose, for heaven's sake! God only knows just how much Peruvian marching powder he's tooted up over the years. Us "little people" have to pay the price as the government continues to wage the War on Some Drugs against other Americans - no doubt the important folk like the Kerrys and Clintons get to keep their personal stash. And protected by the watchful eyes of the Secret Service, to boot.
"With an expected 150,000 visitors over two days, Hempfest is billed as one of the world's largest pro-marijuana rallies. As organizers see it, that's a gold mine for Kerry, since the crowd is largely anti-President Bush."
This say's it all. So liberals, please tell me again why you are voting for Kerry?
So far we have terrorists, anarchists and pot heads who are for Kerry.
Jordan LeRoy sports marijuana glasses and a marijuana lei at Hempfest yesterday. The two-day event at Myrtle Edwards Park along Seattle's waterfront is expected to attract 150,000 visitors.
One picture is worth a thousand words:
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