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To: andyk
Could you provide a quote of mine wherein I said RuPaul encourages the use of heroin? Of course you can't. I said his supporters were using that talking point and they are.

What the idiot did say was he was for the repeal of laws against prostitution, cocaine and heroin. The freedom to use drugs, he argued, is equivalent to the freedom of people to “practice their religion and say their prayers.”

Does that equate to an encouragement of heroin use? I never said so. But I do think he's a nutjob who's not satisfied in his current capacity. That's too bad for him, as I am 100% convinced he will never be POTUS. Nor should he be.

32 posted on 05/12/2011 6:00:50 PM PDT by South40 (Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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To: South40
Could you provide a quote of mine wherein I said RuPaul encourages the use of heroin?

Sure, no problem. You said:

Paul is a pro-heroin surrender-monkey who blames America for terrorist attacks against her.

Maybe I am not looking carefully, but I have not seen Paul campaigning to promote heroin use. However, he does believe that the federal government has no jurisdiction over such matters. When asked by detractors, their favorite question of whether he favors the legalization of heroin, he is required, by intellectual honesty, to say that the federal law making its use illegal is not constitutional.

I just personally think it's a stretch for you to imply that calling him "pro-heroin" is not the same as saying he encourages use of heroin. It seemed to be the gist of your phrasing.

It's hard to tell, so I'll ask: do you believe that the constitution gives congress the power to make the purchase or use of products, whether drugs or lightbulbs, illegal for citizens of the states?

Maybe Paul has said something different recently, but what I have seen in the past of him believes that drug laws should exist at the state level. I personally agree with that because it's the only place they're currently legal under supreme law. IMHO, of course.
57 posted on 05/13/2011 5:06:07 PM PDT by andyk (Wealth != Income)
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