Scott Walker seeks to deflate the GOP’s libertarian streak

[Brett85]

The huge pro-Rand post that jmdrake pulled down (#35)* had a very similar but direct quote from Rand Paul saying he was against legalization.

And Paul didn't attack Bush over harsh penalties, etc., it was about Bush's opposition to legalizing medical marijuana in Florida (again, which I have alluded to above). Now, if Paul has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana FEDERALLY I must have missed it.

* p.s. jmdrake, why'd you pull that sucker down? Did it not say what you thought it did?

He's said before that he believes that marijuana has medical benefits and should be legal for that reason. He's introduced legislation that would prevent the federal government from cracking down on states that have legalized medical marijuana.

 

[jmdrake]

The huge pro-Rand post that jmdrake pulled down (#35)* had a very similar but direct quote from Rand Paul saying he was against legalization.

And Paul didn't attack Bush over harsh penalties, etc., it was about Bush's opposition to legalizing medical marijuana in Florida (again, which I have alluded to above). Now, if Paul has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana FEDERALLY I must have missed it.


* p.s. jmdrake, why'd you pull that sucker down? Did it not say what you thought it did?

It said what I thought it did. I thought I was pulling a different post. I'll put it back since you're interested it in. Rand Paul is taking incremental steps towards decriminalization. What steps has Hillary taken again?

 

[angelatc]

Scott Walker hasn't made any foreign policy decisions yet, and therefore has a chance to advocate a different foreign policy. And he decides to go with the hawkish talking points that Americans overwhelmingly reject.

My husband overwhelmingly rejected him today after he heard his foreign policy utterances.

 

[Tywysog Cymru]

My husband overwhelmingly rejected him today after he heard his foreign policy utterances.

I don't understand why they don't just lie like Obama did or Bush did in 2000. Few Americans want war.

 

[Sola_Fide]

“I think we need to have an aggressive strategy anywhere around the world,” Walker said. “I think anywhere and everywhere, we have to go beyond just aggressive air strikes,” said Walker. “We have to look at other surgical methods. And ultimately we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that’s what it takes.”



This guy is horrible.

 

[Sola_Fide]

The huge pro-Rand post that jmdrake pulled down (#35)* had a very similar but direct quote from Rand Paul saying he was against legalization.

And Paul didn't attack Bush over harsh penalties, etc., it was about Bush's opposition to legalizing medical marijuana in Florida (again, which I have alluded to above). Now, if Paul has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana FEDERALLY I must have missed it.


* p.s. jmdrake, why'd you pull that sucker down? Did it not say what you thought it did?

How's Drug Czar Obama working out for you, friend? Locking up minorities and militarizing the police to stamp out even more freedom. Your leader sucks. Don't hate on Rand trying to make a small difference in this tyrannical hellhole that minorities have to live in.

 

[Brett85]

“I think we need to have an aggressive strategy anywhere around the world,” Walker said. “I think anywhere and everywhere, we have to go beyond just aggressive air strikes,” said Walker. “We have to look at other surgical methods. And ultimately we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that’s what it takes.”



This guy is horrible.

I tell people that the Republican Party is in favor of endless war and want to start wars all around the word, and they sort of dismiss what I say, but this quote from Walker proves it. He's literally saying that we should just have non stop war throughout the entire world. He just made himself completely unelectable in a general election with that one comment.

 

[Sola_Fide]

I tell people that the Republican Party is in favor of endless war and want to start wars all around the word, and they sort of dismiss what I say, but this quote from Walker proves it. He's literally saying that we should just have non stop war throughout the entire world. He just made himself completely unelectable in a general election with that one comment.

I don't know. Maybe it's what Merica wants to hear, sadly...

 

[Tywysog Cymru]

I don't know. Maybe it's what Merica wants to hear, sadly...

From what I've noticed it's mainly Southern Republicans and some Democrats from the Northeast who want it.

 

[YesI'mALiberal]

How's Drug Czar Obama working out for you, friend?

Pretty good.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 23, 2014


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One Year After Launching Key Sentencing Reforms, Attorney General Holder Announces First Drop in Federal Prison Population in More Than Three Decades​

In a speech at the Brennan Center for Justice, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the federal prison population has dropped by roughly 4,800 inmates since September 2013. This represents the first time the federal inmate population has fallen, rather than risen, over the course of a fiscal year since 1980.
Moreover, Attorney General Holder announced that current Bureau of Prisons estimates project this downward trend to continue in each of the next two fiscal years. In FY15, the inmate population is projected to drop by another 2,200 inmates. In FY16, the population is projected to drop by 10,000 inmates - or the equivalent of six federal prisons.
“This is nothing less than historic,” said Attorney General Holder. “Clearly, criminal justice reform is an idea whose time has come. And thanks to a robust and growing national consensus – a consensus driven not by political ideology, but by the promising work that’s underway – we are bringing about a paradigm shift, and witnessing a historic sea change, in the way our nation approaches these issues.”

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/one-year-after-launching-key-setencing-reforms-attorney-general-holder-annouces-first-drop-0

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January 16, 2015

Attorney General Eric Holder effectively gutted a national policy Friday called equitable sharing—a policy that for decades has allowed law enforcement to seize billions of dollars from criminal activities.
Under the policy—often called civil forfeiture—law enforcement has been able to channel drug money, stolen vehicles, and even real estate back into their budgets. The policy was set up as an incentive for good police work. But it has become susceptible to abuse, with law enforcement seizing assets from law-abiding citizens.
It's another example of how Holder, whose departure from the Justice Department is pending the confirmation of his replacement, may just become President Obama's most lasting domestic-policy legacy. During his tenure, Holder has been chipping away at "war on drugs"-era policies—such as reducing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes and not challenging states for enacting marijuana legislation. The intended effect is to combat the disproportionately high incarceration of blacks in the nation's prisons.
Civil forfeiture is a component of that chipping away. The program was set up to encourage local forces to make drug stops. Abuses of the program inflict the most harm on the people without the means to mount legal battles in order to get their property back.
States may still allow civil forfeiture under their own laws, and Holder's decision does not affect the seizure of illegal firearms, ammunition, or other weapons. It prohibits officers from taking property without evidence of a crime.In many cases, local authorities seize the assets and hand them over to the federal government, which would then split the bounty. Holder's new policy makes it clear: States cannot use federal law to make such seizures anymore. "With this new policy, effective immediately, the Justice Department is taking an important step to prohibit federal agency adoptions of state and local seizures, except for public safety reasons," Holder said in a statement Friday.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/eric-holder-keeps-chipping-away-at-the-war-on-drugs-20150116

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[jmdrake]

Pretty good.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 23, 2014


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One Year After Launching Key Sentencing Reforms, Attorney General Holder Announces First Drop in Federal Prison Population in More Than Three Decades​

In a speech at the Brennan Center for Justice, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the federal prison population has dropped by roughly 4,800 inmates since September 2013. This represents the first time the federal inmate population has fallen, rather than risen, over the course of a fiscal year since 1980.
Moreover, Attorney General Holder announced that current Bureau of Prisons estimates project this downward trend to continue in each of the next two fiscal years. In FY15, the inmate population is projected to drop by another 2,200 inmates. In FY16, the population is projected to drop by 10,000 inmates - or the equivalent of six federal prisons.
“This is nothing less than historic,” said Attorney General Holder. “Clearly, criminal justice reform is an idea whose time has come. And thanks to a robust and growing national consensus – a consensus driven not by political ideology, but by the promising work that’s underway – we are bringing about a paradigm shift, and witnessing a historic sea change, in the way our nation approaches these issues.”

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/one-year-after-launching-key-setencing-reforms-attorney-general-holder-annouces-first-drop-0

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January 16, 2015

Attorney General Eric Holder effectively gutted a national policy Friday called equitable sharing—a policy that for decades has allowed law enforcement to seize billions of dollars from criminal activities.
Under the policy—often called civil forfeiture—law enforcement has been able to channel drug money, stolen vehicles, and even real estate back into their budgets. The policy was set up as an incentive for good police work. But it has become susceptible to abuse, with law enforcement seizing assets from law-abiding citizens.
It's another example of how Holder, whose departure from the Justice Department is pending the confirmation of his replacement, may just become President Obama's most lasting domestic-policy legacy. During his tenure, Holder has been chipping away at "war on drugs"-era policies—such as reducing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes and not challenging states for enacting marijuana legislation. The intended effect is to combat the disproportionately high incarceration of blacks in the nation's prisons.
Civil forfeiture is a component of that chipping away. The program was set up to encourage local forces to make drug stops. Abuses of the program inflict the most harm on the people without the means to mount legal battles in order to get their property back.
States may still allow civil forfeiture under their own laws, and Holder's decision does not affect the seizure of illegal firearms, ammunition, or other weapons. It prohibits officers from taking property without evidence of a crime.In many cases, local authorities seize the assets and hand them over to the federal government, which would then split the bounty. Holder's new policy makes it clear: States cannot use federal law to make such seizures anymore. "With this new policy, effective immediately, the Justice Department is taking an important step to prohibit federal agency adoptions of state and local seizures, except for public safety reasons," Holder said in a statement Friday.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/eric-holder-keeps-chipping-away-at-the-war-on-drugs-20150116

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LOL. You are such a hypocrite. Rand pushes to end sentencing of non violent drug offenders and barring the feds from messing with medical marijuana and that's not good enough for you. But every little thing Obama does is grand. How's Operation Fast and Furious working out for you?

 

[YesI'mALiberal]

LOL. You are such a hypocrite. Rand pushes to end sentencing of non violent drug offenders and barring the feds from messing with medical marijuana and that's not good enough for you. But every little thing Obama does is grand. How's Operation Fast and Furious working out for you?

Rand's only "push" is to be seen on the wagon that Holder's been driving for six years. Like I said, get back to me when he actually gets a bill passed - or takes the lead on something controversial, like legalizing medical marijuana.

And as for Fast and Furious, it was stupid. Bush administration should have never launched it; good for Holder for ending it years ago, belatedly unfortunately, but better late than never.