Liberty MavenRon Paul Takes Down A Baldwin On Legalizing Drugs on Larry King
March 13th, 2009 9:48 pm | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Civil Liberties, Constitution, Drugs, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Ron Paul, crime, rule of law | 7 Responses
Ron Paul completely annihilated Stephen Baldwin over legalizing drugs tonight on CNN’s Larry King with Joy Behar filling in for Larry. Baldwin’s feeble attempt at supporting keeping drugs illegal were the same old trite things we’ve been hearing for years that have been refuted time and time again.
Not surprisingly, Ron Paul truly schooled him and the audience on why the drug war is horrid, marijuana should be legal, and he did it with a smile.
I loved the fact that Behar allowed Ron Paul to speak. In fact she allowed him to speak much more than Baldwin. Perhaps it was because Baldwin had nothing new to say.
Ron Paul’s appearance and words on this show should be played in court in any federal non-violent drug case, and there’s no way anyone would side with the prosecution. That is unless that person was lying to himself (or herself).
Watch Ron Paul break it down for the defense below.
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:03 am (#)
Hah! I DO believe him. I've been to a couple of his rallies, I voted for him. Now, to be fair, Joy loves Dr. Paul, and for good reason, and Stephen is (Bless his heart) a Baldwin. Ron Paul's arguments are true: the individual States should have the right the determine the drug policy that fits. Texas would be a much better place without the drug gangs. We wouldn't have that if Texas were allowed to sell legal grass. We'd tax the heck out of it. For pomade. For our Governor's head.
And grass is a gateway drug only because you have to go to a damnable capitalist to get it. He's always concerned about his profit margin, and eventually, will wish to diversify and build his client base. He'll build a network of loyal, if unstable, employees and live as an emperor. Perhaps we should legalize just to give some of these cut-throat SOB's legit jobs a government employees overseas. I'd bet we would have a drastic decrease in violence in this country.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:50 am (#)
Ron Paul is right on the money. Marijuana and other illegal drug use is actually on the rise despite the failed "war on drugs". Stop the violence. Legalize it.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:51 am (#)
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March 14th, 2009 at 1:35 pm (#)
Ron Paul nailed it at every turn. That was beautiful. And Baldwin set his own trap, bringing up the "driving under the influence of marijuana" scenario.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:52 pm (#)
Would the crime going on the mexican border be going on now if these law were repealed?
March 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pm (#)
Jim:
If pot were legal, the price of pot would plumit making it nearly unprofitable. The drug gangs would disappear and the court system trial load would probably drop in half, making most of the government employees unecessary, putting a very large number of government employees out of jobs, decreasing the size of government because then there wouldn't be such a huge demand on ATF, FBI, local and state police…
oh, wait, I think I just figured out why they will never decriminalize marijuana.
Just follow the money.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:56 am (#)
Baldwin is out in left field, leave him there and boycott his lame assed movies. He is too big for his britches now and no one cares to here his comments anymore. He is one boring guy!