Will Obama Legalize Marijuana If He Wins Reelection?

well lawrence o'donnell had a segment that i thought was very good and uh... quite often a said the same time uh... last night because uh... he talked about that marijuana and how president obama had gone down to south america of course a gathering of the uh... latin american leaders there uh... and the united states so and the president columbia seemed to indicate that he thought it was a good idea to maybe start to reconsider sore throat laws especially regards the marijuana and *** uh... and that here laura sydell zina plate but both president obama what he was several bomb in a row for and then uh... from disparities clever let's go ferocity in the evening these days already vis-a-vis yet you figure it out that was the wrong taped that was senate candidate barack obama back in january twelve two thousand four and what do you actually said this weekend in columbia really wasn't that different i think it is entirely legitimate uh... to have a conversation about uh... whether the laws in place are ones that uh... are doing more harm than good in certain places personally and my administration's position is that legalization is not the answer dad's in fact if you think about hollywood and uh... operating that the capacity a large-scale drug trade uh... dominate uh... certain countries if they were allowed to operate legally without any constraint could be just as corrupting if not more corrupt the status quo nevertheless you know i'm a big believer in looking at the evidence yeah here's resigns as it would be a the evidence yes like there's a and international council media report on how disastrous is american war on drugs is big internationally you don't like looking at the end of the figuring out the act and local or so down on the great job of contrast in those two videos of precious a and began it was running for senate he was not senator at that time in two thousand four who said let's the criminal acts right and now the president who talking talk is a usually doesn't really slow meandering ways until you lose interest but in reality said no i'm not gonna decriminalizing marijuana are really interested in all the facts and lovely debate you people arriving but no mandate and so as usual is something the president while has decided that one season office is not going to do in fact as we told you on this program before uh... he has to re off the war on drugs by reappointed a bush administration official it the d_e_a_ who was then got moved the argument always said the states can do whatever they want with their own laws on and i wanna now the new memo the coal memo says no work come in for you and they have in california and other jurisdictions they're actually signifi only increase the drug raids even under president bush so business ignorant increased from the bush administration as usual present about that is a part that i disagree with some of our his prediction for a second term most view of course has absolutely no intention of having that discussion in the united states until after he is re-elected to a second term which with exactly two hundred and four days remaining until the election makes possibly ending the war on drugs the two hundred and fourth reason to vote for president on november sixth his guided yet reservoir every was real life it is their legalize marijuana or decriminalizing unlike detractors anywhere in the country honestly believe i don't even think lawrence o'donnell honestly believes that i think that the people who watch msnbc are expecting the house especially the ones who do commentary to be very supportable of obama so in that clip he was obviously criticizing him but he wanted like away to criticize obama while still telling his audience we should subaltern anyway right so he comes back with like absolutely no evidence indicating that oh bomb is going to change his stance on the war on drugs after doing that criticism an idea but more so than those that what he would consider soaker pragmatic right so i believe that he totally does support the press and when somebody starts believing i_d_ it's amazing with a get themselves a believer so i think there's some chance the lord's on actually believes there awhile more what might do in the same time bb cleanup possibly be more wrong they these guys who were waiting for a while that or wait till you get a second term twenty actually becomes a progressive but he's never been a progressive these ever acted as a progressive is certainly didn't act as a progressive in his first or it's false positives going to be social all you have to be sold all old as to do this bold move which you know would take courage from even up hold politician you can only tell you that is one that but army how often as a matter of intruded with bob on the state physician the somehow obama didn't do that position anyway so uh... i you know we can resources mine but either way he's totally wrong i would be shocked their president bomb a did dennis sector and so we shall every night by my cannot comprehend it that possibility