Rand Paul Hits Jeb Bush For 'Hypocrisy' On Prep School Pot Use

[DonViejo]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Friday seized on a Boston Globe report about Jeb Bush's prep school days to criticize the former Florida governor's "hypocrisy" on marijuana policy.

"You would think he’d have a little more understanding then," Paul told The Hill of Bush's reported marijuana use as a student at the elite Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.

“I think that’s the real hypocrisy, is that people on our side, which include a lot of people who made mistakes growing up, admit their mistakes but now still want to put people in jail for that,” he added. “Had he been caught at Andover, he’d have never been governor, he’d probably never have a chance to run for the presidency."

Bush admitted his youthful marijuana use to the Globe. The newspaper also spoke with some of the potential Republican presidential candidate's former classmates, who described him as a stoner who was indifferent to politics at the time and allegedly bullied smaller students.

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[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Two jerks who weren't helped by pot.

[PumpkinAle]

2. Marijuana is the gateway drug

............. to a presidential campaign for Paul. If he mentions it enough times on college campuses and doesn't actually tell them anything else about his ideologies he thinks he will get the vote.

[rustydog]

3. RAND PAUL? Rand Paul calling out someone on Hypocrisy...

This snide, privileged, spoiled wannabe libertarian is such a joke. His belief system is everyone has to do what he wants not what HE does and he calls Bush a hypocrite?

[PeteSelman]

4. Why is it a "mistake"?

There's nothing wrong with toking up a bit.

[Thinkingabout]

5. I was just thinking, as much crap that has been said about the Obama

Girls, they could have a field day with the Bush and Paul group.