What if the president, any president, got caught smoking a joint?

[Philosoraptor]

Would he or she be impeached for toking up? Would you think less of a president if he or she were caught hitting the old oval office bong in an unguarded moment? Would that sully the oval office? Would it be less scandalous if he or she toked up at home instead?

What if traces of marijuana were found in the president's urine? Should he or she be screened for it? My God, what if the president of the United States were a pot head? Oh the humanity! Catch the falling flag!

Would it bring attention to the illegality of marijuana? Would it forever shame the office of president? What if you found out one of your heroes smoked it? Like Louis Armstrong or Tony Bennett? Or J. Edgar Hoover? Or bush? We certainly have no problem with bush being on who knows how many psychotropic drugs, or being shit faced drunk, or his long history of cocaine addiction, but what if he got caught hitting on a spleef? Would that be the end of his political career?

Wouldn't it be necessary to arrest the president if he or she were busted for possession of a roach? We need to find out immediately if any of the candidates are currently crocked on the chronic and the kind bud, they should have to piss in a jar when applying for a job, just like the rest of us, why should they get a break?

A president who smokes weed is the single gravest threat to our society and our nation at this juncture, and we must remove this terrorist threat from our once great country. We cannot let our government fall into the hands of a bunch of stoners and reefer heads, to do so would imperil us all.

[notadmblnd]

1. We'd tell him not to bogart?

[Solly Mack]

2. Such a president should only be impeached if they bogart

[zabet]

8. Or if they

are smokin' 2nd
rate ditchweed.

:smoke:

[Solly Mack]

13. Seriously!

[ThomWV]

3. Caught by who? You think somebody is gonna sneak up on him?

You think the Secrete Service is going to arrest him?

That said this would sure be a better world if George would fire up a blunt.

[Wickerman]

4. What if the pResident were a wet-brained drunk?

errr, nevermind :hide:

[DS1]

5. I'd prefer a toking prez over a regularly hungover prez

[meegbear]

6. Executive order to legalize it ... or IMPEACH!!

[VP505]

7. I think smoking

marijuana should be a requirement for all Presidents, maybe there would be less war. The FDA would actually enforce food quality regulations to ensure that when one gets the munchies healthy, quality eats are available to EVERYONE .

[Little Star]

9. It ia against the law! They better not get caught.

It's more serious than getting a BJ because it is against the law unless in a medical Mary Jane state. I personally say, no big deal, but breaking the law when you are a president.................................

[VP505]

19. Ya like,

we have never had a President breaking the law, we certainly can't have one smoking a joint in the oval office :sarcasm:

[tekisui]

10. They could "share the peace pipe" with world leaders.

I like it.

[L. Coyote]

11. It would sure help explain the recent spaced-out Residency of the Memory Impaired

"It's true, we CAN'T recall." :rofl: (exhale here)

[stellanoir]

12. Well the Constitution is written on hemp

and our pRes has done a fair job of roasting it with seeming impunity.

[Benhurst]

17. FYI

A. Urban legend is that the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights were written on hemp paper, hemp being the industrial name for the fiber of the marijuana plant. For some reason, this "fact" is touted by those who seek to legalize marijuana for recreational use. First, it is not clear why the use of hemp as a fiber should mean it should be legalized for recreational use. Second, the "fact" is not a fact.

The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are currently housed in the National Archives. All three are written on parchment, not hemp paper. Parchment is treated animal skin, typically sheepskin. The Declaration was inked with iron gall ink. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was commissioned to create a system to monitor the physical status of all three. The Charters of Freedom Monitoring System took digital photos of each sheet of parchment in 1987, each document divided into one-inch squares. Over time, the photos are retaken and compared to the original to look for signs of deterioration. Before the charters were recently reencased for display, a small tear in the Declaration was repaired by adding Japanese paper to the gap. This is the only paper in any of the documents. This is not to say that a copy of any of the documents was never written on hemp paper - just not the copies we see in the Archives Rotunda.

http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_a8.html

:hi:

[stellanoir]

20. Oh thanks for the correction.

The best arguments of which I'm aware for the legalization of non psychoactive hemp are that it's so easy to grow in many places, the multiplicity of its usages, the outrageous durability of products (paper, rope, fabric) derived from it, and that it could save or revive a whole lot of family farms.

Is the tale about hemp resin in Thomas Jefferson's pipe an urban legend as well ?

Now you've got me curious. I'll try to find out myself.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Oh lovely.

Another marijuana thread.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

15. If that happened, I would literally laugh so hard a cried.

Followed by voting for re-election.

[CoffeeCat]

16. It would be irresponsible...

...because it is illegal.

Plus, you are opening up the party--and our agenda---for derailment. We all
know how the Republicans are.

You can't do stuff like this, when there are blackmailers and political hit men
around every corner.

Pot is no big deal. However, derailing your entire party and your country--because
you wanted to get high---is the act of a clown.

I've smoked pot before, but I wouldn't touch the stuff--since becoming a mother.
I have other people to think about now. Why I would risk jail time or other trouble
when I've got my kids counting on me. Works the same way for the Pres. He has an
entire country counting on him.

Just ask Bill Clinton. Nothing wrong with getting a little something-something from the
intern---until you bring down your entire party with you and help usher in the worst
President in United States history.

[KharmaTrain]

18. IOKIYAR

We used to joke that one reason a person became a repugnican is they were too ugly to get laid and never invited to parties.

Just like with any issue, if its a Democrat whose caught with a sexual indiscretion or having "inhaled" or dodged the draft, it's a big issue. The corporate media will spend hours obsessing on the type of herb, who sold it, who grew it, how potent and so on. We'd see endless "experts" claiming that its this use that made Hillary a mad woman or is "typical" of people like Obama...or some other bullshit.

But, now if its a Repugnican, it's explained away...ya know...shit happens. Or if it did happen, its time to move along...just a momentary lapse.

Be assured one of the big fear memes this fall will be "electing hippies"...and the fear of "libruls" fornicating all over the place.