Reefer madness grips GOP congressional race

[madinmaryland]

http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Reefer-madness-grips-GOP-congressional-race-581187.php

Republican Rob Merkle, of Norwalk, who is challenging two other candidates in an August primary to run for U.S. Congress, said a video making fun of his arrest 10 years ago on marijuana charges is over the line and distracts voters from real issues.

One of his two opponents in the race, Rick Torres, of Bridgeport, called Merkle a "hypocrite."

Torres and Merkle are running against Dan Debicella, of Shelton, who won the Republican Party endorsement at the convention for the 4th Congressional District, a seat held by Democrat Jim Himes, of Greenwich.

The issue of Merkle's arrest in 2001 came to a head this weekend as a YouTube video link called "Reefer Rob" was posted by user harryrockwell88. The video shows images of Merkle; his father, a former U.S. prosecutor known for prosecuting drug traffickers; a major drug king; Cheech and Chong; and images of people smoking joints, while a parody of Afroman's "Because I Got High" plays.

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Too funny!

[Dawson Leery]

1. Debicella is the furthest right and the weakest. He is a theocrat.

Forbid ever the slight chance that Danny "Mob Town" (Shelton) could win. Those Shelton Republicans could give Tom Delay and 'Duke' Cunningham a run for their money!