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Colorado Marijuana Group Attacks Cindy McCain, Alcohol Pusher

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:09:28 PM EST
Tags: John McCain, Cindy McCain, SAFER (all tags)
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When I first heard today of the new website Drug Dealer Cindy, I thought it was going to be about Cindy McCain's past struggles with prescription drugs. It's not. It's about her family beer distributing business, Hensley & Company.

The site and the video are the work of Safer Choice, a Colorado organization whose goals I've supported in the past.

This new site makes me a little uneasy. I'd almost rather it was about the sweetheart deal Cindy McCain got for her prescription drug violations that others don't get -- and if her husband is elected President, won't get.

SAFER in the fine print says the site is not an attack on Cindy McCain but on the hypocrisy of our laws that tolerate alcohol abuse while punishing users of marijuana, a less harmful substance.

Sorry, SAFER, I see it as an attack on Cindy McCain and I think it will be viewed as mean-spirited. I'd rather you stick to attacking our unjust laws and the politicians who pass them. That's John McCain, not Cindy.

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    Cindy McCain isn't running for office. (5.00 / 0) (#2)
    by Angel on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:19:16 PM EST


    And even if she were... (5.00 / 3) (#3)
    by oldpro on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:22:41 PM EST
    this is inappropriate, not to mention counterproductive.

    Education is one thing.

    Beating up on people who buy, sell or drink alcohol legally and responsibly is political suicide.

    It's stupid.

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    Exactly. (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Angel on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:24:20 PM EST


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    I'll drink to that! (none / 0) (#27)
    by BernieO on Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 06:22:45 AM EST


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    This could win Wisconsin (none / 0) (#22)
    by Cream City on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 10:59:23 PM EST
    for McCain, or at least Milwaukee.

    Then again, her beer is Anheuser-Busch, isn't it?  Nah, it's okay with Milwaukee to attack Anheuser-Busch.

    But as A-B is number-one in barrelage, as they say, and as her company is one of the leading distributors in the country -- why p*ss off beer-drinkers and make them like McCain more?

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    What Jeralyn said in the last paragraph (5.00 / 3) (#5)
    by PssttCmere08 on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:24:33 PM EST


    I have to agree with Jeralyn (5.00 / 0) (#6)
    by txpolitico67 on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:41:57 PM EST
    And in the spirit of equity, Michelle Obama should be off-limits as well.  

    Let the guys duke it out @ the ballot box.  

    Off limits for this kind of bs, yes (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by angie on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 10:41:06 PM EST
    Not for things they say on the campaign trial -- I think that is fair -- they have been prepped, they're of legal age, they're smart -- when they choose to try to sway voters, their actions then -- and only then, can be scrutinized/critiqued.

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    A vote for McCain is a vote for Beer! (5.00 / 2) (#7)
    by daryl herbert on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:44:39 PM EST
    Not a winning line for Obama.  These potheads need to find a more constructive way to push their agenda.

    Here is an email circulating (5.00 / 3) (#10)
    by Leisa on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:57:24 PM EST
    that may be telling:

    An email from Ireland to all of their brethren in the States...a point to ponder despite your
    political affiliation:

    'We, in Ireland, can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United
    States.

    On one side, you had a pants wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep
    his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who
    is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run!

    Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc'
    terminology, married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship !!

    Now what in God's name are ya lads
    thinkin over in the colonies !
    author unknown

    We know now that beer swilling sexist's are the one's to elected the last few POTUSes.  So the complainers about this are not going to help Obama.... heh.

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    Hey Focker... (5.00 / 1) (#15)
    by txpolitico67 on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 10:26:20 PM EST
    you a pothead?  

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    Like it or not, beer is legal (5.00 / 2) (#13)
    by JavaCityPal on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 10:21:20 PM EST
    marijuana is not. I should think the smarter effort would be getting marijuana legalized, at least medical.

    For all the millions and millions of democrats in this country who love a cold one, this is a big waste of time, money, and internet space.

    Why do those stoners hate America? (none / 0) (#17)
    by angie on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 10:37:54 PM EST
    Really -- why don't they just attack mom & apple pie  while they are at it.  

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    Sweetheart deal? (5.00 / 2) (#23)
    by jccamp on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 11:13:01 PM EST
    In my more than 30 years experience, I have never - repeat never, none, nada - heard of the DEA and the U S Attorney's Office prosecuting an individual for prescription drug abuse, obtained via any nonviolent means, that did not include sales to others, or importation and/or manufacture of unlawful material. The only reason the Feds pursued Mrs McCain was most likely because her husband was a  U S Senator, and they were worried about charges of favoritism.

    The DEA has an administrative arm which monitored the non-profit Mrs McCain was using to obtain drugs. Normally, even if they believed something to be criminal, they would never have prosecuted in District Court, absent some serious weight, a death, something aggravating beyond one person with an addiction to painkillers.

    The DEA normally will only handle cases that involve serious weight - meaning lots of kilos. The U S Attorney declines cases every day that involve sale to others, trafficking and smuggling. Does any experienced defense attorney reading this really think that if Mrs McCain was just Jane Doe (of any ethnicity), the Feds would have been anywhere near the case. It would have been referred to state court or settled without a prosecution (like it eventually was) in about 15 seconds.

    And frankly, in state court, a first time offender writing bogus prescriptions because of an addiction, containing no indications other than personal use, is an automatic probation and deferred prosecution.

    This is nowhere near a sweetheart deal. it's the way first time, personal use violations are handled every day.

    There are plenty of genuine issues in this race to discuss. Mrs. McCain's one-time drug problem should not be one of them. I am not trying to promote Sen McCain in any way. But let's get real about the resolution of his wife's legal issu