POTUS and Pot Urge Voters to Polls

We have mid-term elections coming up Tuesday November 2, and they are pretty important, so important that POTUS Obama is appearing on the Daily Show on Wednesday October 27 to remind people to go to the polls and  vote in case they didn’t do their mail-in ballots. Please vote. It’s really sexy to know someone cares about their city, county, state and country enough to make that effort. Use your voice, mark your ballot!

Obama appeared on the Daily Show during the presidential campaign and he is pretty amusing. Daily Show host John Stewart will be Washington DC prepping for the Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30 which he’s co-hosting with fellow Comedy Central pundit Stephen Colbert at the Washington Mall. Sounds super fun!

This year’s mid-terms are important–well, golly every election is important, but anyway–because the balance in Congress could tip, with the Democratic party standing to loose seats. Which could suck if you’re a liberal/progressive. And might suck if you’re Fox News, because then what would you have to complain about?

Along with Congressional races there are four states which have marijuana on the ballot: California for Prop 19 legalization; Oregon with Measure 74 to regulate the sale and distribution of medical marijuana;  and medical marijuana initiatives in Arizona (Prop 203) and South Dakota (initiated measure 13).  Pot is a big draw in the Oregon elections, and could be a defining moment in these four states’–and our nation’s–history.

Even if you don’t live in those states, please vote. Michele Bachmann is bonkers, and as amusing as it to watch her meltdowns, like would you want her in Congress?  Christine O’Donnell gives witches a bad name, and doesn’t do much for any other group with whom she is affiliated. Heck, even Karl Rove doesn’t like her.

And governorships! Those are super important! Vote! And maybe set your betamax  to catch the Prez next Wednesday night.

5 Responses to "POTUS and Pot Urge Voters to Polls"
Teddy Partridge | Tuesday October 19, 2010 07:04 pm 1

The President is coming to Portland tomorrow!

I hope someone asks him about Measure 74. If they do, he’ll probably laugh. It seems to be his absurd default response to anything he’s asked about pot.


Phoenix Woman | Wednesday October 20, 2010 06:54 am 2

Governorships are important because the governors hold veto power over legislative redistricting. Democratic governors in Texas and California can stop and maybe even undo Republican gerrymandering.


k2o4 | Wednesday October 20, 2010 08:40 am 3

I hate 1 issue voters but I’m very tempted to drop my support for a lot of dem’s due to their idiocy on legalizing pot. That includes Obama. I worked my ass off to get him elected so it’s very disappointing to see him be such an idiot about legalizing pot.


Lisa Derrick | Wednesday October 20, 2010 11:05 pm 4
In response to k2o4 @ 3

If you drop support for dems, would you be supporting repubs, directly or indirectly? And goodness knows the are across the board less supportive of pot than dems.


conservativechristian | Friday October 22, 2010 08:32 am 5

Jesus said, Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. (Matthew 7:12).

I know I would not want my child sent to jail with the sexual predators, or my aging parents to have their house confiscated and sold by the police, over a little marijuana. (And in California, you can still lose your house, your freedom, and your kids for growing even one single plant, even under the recently passed “decriminalization” rule, so California really DOES still need Prop 19.)

We can change the world when we vote.


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