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| Source:The Young Turks- Conservative commentator Meghan McCain on The View on ABC. |
"Meghan McCain explained how she smoked pot when she was living in Los Angeles . In her appearance on ABC's The View, the daughter of former Republican Presidential candidate John McCain added that she thinks marijuana should be decriminalized. Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, and other members of The Young Turks discuss."
From The Young Turks
Hearing the term a breath of fresh air to describe a Republican, is like hearing about a dog making out with a cat. I gotta double check that and make sure I'm not hearing things or I'm not dreaming or something, (perhaps high on pot and not ever aware of it) it takes a while for something like that to sink in.
Hearing the term a breath of fresh air to describe a Republican, is like hearing about a dog making out with a cat. I gotta double check that and make sure I'm not hearing things or I'm not dreaming or something, (perhaps high on pot and not ever aware of it) it takes a while for something like that to sink in.
Before I go further into Meghan McCain's position on marijuana, I think a little background of her is important.
Meghan McCain obviously the daughter of U.S. Senator John McCain, but they're both Arizona Republicans (not Bible Belt Republicans) and even though her father is not with her on marijuana, this is a state that's produced Republicans like Barry Goldwater, Jeff Flake, John McCain, and his daughter Meghan.
I'm sure Arizona is a diverse state even within the Republican Party, but we're talking about a place where classical conservatism (or conservative libertarianism, if you prefer) is still very popular. To say we're talking about different types of Republicans as compared with, I don't know Mississippi (just to use as an example) is like saying the weather is different in Wisconsin in January, then it is Florida. You know, it's a different type of winter up in Wisconsin, at least compared with Florida. It would be an excellent impression of Captain Obvious.
So I'm not surprised that an Arizona Republican, who probably looks up to Barry Goldwater, like Meghan McCain, would be in favor of at least decriminalizing marijuana, if not legalizing it all together. We're talking about big government out-of-our-wallets, bedrooms, classrooms, boardrooms, and perhaps now bodies, Republicans.
