Aug 21, 2009
Obama Jokes About Legalizing Pot and the Stimulus
Jokes should be in quotation marks. Remind me again: How did this guy get elected president?
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This is not from the campaign. It just happened a few days ago. For more on the story, see here:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/risky-business/2009/03/26/obama-marijuana-legalization-not-good-for-the-economy.html
Please note that it says on the bottom on the CNN caption "President Obama takes questions."
He was running against John McCain.