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Eleanors38

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9. All the more remarkable that FL voted 58% when

Reply to Man from Pickens (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2014, 11:07 AM

Nov 2014

one considers the Democratic Party there is essentially a dead bureau that on occasion rises up to bite any candidate to the left of Dwight D. Eisenhower; I.e., the campaign was as independent as you get on a party-shunned issue.

Prediction: When FL does finally Legalize fully, the national prohibition house comes tumblin' down.

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Marijuana activists eye new targets after election wins [View all] Man from Pickens Nov 2014 OP

That and raising the minimum wage... Kalidurga Nov 2014 #1

I doubt it helped that the head of the DNC thinks cancer patients should be arrested for smoking pot Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #2

I can think of no (non-nefarious) reason why so many Dems should be Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #3

There's probably some of that... non-nefarious, I think it's really a combination of a few things Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #4

^^^ Saved me the trouble. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #8

The Democratic Party is underperforming stoners by 15 percent Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #5

Exactly. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #6

I agree. And where they aren't... well, well, looky here. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #7

All the more remarkable that FL voted 58% when Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #9