The Obama Administration: Just when you think it’s taking
one step forward, you find out it’s actually taking two steps back. Recent
statements from Obama about marijuana policy suggested that he believes keeping
the drug illegal is counterproductive, a reasonable and forward-looking
opinion. Then, just yesterday, his nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch
made it clear at her confirmation hearing that she totally opposes legalizing
marijuana and the Justice Department will not support any steps toward that end.
One step forward, two
steps back. If Obama truly believed that keeping marijuana illegal was
counterproductive, why would he nominate someone to head the Justice Department
who vehemently disagrees with that stance? Either Obama is lying about his own
feelings on the subject, (and why would he do that?) or perhaps he’s really not
in control of who gets nominated to high posts in his Administration. The issue
of marijuana legalization is a very hot topic in America with a tremendous
amount of momentum at the state level, yet Obama picks someone with a viewpoint
on drugs that is stuck in the 1970s.
I know that I’m stepping into tin-foil hat land whenever I
bring this up, but I have long had the feeling that Obama is not in control of
the executive branch in the way we would imagine a president being in control.
Perhaps he’s just big on delegating work to others, but incidents like the
Lynch nomination make me wonder about who is really calling the shots at the
White House.
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