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This is in response to yesterday’s story on Barack Obama, campaigning in Oregon, stating he would base medical marijuana policy on “sound science” and end the DEA raids in medical marijuana states.

Republican • National • Committee
WASHINGTON – RNC Communications Director Danny Diaz released the following statement today:

“Barack Obama’s pledge to stop Executive agencies from implementing laws passed by Congress raises serious doubts about his understanding of what the job of the President of the United States actually is. His refusal to enforce the law reveals that Barack Obama doesn’t have the experience necessary to do the job of President, or that he fundamentally lacks the judgment to carry out the most basic functions of the Executive Branch. What other laws would Barack Obama direct federal agents not to enforce?”

Oh, please, is this coming from the party of the current administration that has seen fit to stop Executive agencies from enforcing subpoenas by Congress? Or the refusal to enforce the laws prohibiting torture? Is this the very same Republican National Committee that has flagrantly violated the laws concerning archival of Executive records by using RNC email accounts for official Executive business and by failing to backup millions of Executive emails leading up to the invasion of Iraq?

Now this party wants to enforce laws that send stormtroopers with weapons to terrorize sick and disabled Californians, seize cash and crops, yet never charge anyone with breaking those laws?

Judging by public opinion, which overwhelmingly supports medical marijuana, trying to bash Senator Obama for his pledge to end DEA raids seems to me a political loser. While today’s Republican party may officially denounce medical marijuana, classic conservatives have always favored regulation of cannabis and many feel that a federal government that interferes in a doctor-patient relationship has overstepped its bounds. Fifteen Republicans voted for Hinchey-Rohrabacher in its last offering and Republican Ron Paul is sponsoring the latest incarnation of the bill to end DEA raids in medical marijuana states.