Reyes' Commercial & Times' Headline
Am I missing something?
I am completely lost as to the headline of this piece in the El Paso Times today. The headline reads, U.S. Rep Reyes Can't Support Key Claim in Ad on Drugs.
The piece is about the ad from Congressman Reyes' office that ran during the Oscar's. David K also wrote about this so I'll be brief since I think he pretty much nailed it.
It looks like they got comment from O'Rourke and he said he never advocated for the wholesale legalization of drugs. Okay, maybe thats true, but aren't we talking about semantics here? Does it really deserve the headline "Reyes can't support key claim"?
Weed is a drug. O'Rourke is very clear about wanting to legalize it. Yes, his position has changed and the language of what he is advocating for has been massaged, but I think if anyone were to ask him directly, I'm reasonably sure O'Rourke would make it clear he wants to legalize marijuana.
If marijuana is a controlled substance, and he wants to legalize it, then he wants to legalize a drug.
There is video all over the place about this position. He's been asked about drug policy at every forum I have been to.
Although now that I think about it, I did pose the direct question of legalization to O'Rourke earlier in the campaign and I have the video. Somewhere around the 5:40 mark I asked the question.
I guess I could've but a finer point on the issue by asking something likeL What is position of legalization of drugs? Does he support legalization of marijuana. Does he support legalization / decriminalization of other drugs?
But it seems his policy position is pretty clear. I'm not sure what claim the Reyes ad didn't support.
The real interesting thing to me is this. Yet again, days later, we are still talking about a commercial that ran days go during a high-ratings program.
Another win for Pittle.
Which is a good thing for the Reyes camp because they are not going to have a fundraising advantage like they thought they would have, O'Rourke is going to out-work them, and the district lines aren't as favorable as Reyes would've liked.
I am completely lost as to the headline of this piece in the El Paso Times today. The headline reads, U.S. Rep Reyes Can't Support Key Claim in Ad on Drugs.
The piece is about the ad from Congressman Reyes' office that ran during the Oscar's. David K also wrote about this so I'll be brief since I think he pretty much nailed it.
It looks like they got comment from O'Rourke and he said he never advocated for the wholesale legalization of drugs. Okay, maybe thats true, but aren't we talking about semantics here? Does it really deserve the headline "Reyes can't support key claim"?
Weed is a drug. O'Rourke is very clear about wanting to legalize it. Yes, his position has changed and the language of what he is advocating for has been massaged, but I think if anyone were to ask him directly, I'm reasonably sure O'Rourke would make it clear he wants to legalize marijuana.
If marijuana is a controlled substance, and he wants to legalize it, then he wants to legalize a drug.
There is video all over the place about this position. He's been asked about drug policy at every forum I have been to.
Although now that I think about it, I did pose the direct question of legalization to O'Rourke earlier in the campaign and I have the video. Somewhere around the 5:40 mark I asked the question.
I guess I could've but a finer point on the issue by asking something likeL What is position of legalization of drugs? Does he support legalization of marijuana. Does he support legalization / decriminalization of other drugs?
But it seems his policy position is pretty clear. I'm not sure what claim the Reyes ad didn't support.
The real interesting thing to me is this. Yet again, days later, we are still talking about a commercial that ran days go during a high-ratings program.
Another win for Pittle.
Which is a good thing for the Reyes camp because they are not going to have a fundraising advantage like they thought they would have, O'Rourke is going to out-work them, and the district lines aren't as favorable as Reyes would've liked.
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