Fox News’ Bob Beckel: I Used To Smoke A Lot Of Weed

  •  July 1, 2008

This doesn’t bother me at all, though it sure explains a lot about Bob Beckel.


It is exactly this sort of unapologetic public disclosure that is going to end the madness of the government’s costly jihad against marijuana. Let’s face it: Marijuana is not inherently a bad thing. It’s no more or less harmful to humans and human behavior than alcohol, and we’d do well to just legalize it and spend the massive amount of resources expended on its banishment elsewhere.
Of course, such a move would mean a tremendous reduction in the law enforcement bureaucracy that has sprung up around the war on marijuana, and those bureaucrats aren’t going to give up their jobs without a fight.

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  • http://Array CatMow

    Bob, while you’ve missed the point on nearly every post thus far I must applaud your libertarian views on the subject of marijuana use. Bravo.

  • robert108

    Fox News’ Bob Beckel: I Used To Smoke A Lot Of Weed

    Why did he stop? I guess even a raging leftie needs to be able to think clearly.

  • robert108

    Oh!
    I’m sorry.
    I didn’t realize that you weren’t familuar with his position as a leftist
    commentator at Fox News.

    You are in error; I know that quite well, in addition to his regular appearances on Crossfire. It is because of my familiarity with him that I lack any respect or esteem for him. It’s based on knowledge and facts, not ignorance.

  • Jay

    Let’s face it: Marijuana is not inherently a bad thing. It’s no more or less harmful to humans and human behavior than alcohol, and we’d do well to just legalize it and spend the massive amount of resources expended on its banishment elsewhere.

    If North Dakota could eliminate the use of the judicial system to deal with pot and bad checks, my calendar would free up REAL quick.

  • RebTex

    “Better than continuing to make the same mistake”
    .
    .
    .THe whole jist of my original comment wasn’t that he had made mistakes, it’s that he’s held in esteem for his judgements.

  • RebTex

    Finally?
    How about Kennedy?
    He killed a chick….
    THen, there’s that guy in Louisiana that thought keeping his bribe money in the freezer was a good idea….
    No, wait! I can go on for DAYS!

  • RebTex

    Beckel’s use of pot doesn’t , in itself, bother me.
    He’s also been treated for alcohol abuse.
    What DOES bother me is that he presents himself as a person whose judgement is supposed to mean something.
    I feel that his past judgement lapses should exclude him from the position he has.

  • RebTex

    Good judgement doesn’t lead one into illegal activities.
    Nor is stopping illegal activities called “good judgement”.
    It’s called realization.

  • robert108

    He apparently had the good judgment to stop using it.

  • RebTex

    Oh!
    I’m sorry.
    I didn’t realize that you weren’t familuar with his position as a leftist commentator at Fox News.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    You finally found someone in the Democratic Party who is as creepy as the high-rollers in the Republican Party.

    Finally? Finally??
    You mean like the “chubby chaser” in the White House? Or the Serpent Head that put him there?

  • http://howlongdoesweedstayinyoursystem.net/ Bobby

    barry, where such knowledge?

  • http://howlongdoesmarijuanastayinyoursystem.net/ Barry

    Yea no crap, 99% of regular people used to smoke it. FFS Bush snorted coke.

  • robert108

    Nor is stopping illegal activities called “good judgement”.

    Better than continuing to make the same mistake.

  • ollie-B

    You finally found someone in the Democratic Party who is as creepy as the high-rollers in the Republican Party. Hope you didn’t bust a gut.

  • robert108

    …it’s that he’s held in esteem for his judgements.

    Who holds Beckel in esteem for anything? That’s one I’ve never heard before.
    In fact, his giving up drug use is the smartest thing I have ever heard about him.

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