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Originally Posted by crockett
I never said he didn't, and yes he was wrong when he did that. However he did back off and did allow the states to do what they voted to do. Do you think Mitt Romney or John McCain would have also backed off?
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Obama promised to tell the DEA to lay off dispensaries. He broke that promise. Eventually more states voted for legalization. Federal law has not changed. The Obama administration used Operation Chokepoint to force dispensaries to keep cash on hand by denying them access to banks. Either way, someone would be trying to kick their doors in -- DEA or robbers.
Romney or McCain would probably have promised to crack down on the dispensaries. Then budget would dictate that they would break that promise and raid the same number Obama's administration did. Federal law would not have changed. Operation Chokepoint probably still would have happened.
What difference do you think it would have made? I don't see any, beyond the cosmetics of what the President gives insincere lip service to.