{"id":50725,"date":"2022-08-29T16:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50725"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:10:32","slug":"just-saying-legalize-weed-and-win-the-young-hearts-and-minds-of-the-never-voted-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50725","title":{"rendered":"Just Saying:  Legalize Weed and Win the Young Hearts and Minds of  the Never-Voted Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">JUST SAYING:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"splash__image--big img img--responsive landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/630d1d661e00003d00a4ec48.jpeg?cache=6Je6349QER&amp;ops=1280_480\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><em>Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman called on Monday for President Joe Biden to change his stance on cannabis legalization and work to decriminalize the drug at the federal level \u2015 a vastly popular policy decision that\u2019s already been implemented by many states. \u2014 Huffington Post<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Fetterman is much dumber than he looks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Plenty of street smarts but no political savvy. The marijuana message should get him the support of millions of young, stay-at-home and living in their mothers&#8217; basements, never-voted crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">His opponent, the Wizard of Oz, will pick up on this, distort and twist the marijuana message, and now, Trump&#8217;s chosen one&#8217;s campaign has been jump-started by Mr. Cool&#8217;s mouth and marijuana missive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Next poll, the Wizard of Oz makes it a close race, and Fox&#8217;s caravan of liars and Trump cheerleaders helps him do this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Here you go, Mr. Cool, a freebie. Knock yourself out, and spot the Wizard another 10 points: &#8220;Legalize Street Corner Prostitution.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUST SAYING: BY RAUL HERNANDEZ &nbsp; &nbsp; Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman called on Monday for President Joe Biden to change his stance on cannabis legalization and work to decriminalize the drug&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Just Saying: Legalize Weed and Win the Young Hearts and Minds of the Never-Voted Crowd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JUST SAYING: BY RAUL HERNANDEZ &nbsp; 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