Mediaboss Marketing

(L-R) Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and former Gov Jeb Bush, R-Florida. Getty

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, accused Jeb Bush of "hypocrisy" Friday after a report in the Boston Globe chronicled Bush's marijuana use during high school. Bush, a former Florida governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate, opposes the use of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes.

"This is a guy who now admits he smoked marijuana but he wants to put people in jail who do," Paul, who's also mulling a presidential bid, said during an interview with The Hill newspaper. "You would think he'd have a little more understanding, then."

In the Globe's report, Bush acknowledged some experimentation with the drug during his time at Phillips Academy in Andover, an elite private boarding school in Massachusetts.

"I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover," Bush told the paper. "It was pretty common."

One former classmate recalled the first time he "really got stoned" in Bush's room at the academy: "He had a portable stereo with removable speakers. He put on Steppenwolf for me." Another described Bush as a "toker."

The Globe reported that several classmates said Bush, "with his taste for marijuana and his skill at tennis, straddled the line between jock and freak."

Play Video

The House GOP members voted in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that allow medicinal pot. Gayle King reports...

As he aged and entered public life, though, Bush's views evolved. He's called his youthful experimentation with the drug "stupid" and "wrong," and he's opposed efforts to weaken marijuana laws. During the 2014 midterms, he issued a statement opposing an amendment in Florida that would have approved medical marijuana in the state.

See the article here:
Rand Paul: Jeb Bush a hypocrite about marijuana

Sen. Rand Paul says it's hypocritical for Jeb Bush to oppose legalizing marijuana given that Bush smoked a fair amount at prep school.

You would think hed have a little more understanding then, Paul told The Hill while en route to a political event in Texas.

He was even opposed to medical marijuana, Paul said of Bush. This is a guy who now admits he smoked marijuana but he wants to put people in jail who do.

I think thats the real hypocrisy, is that people on our side, which include a lot of people who made mistakes growing up, admit their mistakes but now still want to put people in jail for that, he said.

Had he been caught at Andover, hed have never been governor, hed probably never have a chance to run for the presidency, he added.

Read this article:
Rand Paul says Bush is a hypocrite over marijuana use

Rand Paul on The Dana Show 1-17-14
In the first Snapchat interview with a U.S. lawmaker, possible 2016 presidential candidate and Republican Senator Rand Paul dishes on Hillary Clinton, drones...

By: Get News

Continue reading here:
Rand Paul on The Dana Show 1-17-14 - Video

Rand Paul: "I still think we should abolish the Department of Education"
Sign the petition to arrest Marxist collaborator Marco Rubio at mofopolitics.com.

By: mark kaiju

Continue reading here:
Rand Paul: "I still think we should abolish the Department of Education" - Video

Provided by The Hill Rand Paul slams Bush 'hypocrisy' on pot

DALLAS Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused Jeb Bush of hypocrisy afterThe Boston Globereported the former Florida governor was a heavy marijuana smoker while at an elite prep school.

Bush opposed a Florida medical marijuana ballot initiative last year even though he partook liberally of the herb while in high school.

You would think hed have a little more understanding then, Paul told The Hill while en route to a political event in Texas.

He was even opposed to medical marijuana, Paul said of Bush, a potential rival in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. This is a guy who now admits he smoked marijuana but he wants to put people in jail who do.

I think thats the real hypocrisy, is that people on our side, which include a lot of people, who made mistakes growing up, admit their mistakes but now still want to put people in jail for that, he said.

Had he been caught at Andover, hed have never been governor, hed probably never have a chance to run for the presidency, he added.

Bush toldThe Globein a recent interview about his four years at Phillips Academy in Andover, one of the nations most prestigious prep schools, I drank and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover, explaining the behavior was pretty common.

The Globecited a former classmate, Peter Tibbetts, who said he first smoked marijuana with Bush and also consumed cannabis, a concentration of the plants resin, in Bushs dorm room.

Tibbetts recalled Bush cranking up Steppenwolfs Magic Carpet Ride on the stereo while he and his classmates got stoned.

Originally posted here:
Rand Paul slams Bush 'hypocrisy' on pot