Rand Paul slams Bush 'hypocrisy' on pot
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.
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Rand Paul slams Bush 'hypocrisy' on pot