CONCORD, N.H. , July 11, 2007
Giuliani: Medical Marijuana Unnecessary
Presidential Hopeful Says Supporters Want Drug Available To All
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Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani jokes about the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox baseball teams during a campaign stop in Concord, N.H., Tuesday, July 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
"I believe the effort to try and make marijuana available for medical uses is really a way to legalize it. There's no reason for it," the former New York mayor said during a town hall-style meeting at New Hampshire Technical Institute.
He also said there are better alternatives.
"You can accomplish everything you want to accomplish with things other than marijuana, probably better. There are pain medications much superior to marijuana," he said.
"We'd be much better off telling people the truth. Marijuana adds nothing to the array of legal medications and prescription medications that are available for pain relief."
After a speech at the first of several stops in the first-primary state, the early front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination fielded questions. None dealt with the unpopular war in Iraq.
Instead, voters wanted to know about the failed immigration bill and Giuliani's views on climate change and health care.
Giuliani said promises of universal health care are hollow and simply not manageable.
"If you try to do socialized medicine, a la Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama or Michael Moore, you're going to end up with a disaster," he said.
He urged voters to press other candidates for specifics and to move beyond highfaluting language.
"We tried that before. We tried that with the `War on Poverty' and we tried that with welfare. Look what happened. We tried a simplistic solution and look what happened. We locked people into poverty. It was a tragedy."
Later, while visiting a deli and store in Hooksett, he explained why he hadn't been in New Hampshire as frequently as some of his rivals.
"You've got to talk about other people about strategy of the campaign. I go where they tell me," he joked with reporters.
Giuliani last visited New Hampshire June 12; in contrast fellow Republican Mitt Romney and other lesser-known hopefuls have been stumping here more frequently.
"Ultimately, I think, by the time we get to the New Hampshire primary, we'll have spent as much time as any candidate here, probably more than a lot of them," he said, adding, "The order in which we did it, I guess it had to do with our fundraising, I guess it had to do with whatever our other priorities were."
Later on Tuesday, Giuliani spoke to a town hall-style meeting at a Nashua hotel. He warned against terrorism — a central argument for his candidacy. He said Democrats wouldn't keep the United States safe and that no matter what happens in Iraq, the larger war against terror would continue.
He rejected an audience member who asked whether Giuliani thought U.S. foreign policy was in part responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"The September 11th attacks have nothing to do with American foreign policy," Giuliani said. "They have everything to do with ... Islamic terrorists."
The questioner said he based his question on his reading of the 9-11 Commission report. Giuliani said that he didn't agree the commission — on which he briefly served — came to that conclusion.
"It had nothing to do with our foreign policy. Our foreign policy could change tomorrow and they'd still want to attack us. ... They want to kill us and attack us because we represent the infidel, modern world."
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You can accomplish everything you want to accomplish with things other than marijuana, probably better. There are pain medications much superior to marijuana - MEDICAL POT IS MORE TO ENHANCE APPETITE THAN PAIN, WHAT A GOOBER.
You've got to talk about other people about strategy of the campaign. I go where they tell me - AND IF THEY TOLD YOU TO JUMP OFF A CLIFF?
AND THEN MY FAVORITE
The September 11th attacks have nothing to do with American foreign policy," Giuliani said. They have everything to do with ... Islamic terrorists.
Bye Bye Guy
Dirtbag...scumball...Giuliani...synonyms for campaign 2008.
Rudy Giuliani
Are they SAFER than marijuana?
No, they are not.
Even aspirin can kill, but there has never been a single death proven to be caused by smoking marijuana. It is impossible to overdose on marijuana unlike basically any pill you can buy today at the pharmacy. You can even overdose on alcohol and water, two things that have proven to be much more dangerous that cannabis.
It's "Reefer Madness" all over again!
Rudy who?
Ron Paul is the man!
ronpaul2008.com
Rudy who?
Ron Paul is the man!
ronpaul2008.com
Anyone with a working brain will know that prohibition does not work!
The billion dollar prison industry won't be happy about this but the truth hurts.
Profiting from sending non-violent people to jail is just plain EVIL.
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Its sad when his staff is selling coke & getting caught in *** Scandal all the time claiming too be these right wing conservative.
Lets vote back America! Its time the will of the people prevail!
Register & Vote!
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Its sad when his staff is selling coke & getting caught in *** Scandal all the time claiming too be these right wing conservative.
Lets vote back America! Its time the will of the people prevail!
Registor & Vote!
Check our web site at www.mccfdia.com
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"We'd be much better off telling people the truth. Marijuana adds nothing to the array of legal medications and prescription medications that are available for pain relief."
Yet he fails to back up his false statement with any facts.
Truth is Mr Giuliani, the tests and patient feedback says exactly the opposite. 12 states have seen the light and passed legislation for medical Cannabis.
Please research the facts before you make a statement and be willing to back up said statement.
Nice info Roger.
"Giuliani represented oxycontin mfgr purdue pharma, which "competes" with medicinal marijuana, and is significantly more dangerous than the plant. Talk about conflict of interest."
If you vote for Giuliani it will be more of the same. Republican special interests controling the government.
You proved that with your own statement Rudy.
Vote for Ron Paul!!!
http://www.RonPaul2008.com
Gee, thanks for looking out for the average American.
Giuliani is turning out to be a scum candidate.
In one sentence he basically says we are screwed.
Last December, when Bush rebuffed a bipartisan exit strategy presented by the Iraq Study Group, he said he would leave the decision to withdraw from Iraq to his successor.
That question is "not going to face this government," Bush said, chuckling slightly at a news conference with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "because we made up our mind. We've made that part clear. It'll face future governments. There will be future opportunities for people to say, 'Well, it's not worth it. Let's just retreat.' "
Since then, nearly 700 more American soldiers have died in a war that has now lasted more than four years, lost the lives of more than 3,600 U.S. troops, cost $10 billion a month -- and cost Republicans control of the House and Senate.
ASK HIM THIS..HOW MANY MORE AMERICANS HAVE TO DIE FOR THIS TRAITOR BUSH..
GO AHEAD ASK...WHY NOT ASK THE BIG QUESTIONS..LETS SEE HIM FALL ON HIS FACE
- by fryedbread July 11, 2007 4:24 PM EDT
- Oh I forgot he was a doctor.
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