Libertarian Vegan

Last Friday, Texas Congressman Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live to debate actor Stephen Baldwin over whether or not to legalize marijuana.  At least it was supposed to be a debate; instead it turned into Ron Paul lecturing Baldwin, leaving the actor without an argument to stand on.

Baldwin began his opening statements by pointing out he had been in the classic films Biodome and Half-Baked, and saying due to those roles it may seem strange that he would appear to defend the prohibition of marijuana from a “faith-based conservative view.”  (Apparently I missed when he was born again…)

He is able to say little else during the debate, but has time to use the nonsensical gateway drug argument.  Baldwin stated, “Marijuana leads to doing worse things, that’s just a fact, I don’t care what anybody says…”  No, no you don’t.

Paul absolutely owns Baldwin, leading to Baldwin’s attempt to discredit Paul at the end, asking, “Do you think there’s alot of marijuna-smoking Ron Paul supporters?” Hilarious.

Paul - “To me it’s an issue of freedom of choice.”  Amen.