Pubdate: Sat, 28 Sep 2002
Source: Daily Southtown (IL)
Copyright: 2002 Daily Southtown
Contact:  http://www.dailysouthtown.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/810
Author: Art Brauer

READERS SOUND OFF ON POT ISSUE (15 OF 16)

I feel that once it's established that a candidate has smoked grass, driven 
a motor vehicle while intoxicated, written on a bathroom wall, played 
mailbox baseball or shoplifted as a simple indiscretion of youthful 
curiosity and/or poor judgment, that line of questioning and focus should 
not be revisited.

There are many, many questions that are far more important.

I would rather read about how candidates stand on issues locally and 
nationally. I would rather read a comparison of the candidates' past voting 
records verses how they said they stood on those same issues before the 
vote.... As a voter, I would rather know if a candidate has used or abused 
drugs as an adult and for how long, for a week, for a month or for years.

This information can show the candidate's likelihood of having an addictive 
personality, an instability that could create a possibly volatile and 
dangerous situation in the future as evidenced by the present occupant of 
the White House.

Art Brauer

Palos Park
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