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On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for his opposition to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana.
The New Jersey Assembly has passed legislation that would reduce penalties for marijuana possession, but Christie plans to veto it. Christie said the state should not decriminalize marijuana because it was still illegal under federal law.
“Alright, as much as I disagree, I don’t think marijuana should be illegal, but it is illegal on the federal level. Christie is a former prosecutor, a man of conviction, of principle, doesn’t believe that the state should supersede federal law,” Stewart said.
But then Stewart played a clip of Christie saying he intended to ignore federal law and allow sports gambling.
“What the fuck?” Stewart responded. “Wait. How did governor ‘guys, stop smoking pot it’s against the law’ just go Dirty Harry on ignoring the federal ban on sports gambling? What’s the difference between the two?”
Apparently, the difference is that nobody “is under the illusion that betting on sports games isn’t happening every week in New Jersey.”
“OK,” Stewart said incredulously. “I have an idea. Lets replace the phrase ‘betting on sports games’ with the phrase ‘getting high.’ Different how?”
Source:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/...tm_campaign=Feed:+TheRawStory+(The+Raw+Story)
The New Jersey Assembly has passed legislation that would reduce penalties for marijuana possession, but Christie plans to veto it. Christie said the state should not decriminalize marijuana because it was still illegal under federal law.
“Alright, as much as I disagree, I don’t think marijuana should be illegal, but it is illegal on the federal level. Christie is a former prosecutor, a man of conviction, of principle, doesn’t believe that the state should supersede federal law,” Stewart said.
But then Stewart played a clip of Christie saying he intended to ignore federal law and allow sports gambling.
“What the fuck?” Stewart responded. “Wait. How did governor ‘guys, stop smoking pot it’s against the law’ just go Dirty Harry on ignoring the federal ban on sports gambling? What’s the difference between the two?”
Apparently, the difference is that nobody “is under the illusion that betting on sports games isn’t happening every week in New Jersey.”
“OK,” Stewart said incredulously. “I have an idea. Lets replace the phrase ‘betting on sports games’ with the phrase ‘getting high.’ Different how?”
Source:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/...tm_campaign=Feed:+TheRawStory+(The+Raw+Story)
