Oval Office Underdogs: The Hemp Lady

Caroline "The Hemp Lady" Killeen, the former nun campaigning for marijuana legalization, is on the 2008 presidential primary ballot in New Hampshire.

The 81-year-old has been enjoying her retirement in Italy, but now she's back stateside for what might be her final run at the White House.

The Hemp Lady was omnipresent on the streets of Nashua, Manchester and Concord during the 1992 and 1996 NH Primaries -- she was often riding her bicycle with a sign that read "Honk 4 Hemp."

Presumably, a vote for her is still a vote for marijuana legalization.

According to The Nashua Telegraph, "Killeen's cause won her the backing of a Dartmouth College fraternity that invited her to stay in its campus house during the 1996 primary. But she overstayed her welcome, was ejected by police and eventually campaigned out of a homeless shelter."

This clip is an excerpt from the 1996 documentary, "Why Can't I Be President?" which was produced for WGBH, WNET and other PBS stations.

That familiar narrator's voice you hear is none other than CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

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[x24actor]

I think this is about HEMP legalization, as in non-THC "industrial" hemp that can be cultivated into many essential goods that are usually of higher quality than the mainstream tree, petrol, and cotton products we're all used to. Clothing, paper, food, fuel, wood, plastic (the dashboard in your car is probably made of hemp) are a few examples of what hemp can make, not just marijuana.

[econosux]

Will marijuana legalization EVER truly happen?

Republican Ron Paul is actually gaining some traction for the idea!