Penn Jillette Accuses Obama Of Class Warfare For Drug Policy, States' Rights

Penn Jillette Accuses Obama Of Class Warfare For Drug Policy, States' Rights. In a recent episode of his podcast "Penn's Sunday School," comedian Penn Jillette laid his opinions on the Obama drug policies out on the table.

Jillette, who has never done drugs or drank alcohol in his life, expressed particular concern over the policies' broad-sweeping, all-inclusive nature. Namely, that people are going to prison because of marijuana use.

"Now, he has not left this to states' rights," Jillette posited. "As you know, medical marijuana... you can get in California, and the feds are coming in to try to stop this. States' rights don't mean jack sh*t to the Obama administration on anything except gay marriage."

Another point of contention for Jillette was the fact that President Obama mentioned that he had smoked "weed" and done "maybe a little blow" in his 1995 book "Dreams from my Father."

Jillette cited it as a prime example of the fact that not all drug users turn out to be menaces to society: What troubles me about this... I think it's beyond hypocrisy. I think it's something to do with class. A lot of people have accused Obama of class warfare, but in the wrong direction. I believe this is Obama chortling with Jimmy Fallon about lower class people. Do we believe, even for a second, that if Obama had been busted for marijuana -- under the laws that he condones -- would his life have been better? If Obama had been caught with the marijuana that he says he uses, and 'maybe a little blow'... if he had been busted under his laws, he would have done hard f*cking time. And if he had done time in prison, time in federal prison, time for his 'weed' and 'a little blow,' he would not be President of the United States of America. He would not have gone to his fancy-a** college, he would not have sold books that sold millions and millions of copies and made millions and millions of dollars, he would not have a beautiful, smart wife, he would not have a great job. He would have been in f*cking prison, and it's not a god damn joke. People who smoke marijuana must be set free. It is insane to lock people up.

Jillette and co-host Michael Goudeau then went on to discuss statistics from uncited sources, but with the general suggestion that the number of people currently locked up in federal prisons for marijuana-related crimes is too high. Both men posited that Obama changing his drug policies would lighten the load on the prison system and give recreational drug users a chance to contribute to society.

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[amandaajt]

Thank you for such passion on peoples right! We need more people like you.

[Tyme2Die]

If you put ranch on wings, go fuck your mother.

[Alex Brunswick]

He is the man. What's great about him is every time someone is a passionate advocate for legalization (because, uh, they aren't a fucking moron), anti-drug fools love to say "you just want to be able to get high legally", and Penn can turn to them and say "nah dumbass, I'm just not a fucking moron". We need more people like that.

[captainclayman]

i keep forgetting that penn jillette has never done drugs. if that's actually completely true...that's fucking impressive. i could never do it.

[Richard Simmons]

one person is a die hard obama fan for no intelligent reason.

[shady4091]

If you ain't high by two in the afternoon, go fuck yourself.

[epicmonkee]

Nope, he's never even drank any alcohol.

[Tastentier]

He did not only say that, he wrote it down and sold millions of copies. It's in his book "Dreams From My Father".

Quote: "I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it."

[Kilgore Trout]

As soon as the video goes off, I see a big Google Ad for "Stand with Barack Obama" "Vote for Barack Obama" "Thank President Obama" Oh the irony.

[peter1114222]

The pigs are the ones who belong in jail.

[gregpbradley1]

You fucking dumb Conservative idiot, I only qant to bring up three points, as I don't want you wasting anymore of my life. # 1, Obama talked about helping those who have addictions. # 2, You lied again saying Obama said he " uses " ilegal drugs, when in fact he said no such thing. Huge difference between " used, and uses " numb nuts. # 3, You may not be so anti gay if the photos of you sucking a cock popped up on the internet. Your lips get more rolled back every time I see your face, WTF. !