Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:23 PM
eniwetok (1,629 posts)
Did Barry Goldwater Smoke Pot?
A friend of mine went to University of Arizona back in the early 70s. Somehow he met Barry Goldwater and confronted him about pot. Goldwater, as the story goes, said he took a boat out beyond the 3 mile limit to try it. I don't remember what the rest of the story was.
Has anyone ever heard this story?
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eniwetok | Mar 2017 | OP |
BeyondGeography | Mar 2017 | #1 | |
MineralMan | Mar 2017 | #2 | |
grantcart | Mar 2017 | #4 | |
safeinOhio | Mar 2017 | #3 | |
eniwetok | Mar 2017 | #5 | |
GReedDiamond | Mar 2017 | #6 | |
Warpy | Mar 2017 | #11 | |
GP6971 | Mar 2017 | #7 | |
marybourg | Mar 2017 | #8 | |
eniwetok | Mar 2017 | #9 | |
Warpy | Mar 2017 | #10 | |
eniwetok | Mar 2017 | #12 | |
Warpy | Mar 2017 | #13 | |
eniwetok | Mar 2017 | #14 |
Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:24 PM
BeyondGeography (38,639 posts)
1. I don't recall
Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:24 PM
MineralMan (145,250 posts)
2. Not often enough to help, apparently.
Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:28 PM
safeinOhio (30,316 posts)
3. I heard he said he would never smoke
weed with Willie again.
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Response to safeinOhio (Reply #3)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:31 PM
eniwetok (1,629 posts)
5. Willie.... my friend Willie?
That was my friend's name! Willie P. brought back some fantastic window pane for Xmas break!
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Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:40 PM
GReedDiamond (5,229 posts)
6. I recall hearing the story about William F. Buckley doing exactly the same thing...
...he sailed his boat 3 miles out of U.S. territorial waters, and smoked cannabis.
Later, at the age of 78, Buckley called for the legalization of marijuana. Was Barry G on the boat with Bill? Also, in 1996, Goldwater endorsed legalizing medical marijuana in Arizona. |
Response to GReedDiamond (Reply #6)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 10:20 PM
Warpy (107,347 posts)
11. Yeah, that's him, couldn't remember the name to save me
He couldn't figure out what the fuss was about, thought it was mildly pleasant and that was it.
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Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 09:46 PM
GP6971 (26,507 posts)
7. I don't recall any rumors
that he did.
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Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 10:06 PM
marybourg (11,605 posts)
8. Are you "pierpont'?
Response to marybourg (Reply #8)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 10:19 PM
eniwetok (1,629 posts)
9. ;-)
Busted! It was a temp name because my main user name was wrongly banned protesting a mod who went nuts.
I miss that forum! I actually liked debating libertarians and right wing morons. But sometimes I find many libs here just as pigheaded. |
Response to eniwetok (Original post)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 10:19 PM
Warpy (107,347 posts)
10. Yes, but it wasn't Goldwater
It was a conservative newspaper columnist whose name escapes me right now. I'll update later if it dawns on me. He died some years ago but was fairly decent, just very wrong about most things.
He did pronounce the experience with pot "not a big deal" and couldn't figure out why it had been declared Public Enemy #1. ETA: William F. Buckley. |
Response to Warpy (Reply #10)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 10:04 AM
eniwetok (1,629 posts)
12. doesn't mean that both couldn't have...
If boating out past three miles was to be the defense against breaking US law... then others could have used the same MO. Of course... unless they were handed the pot outside US waters... there was the crime of possession.
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Response to eniwetok (Reply #12)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 05:17 PM
Warpy (107,347 posts)
13. Yes, but there was no such story about Goldwater while he was alive
It didn't get attributed to Goldwater until some old crock like me had a senior moment.
I remembered it was a conservative columnist. |
Response to Warpy (Reply #13)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 09:42 PM
eniwetok (1,629 posts)
14. I was told this story back in the early 70s
by a friend who claimed to have spoken to Goldwater at the time about pot. Since my friend dropped out of UA Tempe in 71... and returned home to New England... it had to be in the 70-71 time frame.
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