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2016 Postmortem

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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:24 AM Feb 2016

Yes HRC gave the speeches, but she didn't inhale [View all]


When asked about marijuana, Bill Clinton famously said he experimented with it, but he didn't inhale.

The point is that, of course he was around it, and engaged in an act that looked just like he was actually smoking marijuana. BUT - he didn't inhale.

By having the marijuana, lighting the marijuana, and drawing a puff, it looked just like smoking marijuana. But by not inhaling, he avoided any of the actual effects of marijuana which, for most people, is the point of smoking it in the first place.

I think what we should realize is that Hillary is correct when she denies the implication of graft. Yes, it looks like they gave her a large quantity of money in order to curry favor, since that is the usual recipe for curried favor. But we are failing to realize that, just like Bill and marijuana, she insulated herself against its effects.
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