At a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in South Boston this past weekend, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) took a jab at pro-legalization Republican State Representative Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk), who is currently vying for the Republican nomination for Senate in Massachusetts’s upcoming special election.
Addressing the crowd, Senator Warren said, “I advise everyone to pay very close attention to Dan Winslow’s platform. He has a 100 percent ranking from the gun lobby and he’s for the legalization of marijuana. He wants us armed and stoned.”
According to statements received by VoteSmart, Rep. Dan Winslow’s stance on marijuana policy is as follows:
I disfavor decriminalization of marijuana because it increases demand from illicit sources. Instead, I think we need to legalize marijuana (likely starting with medicinal marijuana in view of the current federal prohibition) and then regulate it and tax it. Only be lawful production of marijuana will the cartels, crooks and drug dealers be put out of business in the US. – State Representative Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk)
Representative Winslow is currently engaged in a primary for the GOP nomination, if he were to receive it he would face either Democratic Congressmen Stephen Lynch or Edward Markey in the June 25 special election.
Screw you, Warren. How can you talk about American families and the hardships they face while supporting the criminalization of cannabis? That’s the last time I take anything she says seriously.
No one’s perfect….
She is an idiot for saying something that makes her look even more UNEDUCATED!
Im pretty sure most americans would like to be armed and stone.
More Republicans need to take a Libertarian approach to politics or continue slipping into irrelevancy. There’s a reason Libertarians have been growing in numbers every day. They make the most sense. Live Free, Stay out of peoples personal lives!
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Elizabeth Warren just lost ANY support I would ever give her.
I have a lot of respect for Ms. warren. I also have a lot of respect for Cardinal Tim Dolan.
But these folks show how clearly out of touch and BRAINWASHED they are when they make IGNORANT comments likes “He wants us armed and stoned”, or “anyone who thinks I’ll be elected pope must be smoking marijuana”.
We need to GET RID of the “STONER IMAGE”. Pot is harmless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn….and I had such hopes for her continued success toward a presidency…..but she MUST get right and stay right on marijuana!!!
I really thought Elizabeth Warren was a different sort of politician up until now and would’ve even supported her for President but this has totally changed my mind–guess I will have to register as an independent….
I like what she said. She just proved he is in favor of personal liberty – and she is not.
‘Nuff said!
Been toking for 37 years and have never once picked up a gun, nor have I ever had the desire to do so.
I do not know this gentlemans stance on guns, however I know I would vote for him based on his stance on legalization of this plant.
I LOVE to vote and do so every chance I get. I am that little old lady that shows up to vote on who gets to be the dog catcher in my community.
I do hope you read this Ms Warren and all of the rest of the people out there thinking that politics is their calling.
Oh and Ms Warren, I think you may have shot yourself in the foot on this one. You probably just got this opponent 1000’s more votes because you DID bring up his stance on the legalization of this plant.
Bravo Mr Winslow, You just got my vote!!!
I am sure that if he were a democrat, she would have said nothing about the guns and used the legalization of pot as an example of the progressive steps we need to take to move this country forward.
Politics – nothing more
Warren is NOW a politician too you have to remember. She obviously doesn’t want a Republican to get that Senate seat. If Markey is picked, he is quite the lib so I am pretty sure he would support at the very least Medical MJ and more than likely decrim. As far as Libertarians go, probably the ONLY thing libs would agree with them on is legalization of drugs and no military interventions. The rest of their “ideas” are pretty shitty and regressive.
Better armed and stoned than armed and drunk…LOL! Libs and their nannystatism are no better than cons with their religious neofascism when it comes to the cause of personal liberty. Which rights do YOU want to lose? I would hope the answer is NONE.
It appears that neither Mr Altieri nor you commenters realize that the Boston St. Patrick’s Day breakfast is a lighthearted affair, akin to a roast, and that Senator Warren was making–see if you can understand this–a *joke*. I would suggest that taking material from the St Paddy’s Day breakfast as policy statement is using it out of context.
Michael Thieme… are you stupid? Liberals want more government control. Staying out of people’s personal lives would be the conservative viewpoint…
We need a massive campaign targeting these stupid govt officials,and expose them for the liars and thieves they really are.We need to band together and yes that means you grower in California who voted no last time.Grassroots stuff isn’t working.POS like this just keep the bullcrap coming.I for one am sick of being ill from my prescribed painm edicine and want to use cannabis in earnest.But I live in backwards NY state where the reps vote against pot but get busted smoking in our cars.What kind of crap is that? Massive campaign needs to be started soon.This is bs.
I agree with Dan Winslow 100%. I have chronic severe medical conditions that require me to take harmful medicines. Medicines that can be replaced with natural cannabis. Make it legal and take advantage of the prosperity it will bring.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is an embarassment to women and to the Democratic party. Her comment regarding pro-legalization Republican State Representative Dan Winslow is incredibly stupid!
So, all of you in Massachusetts, you now know who to try to get rid of in the next election: Senator Elizabeth Warren
And, you all now know who to vote for: Republican State Representative Dan Winslow
Make a note and don’t forget!!!
You people are morons. You have no clue what your talking about, so go take youe prescription addicting government drugs. All natural is always the answer.
Typical liberal hysteria. Standing up for the 2nd Amendment does not mean you want everyone armed. It means you want everyone to have that choice. A liberal groupthink product like Warren can’t understand that distinction.
Same with weed. Wanting it legalized so that adults can make their own choices on it is far different than wanting everyone stoned.
Warren, once again, shows her extreme mental disability. She can’t think.
Armed and Stoned is better than Armed and Drunk.
I just emailed her telling her she needs some re-neducation. More people smoke grass than own guns. Do the math.
So much for the alleged “progressivism” of Sen. Warren. She’s an enemy of the most basic and fundamental rights: the right to do any peaceful thing you wish with your own body, and the right to defend your life and property. Too bad, she’s part of the problem, not the solution.
Live free, stay out of people’s personal lives, but if a terminates a pregnancy, OFF WITH HER HEAD!
Jokers.
It really wouldn’t matter if Americans were stoned and armed usually if you’re that stoned you’re not motivated to shoot somebody they should also legalize pot because of the fact that I have a seizure disorder and they have a new strand that control seizures
If you’re going to be armed, being stoned sounds like the best way to insure said weapon is never actually used -.-
I’m a responsible gun owner, and a long time marijuana consumer. Yet many uninformed Americans might think how can this be! Well I haven’t gone crazy and ventilated anyone yet…
I have to agree with Live Free and Stay out of peoples lives. Just because I smoke should have no determination on whether or not I have the right to bare arms. I am nothing more than someone who prefers to medicate my self naturally and to grown my own pure form I am not a criminal. I should still be entitled to my right to bare arms and be able to protect my family and self from the government which is the reason for the right to bare arms. They will find any back door way to take our guns. Further more maybe if America was stoned and armed there would be less crime and the government would stay the hell out of our homes and mind there own damn business. The war in drugs with marijuana being the primary focus is only adding to our defeatist.
Kinda funny how earlier this month she told Holder violating the will of the people in Colorado and Washington would be a waste of resources. She’s just mad she was beat to the punch by a republican.
“That’s the last time I take anything she says seriously” and “She is an idiot for saying something that makes her look even more UNEDUCATED!”
Are you all aware that at the St. Patty’s day breakfast in South Boston, all the politicians gather to eat and tell jokes and just shit on each other. Get a clue. This wasn’t supposed to be taken seriously.
It was a joke! She supports medical marijuana. And Toni, to call her uneducated makes you look like a dumb dumb. She has a doctorate in law and has taught at 6 universities including Harvard! Get your facts straight!
That comment Mrs. Warren is both immature and idiotic… It’s about being an adult when it comes to recreational marijuana use.. Btw im pretty sure i can tell a bastard that deserves to get shot (like a murderer for instance)between an innocent person while i have a joint hanging out of my mouth..marijuana smokers aren’t stupid, immature ignorant people make it seem stupid.
This is directed to Toni and Will.
Clearly you don’t see Sen. Warren being sarcastic. She’s pointing out how the Republican Senator is changing his policy on decriminalizing cannabis in order to earn the Republican nomination.
Please do research before you say anything on the internet. Google what their policies have in concerned with the American public before you attack any politician.
I think people that are upset by her opposition to this guy need to read between the lines on his stance. When he’s talking about full legalization, regulation, and taxation, he’s not talking about folks being able to grow their own cannabis – he’s talking about handing over production of cannabis and hemp products to his buddies in the tobacco industry so they can reap all the profits instead. Remember: these are politicians we’re talking about and they are not to be trusted.
The St Patrick’s Day Breakfast is a roast. The politicians make fun of each other. Kind of weird for NORML to make this a headline without giving it any context, especially when Warren is a supporter of medical marijuana.
i am an armed citizen and i get stoned daily just because I am stoned does not mean i forget everything my father has taught me about gun safety since i was 3. i am 26 now and i have had no accidents or “close calls” because safety is first stoned or not. its a shame that people like warren use terrorism to further their agenda. lets just scare everyone….fucking bullshit….i am a soldier of freedom and will fight for all of OUR rights! thank you norml for fighting for freedom
This was said in jest: http://www.wbur.org/2013/03/17/mass-senate-st-patricks-breakfast
It was a roast-style breakfast. Winslow was in attendance.
Is Ms. Warren saying she supports keeping crooks, drug dealers and cartels in business?
I thought she was for the people and for freedom. I guess you never know. But now we do know about her. I think we should all write down the names of all the idiots in our states and remember them on election day.
Consider that it is a Republican who is showing the common sense here about marijuana and it is a Democrat making the idiotic remark! It just goes to show that you really can’t conclude anything about anyone just because of their party affiliation! I’ve long thought that it is the Democrats that have wanted to end prohibition and I was wrong!
Armed And Stoned ? Yes, Lets have a uneducated child make a slanted remark to try and bash two things that MADE AMERICA> would you rather have us drunk and houses be robbed, families murdered by criminals who will get weapons anyway? How about let the 50 year old take morphine for pain instead of a cannibas based hand lotion that wouldnt completely damage his liver along with his immune system. WHEERE DO THEY FIND THESE FUCKING IDIOTS
The reps would be fools not to get behind ending prohibition.
It would reverse their decline politically.
and also get the dems off their arses.
Think about if we were drunk and armed. Whatch a few episodes of a COPS marathon. Alchohol and guns don’t mix.
Pot and guns only go with the cartels and mafias and politicians who push her sort of reckless ideology. Let HER pay for HER prohibition. I’m tired of incompetent politicians picking my pocket.
Think about if we were drunk and armed. Whatch a few episodes of a COPS marathon. Alchohol and guns don’t mix.
Pot and guns only go with the cartels and mafias and politicians who push her sort of reckless ideology. Let HER pay for HER prohibition. I’m tired of incompetent politicians picking my pocket.
I would say ELIZABETH WARREN has her signals crossed. I hate to see politicians make out that people who smoke pot are stupid. Most leaders on the hill drink and they would not like to be called a bunch of babbling drunks. LEAVE IT TO POLITICIANS TO DIVIDE US!
Warren is turning out to be not what I want in office. She showed her chutzpah complaining about too big to go on trial, you know, big banks misleading the common folk and laundering drug money. Of course the laundering of drug money by HSBC (& whatever other banks) will go nowhere, resulting in only a fine because they are laundering money from CIA and other covert operations’ assets of the U.S. government.
I hope this is her only gaffe. Otherwise, she’ll have to go the Lieberman route.
Elizabeth, never pull any shit like this regarding cannabis again! You’re trying the patience of people who had high hopes for you–pun intended.
At this point, I’d say get ready to primary her.
I thought her tribe passed the peace pipe? Apparently not.
The country needs more Republicans who support marijuana legalization. I hope he wins.
Ms Warren: I supported your run for senate with money and my labor even though I now live in CA. I believed in you. Please educate yourself on cannabis. What you think you know about it is the result of nearly a century of systematic lies perpetrated by our government at the behest of special interests. You are ruining your credibility with this stand. I am a health care provider who has seen first hand repeatedly the good cannabis does when used responsibly and the horrific harm prohibition causes. Please, don’t be yet another mindless supporter of this crazy hangover from the inquisition. Let the facts be your guide. They are accessible through numerous venues, including norml.
It seems this breakfast is an annual time for MA politicians to make jokes at each others’ expense. Perhaps NORML should look into that before posting this as a breaking story.
Id rather be armed and stoned .what’s the alternative? Jacked uppp on pharmaceuticals ? Look where that gets you.
I thought Chief Warren wanted the her people to be able to smoke the peace pipe. Sheeeit.
Elizabeth Warren has been in favor of legalization. Perhaps here statement was not so much about the legalization of Marijuana, but the combination of the guns with marijuana?
LOL the grand old party is slowly dieing off like old white racist people should 🙂 the gop are at each others throats over all kinds of issues LOL this is great none of them can see eye to eye anymore,by 2016 this country is gonna be dem controlled
Looks like Fauxcohontas is caught in more lies. Color me surprised.
You also have to love how she puts together two things (shooting guns and being high) in the same sentence to draw the false conclusion. I’m all for decriminalization of marijuana for the same reasons that alcohol was decriminalized, but that doesn’t mean either of those should be mixed with guns. What’s next for Warren – saying he’s in favor of driving cars and against prohibition of alcohol, and therefore advocates drunk driving?
That woman needs to take a long ride off a short pier in Ted Kennedy’s car…
You guys did read the whole thing right she said she wants to legalize pot, she was just complaining that he only wanted it to be decriminalized.
What’s unconstitutional about having a gun and some pot? Too bus Warren is just another trojan horse fake-ass progressive who wants to shit on the constitution (which was written on hemp)…. I find her comments offensive and idiotic. Another safety Nazi who want sheeple to trade liberty for security (they get neither BTW)
I actually thought she was good until this comment. Shouldn’t she be focused on fraud,corruption and banksters? No wonder we need guns (protection) and weed (for our PTSD from being robbed by said banksters)
How do these politicians come up with this stuff – Just because someone doesn’t think people should be arrested and demonized for marijuana doesn’t mean they want everyone stoned. Liberal politicians are very confusing, they want equal rights and fairness for everyone but pot smokers. WTF
If Stevie Lynch wins D-primary and Winslow takes the R, then the Republican will be to the left of the Democrat.
Anybody but Markey!
I can’t believe she’s taking this kinda stance on this… Maybe, she feels like its ‘too progressive’ – and she has to be conservative on a couple things.
Or, she jumped on the chance to *take a hit* – at the Pro-Gun & Pro-MJ Legalization Republican?
An opponent who might be ‘Centrist enough’ that he could appeal to Libertarians, Independents, and Democrat Nanny-Staters… if not for his views on guns & marijuana.
She’s essentially ‘writing off’ the people (like myself) that have tended to vote for Democrats – But, WILL NOT support any sort of Nanny-Stater garbage policies, disguised as “Common-Sense” Regulation/Laws.
I’ve been finding myself as a bit of a ‘rare breed’ lately = Because, I just so happen to believe that “Gun-Control” (Bans of any sort) are just as ineffective & misguided as Drug Prohibition.
I reject the Rahm Emanuel logic of:
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”
Or, in this case “Let no tragedy go to waste” – jumping on these events creating an emotional, a tear-filled appeal attempting to exploit the public’s sentiment about a tragic shooting is reprehensible. I don’t accept the “for the children” excuse for drug laws & I truly despise this very similar exploitation of 20 dead children, to push their gun-control agenda that they had ‘sitting on the shelf’ – just waiting for a “perfect opportunity” to present it as a despicable reaction to that tragedy.
They literally waited until it was a shooting involving a large number of very young kids to go ‘full speed ahead’ with their public push/media campaign and at this point – (IMO) it’s gone *far beyond* vile, creating a new low-point in the definition of opportunistic.
LOL at the Squaw. Who gets stoned then goes out and shoots people up? NO ONE.
Armed and stoned … Heck, that was the order of the day if you were a U.S. soldier during Vietnam …
I thought Native Americans loved to smoke the natural gifts of nature?
To be fair, the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast is a roast atmosphere for local pols to rib each other and sing Irish songs. Senator Warren was joking so everyone chillax.
But was not medical marijuana part of her platform when campaigning for office.
Statists gonna state.
Sounds like one is for our freedoms and the other is not. The squabbling is just now starting. These polititions don’t know which coat tail to get on. There will be turn coats and die hards but the Feds are going to have to change.
Senator Warren, taking a stand against marijuana legalization won’t be helpful if you decide to remain in politics. You’re much too hip not to see that. Slow or fast, marijuana will become legal and the sky will not fall. Get on board.
Safer then being drunk and armed.
Spot on Michael.
I think warren needs an enema!
its a shame, I was just starting to like her, based on her digs about banks being “too bog to jail” I”m actually surprised by her hard line stance on this
Riddle me this Elizabeth Warren… you never smoked cannabis while you were attending college on the public dime? Not everyone has forgotten how you lied about your ethnic makeup to sham the system. Maybe you should listen to your constituency and not the party line.
where’s my post?
Seems rather insincere from a Peyote smoking, wild Injin 😉
Dan Winslow wins on this platform would be huge in the legalization movement. It says being pro legalizations means votes and wins.
Here is what Warren said about Marijuana while running for office:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/09/24/901171/elizabeth-warren-expresses-support-for-medical-marijuana-legalization
[Paul Armentano responds: She also indicated during her campaign that she does not support amending criminal laws for non-medical consumers.
http://boston.com/community/blogs/less_is_more/2011/10/weak_showing_on_drug_war_from.html.%5D
So, here is a case where I cannot criticize those who criticize a Dem. Old Guy, are you reading this?
I like many of the things Warren stands for, especially her attempts to rein in the big banks. But, you can be sure that I will send her office an email about this issue, expressing my dissatisfaction, or maybe I’ll even call her office. Maybe she needs some reeducating.
This is like when Obama jokes about drones and the thousands of innocent people he has killed around the world.
Elizabeth Warren will most likely regardless of her stance on Marijuana. I would vote for her even if she does not support legalization. I support Legalization of Marijuana. I challenge anybody to show any GOOD thing the WAR ON MARIJUANA has acheived. The goverment lied to us about the Vietnam War, the Iraq war and the Afganistan war. Why would anybody believe they are not lieing about Marijuana. If they want to prove their point, make Marijuana a schedule II drug and let universities and medical centers around the USA do the research.
Funny how when a woman wants an abortion, it’s my body my choice,,, but if a woman wants to smoke a joint,,, NO,,, It’s bad for you,,, we THINK!
Now either the Christians are not doing their job,, or big Pharma has more pull than God!,, You decide!
So, lets see. I am stoned and have a gun. Loook!! A cute deer. “Wow man look at that deer.” Puff. Puff. “Wow man look at that Squirrel!!!” “You know dood I forgot to bring ammo!”
For those of you saying Warren is some how pro-pot, http://boston.com/community/blogs/less_is_more/2011/10/weak_showing_on_drug_war_from.html
you obviously did not hear her comments during the Debates, read the above link
You can be armed and drunk and no one says a word,even though alcohol makes you want to fight and more apt to use the gun on someone else.That is perfectly fine right Elizabeth.
Show of hands,,, how many times are police called for a domestic violence call on people smoking Marijuana???
u all r dumb asses to think that Democrats and Republican are any diff. thick head assholes
This is baloney and no ‘news’ and no black eye for Liz Warren. Senator Warren was invited to the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, held EVERY year in South Boston, an old traditionally Irish Boston neighborhood, where all the politicians make jokes at the expense of each other on St Patrick’s Day. (Think of the ‘roasts’ done back in the 70s with Dean Martin and friends.) It’s done in jest and good humor. It shows they can poke fun of each other and have a good laugh. I thought it was a great joke and quite funny. Armed and stoned. lol
NEWSFLASH ALERT —–
Smoking cannabis regularly does NOT impair your ability to operate machinery. In very rare cases of someone who has not smoked in a long time using some very powerful weed, it may affect your driving ability for a half hour or so. Nothing like alcohol can do. I have smoked pot every day in the morning before work and never had an accident that was my fault. I had a few car accidents when I was very young which were found to be no faults. They did not involve weed either. Other than that, every day pot smoking and NO accidents at all while working all day.
Democrats are Great at Launching Personal attacks against there competition, Because This Is All That They Have.
Elizabeth Warren, and I Qoute,…. I Am all for anything that will help a Patient who Is suffering as long as its prescribed by a Doctor, And Under Close Controll.
Democrats favorite word over the last 5 years is CONTROLL!
What an Oxymoron. Who the hell would smoke some pot and go shoot somebody.
Maybe if they ran out of their Narcotic Prescription Medication, which by the way, is also becoming impossible to get without going through a Mountain of Medical Bureaucracy…
I am in favor of anyone from either Party who has the common sense to see that smoking marijuana should not be a crime. I am also glad Adam never had any traffic accidents that were his fault, stoned or sober.
For people who are giggling all the time, you all really don’t have much of a sense of humor
I assume she didn’t actually say this. If she did, she lost my vote. By the way, firearms can now be produced that can’t be fired by anybody other than that own them. As an example, a father and a mother can have their new firearm imprinted with their palm prints. From that time on, it can not be used unless it is reprinted with somebody elses palm print. Bottom line, no more kids are going to shot a sibling accidentally. It can be done now.
Not likely that a palm print would be all that effective. I am notorious for having fingerprint scans fail to work at work. Very very frustrating. …And if you needed a firearm to defend yourself, dangerous.
Stand with Dan Winslow tomorrow, March 26, Massachusetts State House steps, 12 NOON!
Elmer Fittery, you forgot one thing… What about all of the Firearms in the United States
we have now. I do not know the exact amount, but I am sure ints in the millions.
And E. Warren did say what I stated in my earlier comment. He Mother or Father suffered from cancer and were in extreme pain. Thats wy she said it, its fact, and it was “Of Course” before she beat Scott Brown for re-election.
As a hard-core far left progressive who lives in WA state where we not only legalized marijuana, but gay marriage too, I am appalled at Ms. Warren’t comment about marijuana. There are now either states that want to decriminalize pot, or be allowed to grow industrial hemp like Kentucky.
I am quite positive that the entire White House, CIA, some senators, and of course the elite are smoking and choking it up every night with a glass of Bourbon, just laughing it up and just how stupid the population is to marijuana.
The government has know for centuries that marijuana has good properties in fighting all kinds of ailments, but of course, they wouldn’t make a profit if they legalized it. It makes me sick watching cops rip up these plants, yet they won’t prosecute sex offenders, rapists, etc. Our government is just “smoke, mirrors and lies”
How about unarmed and stoned or unarmed, unstoned and just awake
If Warren is a pot prohibitionist, she loses my support and I have been talking her up for President.
This is what concerna me about her and Hillary. That anti-weed attitude means higher prison rates like we had under Bill Clinton. Hopefully Obama will encourage legalization by 2016 or we are doomed.
Very disappointing to discover Warren’s pro-prison views. Unless she is in favor of recreational Cannabis legalization, she loses my support.
Elizabeth knows the danger of more stupid republicans.
This guy is bad news, the Republican Party is who brought you the drug war. Never trust a snake like this!
I agree that Elizabeth Warren knows a lot about the economy and the negative fallout from big business banks. Her stance on Marijuana is ill informed and her lack of social reality is tragic. My vote would go to the candidate that supports legalization. By her stance on Marijuana I believe that she may not even get reelected if her opponent embraces legalization and she does not.
I was interested in Elizabeth Warren and possibly supporting her for President until I learned of her backwards views on cannabis re-legalization. I cannot in good conscience support any pro-Drug-War pro-Prison-Industrial-Complex politician ever again. The Drug War and mass incarceration are absolutely destroying this once-great country. She won’t be getting my vote any time soon.