Linda Lingle Flip FLop?

I got this in my email today,im kinda confused at all this stuff.
Anyone else get any of these?


Hawaii: Gov. Lingle's veto of medical marijuana task force bill shortchanges Hawaii patients

Dear ******:

Flip-flopped. Reneged. Deceived. Lied. Conned. Bamboozled. Hoodwinked. However you want to characterize it, Gov. Linda Lingle has gone back on her word to the citizens of Hawaii.

Last week, Gov. Linda Lingle (R) vetoed HB 2675, which would have established a temporary task force comprised of state officials, physicians, and patients to examine critical issues affecting Hawaii's medical marijuana program. Although the Senate voted overwhelmingly (21-1) to override Gov. Lingle's veto, the House failed to follow suit, which means that questions regarding adequate supply, growing facilities, and the inter-island transport of medical marijuana will remain unanswered for at least another year.

Gov. Lingle's veto is directly at odds with a 2002 campaign pledge to uphold Hawaii's medical marijuana law. In her official veto statement, Gov. Lingle claims that since the federal government doesn't recognize the medical value of marijuana, anything Hawaii does to improve the state's medical marijuana law is therefore improper. Gov. Lingle also tries to convince the public â?? and perhaps herself â?? that "requiring the task force to be administratively attached to the University of Hawaii is inappropriate."

Obviously, Gov. Lingle did not take the time to educate herself on current medical marijuana policy or she would have known that the federal government grows medical marijuana at the University of Mississippi, distributes it monthly to patients throughout the U.S., and has done so for 30 years. Even the most cursory investigation into the issues surrounding state versus federal law as it relates to medical marijuana would have made clear the appropriateness of, and need for, HB 2675.

Not only does Gov. Lingle's reasoning clearly conflict with the promise she made to Hawaii voters less than four years ago, it is shoddy, misleading, full of half-truths, and contrary to stances she has taken on other issues.

Consider this: In 2004, when she was still campaigning for a second term, Gov. Lingle sided with the state of Hawaii in a case against Chevron, who was contesting the state legislature's recent passage of a law that sought to impose rent controls on oil companies. Gov. Lingle, alongside the state of Hawaii, argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the rent control law should stand and not be overturned because allowing Hawaii to set its own policy would "preserve the states as laboratories with freedom to conduct novel social and economic experiments."

Cleary, Gov. Lingle is confused about what "states' rights" actually means and is less than consistent when it comes to deciding which "social experiments" are worthy of her blessing. Perhaps a few light discussions among political pundits and scattered internet buzz about Gov. Lingle's viability as a vice presidential candidate have gone to her head and now has her courting the current administration, and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), by mimicking their blind denial of the medical efficacy of marijuana.

VIDEO: Hawaii Governor rails against marijuana dispensaries �» Big Island Video News

I really don't like her:mad: more then starbucks and mcdonalds.... i question that one

Lingle actually had the nerve to state that " We Don't want to be like California" where "There are more MMJ dispensaries than McDonalds or Starbucks...lol..Me I dont care much for either Mickey D's OR Starbucks

Close MINDED,,, anyhow, does anyone know what govoner to vote for that is going to pass this next year, I need to know who so I can vote for them, we need medical marijuana dispensaries.........chris

The Republican canidate is the former Lt gov Duke Aiona. The Dems have Mufi Hanniman former moyor of Honolulu going against Neil Abacrombie, the former US congressman for Downtown Honolulu.

Niel is by far the most liberal of the three. He is also the frontrunner. Since all three are well known in Honolulu they should split the vote there evenly. Oahu usualy decide every election. This year is shaping up to be decided on the neighbor islands.

Whoever wins the Dem primary will be the next Governor. Aiona doesn't stand a chance.

My money is on Neil. In his younger years he was a stoner. He is also the only one that came out early and has taken some unpopular stands. I also think he is the most open to full legaization.

Do your research. Get out and vote.