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Kernan acknowledges having used marijuana

MIKE SMITH | Associated Press | August 17th, 2004

INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Joe Kernan used marijuana a few times while he was in his 20s, his campaign disclosed Tuesday.

Bellatrix; while you're at the site, check out this guys bio. He's done some impressive military service. The website is also tastefully understated. There aren't any federal gov't links on the site, which surprised me a little. It doesn't even say if he's if he's R or D (he's a Democrat, by the way). Am I blind, or is it obvious? Either way, this guy should not have to explain things that a) happened decades ago, and (b) are nobody else's friggin' business. If this guy should have to confess this crap about marijuana, then Commander Bunnypants better let us into Daddy's presidential library to find out about those coke allegations.

The disclosure to The Associated Press came in response to a question posed after some Democrats suggested that Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels had not been completely forthcoming about his 1970 drug arrest while a student at Princeton.

Bellatrix; way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, YA MORANS. Sheesh, what are they TRYING to lose???

Kernan campaign spokeswoman Tina Noel said Kernan, a Democrat, used marijuana "a few times in his younger days." She said that was the only illegal drug Kernan, now 58, had ever used.

Noel declined to provide any other details about the circumstances involved in the marijuana use.

Some Democrats, meanwhile, questioned Daniels' 1970 arrest.

"Voters deserve to know all the details of what went on," said state Rep. Ed Mahern, D-Indianapolis.

Daniels has long acknowledged that he pleaded guilty to a marijuana possession charge 34 years ago, and his campaign accused Kernan's campaign and its supporters of dredging up the arrest in a "pathetic, personal attack."

According to initial newspaper accounts, Daniels, 21 at the time, and two others were arrested in a dorm room May 14, 1970, after a five-month investigation that also led to other arrests.

Those accounts had Daniels and the other two in the room being charged with possession of marijuana, LSD and other drugs, and maintaining a common nuisance - allowing the sale or use of drugs. Daniels spent two nights in jail before he was released.

Daniels was later indicted on two charges - possessing marijuana and maintaining a nuisance. Prosecutors later dropped those charges, and Daniels pleaded guilty to a disorderly person charge stemming from his use of marijuana. He was fined $350.

The Daniels campaign has shared newspaper clippings, court papers and other documents involving the arrest and its aftermath with some news organizations, including the AP.

Those documents included background checks done by the FBI when Daniels was up for presidential appointments, including his nomination as budget director to President George W. Bush. That was a top-level clearance, the campaign said, since Daniels was a member of the National Security Council.

One FBI background document included interviews with two college roommates, including one who was arrested with Daniels. He said aside from recreational use of marijuana, he was not aware of any conduct that would "impact negatively" on Daniels' character. Another roommate said Daniels would occasionally use only marijuana.

The Indianapolis Star reported Sunday that the initial charges might have stemmed from activity in the dorm before Daniels moved in. V. Steven Harris, who lived there previously, said Daniels had "nothing to do with selling drugs." Harris said he - not Daniels - was the one "busted."

He told the newspaper he was a Democrat and no fan of President Bush and would gladly offer unflattering information about a Republican if he had any.

Bellatrix; alright buddy!! I'll bet that there are people like this all over the country. Why aren't the Dems using them?

Mahern said he understood that the Daniels campaign had a box of information related to the arrest, and "I am asking him here today to share the entire contents of that box with the citizens of Indiana."

Mahern made the request to reporters on the steps of the Statehouse and was joined by Democratic Rep. William Crawford of Indianapolis and two members of the Indianapolis City-County Council. State Democratic Chairman Kip Tew made a similar request to Indianapolis television station WTHR in a report it aired Monday night.

"I think we need to know more information about what his involvement was," Mahern said.

Daniels has said he has never sold drugs, and campaign spokeswoman Ellen Whitt said he has been forthcoming about the events of 34 years ago.

"He has been open about this. He has written about it over the years. He has answered any questions that have been asked of him," she said.

In an op-ed piece written by Daniels and printed by The Washington Post in August 1989, Daniels said it was easy to obtain marijuana and Budweiser beer during his college days, and, "For a time, I was a carefree consumer of both."

Bellatrix; and why the hell not?

He recalled his arrest and said, "My young Midwestern tail was jerked back into line, where it has remained through 20 years of life."

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king cola

Who cares what this guy did over 30 years ago. Theres rumors pres bush used cocaine but yet can't answer yes or no when asked. If he didn't do it he would say no but yet if hes lyin someone might have a picture or somethin to prove he did use it, if he says yes people will get mad so he gets away with it by not answering. Back before the 1900s this country encouraged marijuana use. Some states were forced to grow it or face fines. I also found out that back in the 1830s New York alone had over 500 hash parlors but then the US critizes Amsterdam for doing that today! Who cares if someone uses marijuana, some jerk named harry anslinger comes along after 3000 years of marijuana use and lies about it to help launch his career because cocaine and opium were already banned so he needed somethin else to help him out. He says marijuana is the most dangerous drug known to mankind causing violence, etc then gets away with recanting his story by saying it makes people lazy, but manages to get it banned. Read that JFK used it for back pains and supposedly had plans to legalize it in his 2nd term, he even managed to get harry anslinger to retire from his job. The US gov just wants something to control, pharmacys don't know how to handle doses of marijuana.

king cola

Not trying to jump off the subject but i mean c'mon this country is making more of a big deal out of marijuana than they did before some crooked politicians said anything about it. I found 3 good articles that lead up to when and why marijuana was banned in the first place. One article is a history timeline from when it was used with descriptions of why they were allowing it to be used, another just talks about the use of hemp but toward the end gets back to anslinger and william hearst who used his news papers to lie about marijuana not knowing pot and hemp are 2 different things. Anslinger went to him because he knew this guy hated mexicans who were accused of the US having a marijuana problem. Another article just talks about Harry Anslingers full plan to ban marijuana, lists the lies he used etc. All 3 articles are worth reading from start to finish, i will even put the sites in order.

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stori...naIllegal.html

http://www.bigeye.com/marijuana.htm#protein
talks mostly about hemp but toward the end gets back to anslinger and william hearst, you will learn some extra corrupt information the first article left out that's pretty surprising

http://www.tlmp.org/history_of_marijuana.html
this is the marijuana timeline, gives good descriptions of the earliest times marijuana was used, why they used it, and what procedures they used it for all the way up to when it became illegal. Also mentions about the New York having many hash parlors in the 1830s.

ccum420

hey do i know u from somewhere?

Sec

Why is this guy so into making a public spectacle out of this. They are both democrats. With Mr. Mahern on thier side, the democrats don't need enemies from the republican camp.
Maybe he wants the brand name of the rolling papers?
The voters apparently have all the pertinent details. The only information remaining is gossip.

Statements like Ed Mahern's make him look like a desperate moron.

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BillieBudd

Although not from Indiana, and being of a certain age, I would not trust political leadership to anyone born after 1946 who did not at least try smoking the Herb...

teufelfisch

Oh noes, not marijuana. Everyone knows you can't govern a state when you're high. And no pothead ever stops smoking, cause that devil weed is addictive. Tisk tisk.

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Little Nicky

It doesn't really matter as that was the pot from the 60's and 70's and everyone that listens to the DEA knows that today's pot comes straight from the bowels of Hell.