Talk about going against the tide of history: George War Bush's drug policy has sunk to the depths of the absurd in the raids on the pot clubs of California on Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, 2002, when state offices were closed and when Bush's "drug war" lackey, Asa Hutchinson showed up to speak at the San Francisco business organization meeting of the Commonwealth Club. His only friends in California are Democrats Gov. Gray Davis and Senator Dianne Feinstein, who opposed Proposition 215.

A good look at the vote on California's Proposition 215 of November 1996, the medical marijuana initiative which passed with 56% or 5.3 million votes, demonstrates how reactionary this latest turning back of the clock on the part of the profoundly stupid War Bush is. A map of the results is at:

http://vote96.ss.ca.gov/Vote96/html/vote/prop/prop-215.961218083528.html

Th honor roll of counties that passed Proposition 215 goes from the more advanced San Francisco, with 78% of the vote to the conservative San Diego County with 52% and Orange County with 51%. The medical doctors are big supporters of medical marijuana, and they are usually a very conservative voting sector. The voters overall are the most conservative sector of the population so War Bush is almost playing solo here. About the only friends he has in California are those good Democrats Governor Gray Davis and Senator Dianne Feinstein, both of whom opposed Prop. 215. Now for the honor roll:

78% San Francisco

74% Santa Cruz

73% Marin

71% Alameda

69% Sonoma

67% San Mateo

65% Santa Clara

64% Mendocino

63% Contra Costa

59% Monterey

58% Yolo

57% Humboldt

57% Mono

57% San Benito

56% Alpine

56% Eldorado

55% Los Angeles

55% Solano

53% Sacramento

52% Santa Barbara

52% Nevada

52% San Diego

52% Lake

51% Placer

51% Orange

51% Ventura

50% Napa

50% Trinity