You Know What They Say About The Democrats?

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They say it is a political tug-of-war caused by too much ideological diversity and that they are trying to please too many factions. But nothing is ever said about the Republicans being split apart by all of their factions.

The GOP’s Weed Crackdown Is Blowing Up in Its Face

Republicans revived reefer madness just as legal cannabis became popular with their own voters.

Slate

By Nitish Pahwa

Sept 02, 2026

Once again, government officials are trying to restrict marijuana products around the United States. And once again, Americans of all political stripes are pissed off—plausibly enough to shake up this fall’s midterms.

At the federal level, Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration are attempting to rectify a huge mistake they made last November, when they passed an ill-advised bill that, if allowed to go into effect, would all but smother the United States’ flowering hemp industry. In red states like Iowa, Kansas, and Ohio—where polls have shown Democratic momentum in the gubernatorial races—promising candidates are insisting on the need to finally, belatedly legalize it. A bid in blue Massachusetts to have voters approve a rollback of the state’s recreational industry faces overwhelming popular opposition. And the anger is especially boiling down in Texas, where even Joe Rogan is warning that GOP intransigence on weed could well cause the Lone Star State to vote Democratic in the upcoming midterms.

Both parties are fractured... the Democrats are fractured or liberal causes while the Republicans are just as fractured but over conservative causes. 

I am going to tell you a parable. Since all parables must have a title, it is called: "A Tale of Two Towns: To Bud or Not To Bud."

One little town thinks that marijuana is the evil weed. They stand up and proudly hail, “We will not allow that Satan’s weed here in our town!” While the other town thinks, "Well, it is here, we might as well make a profit off it!"

The first town is left wondering… how do we pay for a community center? While the other town says… "Hey, we can use the tax money from them selling pot to dredge the harbor!"

One town has a lot of sad faces, and the other town has a lot of smiley faces.

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