first of all, I   have not said I   would not vote for him based on this one issue; I am commenting upon it because his   rhetoric does not ring true. Secondly, one need not be   a doctor to be informed about medicinal   marijuana; as a freelance   writer who has written about health issues I have done a good   deal of research on this. Third, Dean claims he wants to FDA to examine whether, in the passage you quote, "it is   a decent drug or not."   My point is (here it is again) that the information is already out there, and if this guy is a medical professional he should be able to interpret the data that already   exists. That is why I think his stance on this issue needs to be more closely examined because he seems to just flip-flop based on what he thinks people want to hear, and is being noncommital about what he actually believes is the right thing to DO.

Given a choice between him and Bush, the choice is obvious.

But I will not vote for the lesser of two evils; I will vote for the person I think is best for the job who decides to run, no matter what their chances of winning.