Ethics

Questions for Biden and Palin

By Ed Brayton

Radley Balko and Gene Healy were asked by the New York Times to suggest questions for either Biden or Palin for tonight's debate. I think both had excellent questions. Here's Balko's question for Biden:

Senator Biden, you've been one of the Senate's most ardent drug warriors. You helped create the office of "drug czar"; backed our failed eradication efforts in South America; encouraged the government to seize the assets of people merely suspected of drug crimes; pushed for the expanded use of racketeering and conspiracy laws against drug offenders; advocated the use of the military to fight the drug war; and sponsored a bill that holds venue owners and promoters criminally liable for drug use by people attending concerts and events.

Today, illicit drugs are as cheap and abundant as they were decades ago. Would you agree that the anti-drug policies you've championed have failed? If not, how have they succeeded?

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).