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Starting in January 2007,
CelebStoner began chronicling what would become Barack Obama's historic
Presidential run.  We endorsed Obama as the stoner's candidate in
February 2008, encouraging pot
smokers to support the first major candidate since Jimmy Carter to
favor marijuana decriminalization. We offered STONERS for OBAMA
stickers to readers with the hope that they would spread the good word
about the liberal Senator from Illinois. It all worked, as Obama
overwhelmed John McCain with 365 electoral college votes - a virtual landslide.
Here are the campaign's highlights:
1/26/07 - Barack Obama on drugs: "Junkie. Pothead. That's where I'd been heading" - CelebStoner exceprts drug passages in Dreams from My Father
3/27/07 - Obama's letter to constituents - CelebStoner publishes 2006 Obama letter about medical marijuana
8/22/07 - Jazz-lovin' Obama digs medical reefer - Obama says he'll stop DEA raids in California (video)
8/23/07 - "Angry Obama the pothead not how they remember him in Hawaii" - CelebStoner republishes story about Obama's stony upbringing
11/21/07 - "When I was a kid I inhaled frequently" - Obama lampoons Bill Clinton's "I didn't inhale" comment (video)
1/4/08 - One for the stoners: Obama takes Iowa - the primary season begins with a big victory
1/13/08 - Clinton camp snipes at Obama's drug past
1/16/08 - Celeb-supporters line up for Obama, Hillary Clinton and McCain
2/1/08 - Obama's shocking drug (policy) video - Obama blasted the drug war and called for marijuana decriminalization in 2004
2/3/08 - CelebStoner endorses Obama - we call him "the clear choice in November"
2/5/08 - The Grateful Dead "Come Together" for Obama - the first of two Dead reunion/benefits (video)
2/20/08 - "Fired Up, Ready to Go" (video)
3/4/08 - Obama voted Top CelebStoner + STONERS for OBAMA stickers made available exclusively from CelebStoner
4/11/08 - Obama clarifies medipot position (video)
6/29/08 - Reggae artist Cocoa Tea releases "Barack Obama" song (video)
7/2/08 - Obama in Rolling Stone - "I believe in shifting the paradigm"
8/4/08 - Obama celebrates 47th birthday
8/29/08 - Obama wins Democratic nomination in Denver
9/25/08- Sarah Silverman for Obama - comedienne encourages elderly Jews in Florida to vote for Obama (video)
10/10/08 - Desperate McCain camp plays drug card
10/14/08 - Dead set for Obama - the reunited Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers raise funds for Obama
11/4/08 - Barack Obama defeats John McCain - will become the 44th President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009
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