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Dude, Willie Nelson, like, changed his presidential endorsement. Bummer!
2011-05-20
Dave Weigel, Slate

...The co-founder of Nelson's Teapot Party explains:
"Heh heh. Hear that, Beavis? He said 'pot!'"
Two days later, I received the following email from Nelson about Johnson: “I think we should endorse him.” I informed Johnson’s campaign and they happily provided an “acceptance” quote from the Governor: ... Yesterday, both the Teapot Party and Gary Johnson 2012 sent out press releases announcing the endorsement. The media immediately jumped on it, with Politico, Fox and Raw Story leading the coverage. We were on a roll.
"Speaking of 'rolls,' where are the Hostess Ho-Hos? I got the munchies."
But not so fast. I sent the press release and coverage links to Nelson. His response took me by surprise: “My position is it too early for me to endorse anyone. And I think every one should vote their own conscience.” I wrote back reminding him that he had approved the endorsement.
"Dude! You, like, promised!"
“I know I said that,” Nelson replied. “But I think I will wait and see where he stands on other things. My bad. Sorry. I still think he is a good guy but so is Dennis [Kucinich] and if he decided to run I would personally vote for him. If it came down to either him or Gary I’m already committed to Dennis. They both have said they support legal pot.”

Via Nat Brown at National Review's Media Blog, who snarks:

...isn’t it to be expected that short-term memory loss might be a problem for Nelson’s “Teapot Party” and some of those marijuana single-issue voters out there?
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