Pubdate: Wed, 24 Sep 2008
Source: Powell River Peak (CN BC)
Copyright: 2008 Peak Publishing Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.prpeak.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/734
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Dana+Larsen (Dana Larsen)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

FOIBLES AND FOLLIES

Voters familiar with Dana Larsen, former candidate of the New 
Democratic Party, must have been wondering what all the fuss was 
about when he resigned.

In appearances at all candidates meetings in Powell River as a 
Marijuana Party candidate, Larsen was like a stand-up comedian, 
turning his advocacy of legalizing marijuana possession into a series 
of one-liners.

Larsen has said he resigned because he didn't want his past exploits, 
captured on video and preserved forever on the Internet, to become a 
distraction for the national campaign.

He was right, because while voters may have been charmed by him as a 
candidate when he had little chance of becoming an elected official, 
they have a different standard for the person who represents them in Ottawa.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom