Mediate: ‘Here Are the Best Moments from Hannity’s Clownshow Weed Panel’

Last Friday,
April 25, I was one of 20 or so townhall-audience panelists on
a special episode of Hannity titled “Stoned in America.” As
mentioned in this space
last week,

I am a vocal part of the
outnumbered legalize-it caucus. I don’t know how
the thing will play on television, but it was a pretty amazing
exchange in the room, and I suspect that Hit & Run readers
might find it of interest….

Well, Andrew Kirell of Mediaite found it of interest,
and wrote a clip-heavy post titled “Here
Are the Best Moments from Hannity’s Clownshow Weed Panel.”
Here’s one section and clip that involves me:

Unlike the majority of videos here, which fall under “so bad
it’s good” categorization, this clip
is actually good. Vice co-founder Gavin
McInnes started off by talking about his own
recreational drug use and how he doesn’t want the government
telling anyone what they can and cannot put in their body.

The panel’s designated “Hollywood reporter,” however, claimed
it’s government’s job to foster a “role model”-based society that
shuns drug use (she also had a bizarre aside about Obama’s
affiliation with former coke dealer Jay Z);
and a former Miss America concurred on that point.

Enter a visibly
frustrated Reason editor-in-chief Matt
Welch who derailed the segment (in a good way) by
triumphantly scolding the panel: “But by locking them up in human
cages for what they choose to put in their bodies, what kind of
culture is that? Did you listen to the cop about what he did on the
streets when he tried to enforce this? That
is not moral, that
is not conservative.”

That last bit is contained in this YouTube excerpt:

More clips and commentary at
Mediaite.