That’s the length of time Walters spends speaking on medical cannabis, something he supposedly considers a critical issue in the drug war and loathes as a ‘stalking horse’ for marijuana legalization.

Walters’ speech is abrupt and script-like.  His arguments are declaratory and lack corroboration.  He seems disinterested in what he’s saying, and instead of infusing in his audience a leader’s enthusiasm in what he believes, merely tosses out the same hackneyed and discredited talking points he’s used for the last eight years, not to mention displaying a funky-looking marijuana dispensing machine that resembles a cheap balsawood stage prop painted flat black.  No attempt is made by Walters to intelligently counter the biting public criticisms leveled against his policies.

I spend more time composing a blog posting than Walters does in speaking and thinking about what he’s saying in his little speech.  But then for Walters, who needs little more than to stagger like a drunken sailor through the last few miserable months of his tenure as ONDCP director to land a fat government pension, it’s good enough for government work.

Giordano