Althouse: Maureen Dowd "got the warning... She did what all the reporters did. She listened. She bought some samples..."

June 5, 2014

Maureen Dowd "got the warning... She did what all the reporters did. She listened. She bought some samples..."

"... I don’t remember what exactly. Me and the owner of the dispensary we were at and the assistant manager and the budtender talked with her for 45 minutes at the shop. It wasn’t all, ‘Be careful of edibles.’ We talked about the difference between shatter and bubble hash. We talked about edibles and how they affect everyone differently."

Maureen Dowd's pot-tour guide speaks.

"In the context of covering all the bases with a customer, we really went into depth to tell this reporter, who would then tell the world, about marijuana in Colorado. She got some bud, some edibles and when we got back to the hotel she had to run off to a Mitt Romney documentary screening. She asked me, ‘Will you roll a joint for me? I don’t know how to do it.’ But she had to run really quickly to the screening, and I was going to catch a flight the next day, and we were going to connect a few nights later but it never worked out."

I blame Mitt Romney.

25 comments:

tim maguire said...: She chose poorly. Any pot guide worth his salt could have rolled the doobie with 1 hand while driving her to the Mitt Romney movie with the other.; 6/5/14, 10:45 AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: "Budtender". Another career opportunity my guidance counselor never told me about.; 6/5/14, 10:45 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: "I blame Mitt Romney."

My thought exactly.

"Will you roll a joint for me? I don’t know how to do it."

*Gasp*; 6/5/14, 10:46 AM
Emil Blatz said...: budtender?; 6/5/14, 10:50 AM
Nonapod said...: Seems a little vague to me. It doesn't seem like he clearly impressed upon her the potential dangers. All he had to say when she purchased the edibles "Listen, these can be VERY potent. Be careful. Try a very small amount and wait at least an hour".

All I know about edibles I've learned from the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, which is to say way more than she obviously got.; 6/5/14, 11:00 AM
Scott M said...: "Me and the owner"?; 6/5/14, 11:24 AM
Quaestor said...: Dowd is the paradigm case of the plight of the Baby Boom.; 6/5/14, 11:38 AM
Bayoneteer said...: Sheesh. For a grown adult of such reputation to giddly pop a strong psychoactive substance like marihuana into her mouth like that is just astonishly foolish. Middle-school skateboarders show more sense than this. Word to the NYC/DC elite: keep an eye on Dowd if you include her to your wine & brie or scotch tasting events. Just sayin'.; 6/5/14, 11:53 AM
Chance said...: Mitt seems resourceful, but could he roll the joint?

Too bad for Romney the humanizing documentary didn't come out sooner.; 6/5/14, 12:16 PM
Unknown said...: Don't know how to roll? They should have suggested a one-hitter.
These guys are obviously not the best salesmen in the world.
She bought the "phone" Now suggest some "accessories."
She's just gonna expense them back to the NYT anyway. Go for it!; 6/5/14, 12:39 PM
Conserve Liberty said...: Wait, what? Maureen Dowd doesn't know how to roll a joint?

Uhmmm - that dog don't hunt.; 6/5/14, 12:58 PM
Sydney said...: Ladies of a certain age should abstain from hard liquor and recreational drugs.; 6/5/14, 1:58 PM
Lance said...: Dowd doesn't show much common sense. But then her writing has always been rather gassy. Is that why New Yorkers like her? Is she the Florence Foster Jenkins of columnists?; 6/5/14, 2:13 PM
Sam L. said...: Romney? Romney? It's BUSH!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!1111!!!'s fault.
It's always his fault.; 6/5/14, 2:20 PM
William said...: She'd never try to get away with that kind of sloppy journalism if Jill was still around.; 6/5/14, 2:43 PM
Smilin' Jack said...: ...she had to run off to a Mitt Romney documentary screening.

When you're high, patterns in wallpaper seem interesting. So I can see how it might help you get through a Mitt Romney documentary.; 6/5/14, 2:57 PM
ALP said...: I have been thinking about what to call the strain I've created by crossing two mystery plants from old seeds.

The Dowd.; 6/5/14, 3:20 PM
mccullough said...: Two things every American adult should know how to do. Throw a spiral and roll a joint.

At least Obama can do one of these. Can Dowd?; 6/5/14, 3:36 PM
Ambrose said...: "She asked me, ‘Will you roll a joint for me? I don’t know how to do it.’ "

Sounds like she was coming on to the guide and he didn't even realize it.; 6/5/14, 3:43 PM
n.n said...: Puff the Magic Moron.; 6/5/14, 3:55 PM
Big Mike said...: She gave every appearance of listening intently.

Fixed it for him.; 6/5/14, 4:07 PM
AmPowerBlog said...: Linked: 'Althouse Has the Must-Reads on MoDo's Mary Jane O'dose'.; 6/5/14, 4:15 PM
glenn said...: I have the strangest feeling Mo made the whole thing up. Makes me wonder about the rest of her work.; 6/5/14, 6:06 PM
lonetown said...: the "budtender"

Sounds good. can't wait for the movie with Tom Cruise.

He'll be juggling thai sticks and lolipops for all the hot chicks; 6/5/14, 9:49 PM
wildswan said...: Maybe legalizing pot isn't working out so well? Dowd's column is part of a effort to say - "look, just because pot is legal, that doesn't mean you don't have to be careful." Like driving, like drinking, like crossing the street. (Stop, Look and Listen to what Mr. Budtender says).

You know - pot is supposed to be this carefree, careless experience, and all about creativity. That was OK when the rules came from the outside. Now you have to supervise yourself. Now pot is going to be like riding a bike in traffic - concentration, effort and inhaling fumes and smoke - in the name of freedom. Another great experience wrecked by liberals.; 6/5/14, 9:56 PM