Oops! This Nixon Is Not A Crook!

I can't very well pass this up:

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The 21-year-old son of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has been cited for marijuana possession.

KRCG-TV reports (http://bit.ly/q4v8fa ) that Willson Nixon was cited early Saturday for possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana after police were called to investigate complaints of a loud party at a Columbia apartment complex.

The governor issued a statement Monday calling his son "a fine young man" and the marijuana citation "a private matter that will be handled through the municipal process."

Nixon has always taken the safe and taken the conservative position on drugs. He has consistently pressed for tougher legislation and it has only been a couple of weeks since his ban on K2 went through. Nixon shows that he lumps marijuana in with other, stronger drugs.  And hey, don't forget his support for having to show ID and get a prescription for over-the-counter cold medicine.  Because poor people don't have enough hoops to jump through for relief from sickness.  I guess the truth lies somewhere between over-the-counter and "whose bag of weed is that on the coffee table" but I won't hold out hope that he will be straight about it.

How's that for a private matter, Jay? How does it feel now that your son has been proven to be like thousands of other young people in this state, people that you have fought to send to prison? I have to wonder how he can stand up and push for stronger laws now, at least with a straight face.