Thanks for wasting our time Mr. President

YouTube recently ran a contest that allowed users to submit a videotaped question to President Obama.  Users would then vote on which question they thought was the best, and the video with the most votes would be played to President Obama for him to answer.  Sadly, either White House or Google didn't follow their own rules for this contest.

The top video question was a question by Stephen Downing who asked a question about the growing number of Americans that want marijuana legalized.  For some unexplained reason, the question was not posed to the President.  Mr. Downing's response to this indignity to both himself and the thousands of people who voted for his questions can be found here.

It is understandable that the President of the United States who has to run again this year to retain his position would not want to answer a question that so divides Americans.  Recent Gallop poll results show the country is divided 50/50 on whether to legalize marijuana.  But, if the President was not going to answer these tough questions, then that should have been stated in the rules of the contest.  To waste Mr. Downing's time, and the time of the thousands that voted for his video, is not only indecent, but also inexcusable. 

To make up for this affront, everytime President Obama speaks anywhere in the country in this election year someone should ask Mr. Downing's question until he gives an answer.  Watch the video below to see Mr. Downing's question.