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Article: Libertarian Party holds convention in D.C.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- July 8, 1996
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WASHINGTON _ For any other politician, it would have been an unusual campaign stop: Twentysomethings in cutoff jeans, bandanas, bikinis and tattoos sat on the grass across from the White House, singing loudly: ``Marijuana. Marijuana. Hey, Hey. Get hiiiigh.''
Suspicious-smelling smoke hung in the hot afternoon air.
Libertarian Party presidential hopeful Harry Browne stepped up to the microphone, looking every inch a stodgy conservative. Blue suit with matching socks. Gold watch. Coiffed silver-white hair. Piercing blue eyes.
But instead of admonishing the ragtag crowd at the Hemp Rally, like many a 63-year-old businessman might, to knock off this ...