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Post by Teh Donut on Jun 10, 2007 23:13:53 GMT -5
I apologize for sounding as threatening and militant as I did. Regretably, 3 AM is the only real time of day when I can work online time into my day. Or night. Though I feel I must point out that more subtle attempts by myself, Ninmast, and Silva to redirect the topic were blatantly ignored...
What I look for in a candidate is essentially what Ron Paul stands for, though I do have a weary eye looking toward his tax cut plans. True, it's about time someone did actual tax cuts instead of implimenting some ridiculous refund policy and whatnot. Getting rid of these tedious little taxes that make no sense in the modern world would be great, too. But from what I hear and see, I think he might take the tax cutting a little too far.
But essentially, he's my candidate.
Now that he has had his national exposure, i think Ron Paul, even if he doesn't get selected to run as the Republican candidate, would do very well as an independant. Wouldn't in, because independant candidates never win thanks to partisan voters, but he'd be the strongest independant candidate in a long, long time...
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Post by The Silent Orator on Jun 11, 2007 6:07:02 GMT -5
Off-topic: Actually, taxes here aren't too bad. You should see what they tax my dad in his paychecks. He lives in Italy, though.
On-Topic: Personally, I do need to do some more research, but I have to agree with most of Ron Paul. Although... he does seem a little too good for me. Either there's something more to him or he might just be that kind of president this country needs to set us straight. We need a president like Reagan. Can't be afraid to use military force if needed. I remember my neighbor telling me the story of a foreign terrorist who was making fun of America, until we bombed him. A bomb came very close to killing him... and now he's an ally of ours. I don't know how true the story is or what the guy's name was, but that's the kind of stuff we need right now.
The world is in a bad condition, and it seems that brute force (much as I hate to admit it) seems to be the most effective and economical way to get a point through. I'll support any candidate like that... a candidate who supports a strong federal government. The federal government is highest... it shouldn't be having all these other small governments trying to undermine its authority.
I mean, age of consent varies with the state. Driving laws vary. Drinking age could vary (NJ tried to see if drinking age could be raised to 25, from what I read somewhere). There's too much left open that the constitution didn't forsee that is giving the local government too much power... I believ eit was called the "elastic clause" but don't hold me to it.
That's why I'm going for Ron Paul... 'cause from what I read about him, he supports most of what I support.
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Post by Subtle on Jun 11, 2007 10:24:43 GMT -5
Mitt Romney is a Mormon, theres no way he will be elected. Too many people completely discredit mormonisim as a religon. I'd go into further detail but religion B& ect.
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Post by Silva on Jul 24, 2007 23:41:41 GMT -5
(Sorry about bumping this old thread, but this is still relevent)
So, I hope nobody saw the democratic youtube debate yesterday. It pretty much solidified the fact that politicians are way out of touch with the general people.
At least there's still the republican youtube debate coming in september. Considering Ron Paul's popularity on youtube and the internet in general he will freakin own everyone there.
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Post by Ninmast on Jul 25, 2007 0:36:46 GMT -5
I didn't even know there was a youtube debate. What happened?
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Post by Silva on Jul 25, 2007 5:14:52 GMT -5
Well here's the gist of it: the debate consisted of youtubers sending in videos of themselves asking questing to the candidates for them to debate on, the videos themselves ranged between the somewhat serious and the entirely stupid. The issues they had all seemed to revolved around race, gender, social security, and some other stuff like global warming. As natural, the candidates couldn't seem to actually answer any of the questions and instead dodged them and ran around them, with John Edwards being the worst offender. Mike Gravel got angry, Hillary became even less human then we could ever imagine, Dennis Kucinich said some stupid things, Dodd and Richardson were irrelevent as ever, and Barack Obama was the only candidate to leave with at least an ounce of dignity. All in all, it was a waste of about 2 hours.
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Post by Ninmast on Jul 25, 2007 18:38:02 GMT -5
Can we get an address for it?
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Post by Silva on Jul 26, 2007 7:41:47 GMT -5
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Post by Ninmast on Aug 1, 2007 13:30:35 GMT -5
Stay on topic, Game Maker. Post deleted.
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Post by Silva on Feb 5, 2008 18:22:21 GMT -5
Sorry if I'm reviving this thread, but I didn't feel like posting a new one.
It's election day here in California, also in all those other states. How did everyone do? I already voted, but not for Ron Paul. I decided that looney and most likely racist fringe candidates don't deserve to get the nomination after all.
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 7, 2008 15:48:44 GMT -5
Looks like we're really narrowing the candidates. Now, it's just McCain and Huck for the Republicans and Hillary and Obama for the Democrats. The democratic primaries are really a lot closer than the Republic ones.
I'm glad Romney's out. He sounded good, but you look at his history and you find it was all just talk. I don't really like McCain, but he's doing better in the voting polls than Huckabby. As for the democrats, in some areas, Hillary seems to be losing ground to Obama while in others, it seems like she's still pulling the lead.
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Post by Silva on Feb 7, 2008 17:23:42 GMT -5
Romney dropped out of the race? I just looked that one up on the news and all I've got to say is: AWESOME!
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Post by Red14 on Feb 7, 2008 18:02:46 GMT -5
lol I'm for Obama, Hillary seems to be using alot of things besides her own words to convince us that she is a good person for president. She seems to occasionally stand behind her husband and i've heard roumers of underhanded tactics. Plus Obama seems to be a nice truthful guy, i mean it would spell the end for most polititiona to just come out and admit that they have experimented with drugs and the like but he still seems to be going strong. The mere fact that he was secure enough to just tell us that without and ducking and dodging means that he's probably a good guy.
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 7, 2008 20:38:15 GMT -5
Or that he's aware that the best place to hide is right out in front. But that's just a comment on that. I, too, think he's a good guy. Though personally, I'm rooting for Huckaby. If Huck drops out, though, and McCain gets the nomination, I'll probably vote for Obama, as well. As the candidates presently stand, he's definitely my second choice.
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Post by Silva on Feb 7, 2008 22:40:28 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure his name is spelled Huckabee, Ninmast. Now, I'll give Huck some street cred for playing bass in a rock band called Capitol Offense, but I just don't agree with the man on anything, not the fairtax, not immigration, and especially not on any of his social issues. He also has a tendancy to say, and actually think, that the bible has more authority then the constitution in our government, and that's not good for any of us. The only republican candidate that I have at least a little bit of respect for is McCain, and that's mostly because he fought in a war. Besides, I'm already supporting Obama all the way through ;D
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