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MechAg94 wrote:Regarding the opinions of Ron Paul: My big issue with him is that I think he is a poor politician. When there were lots of relevant topics and important issues that could have been discussed, he instead decided to talk about abolishing the Fed and going back to the gold standard. Now, I have no problem debating those topics, but I would put at least 50 different items ahead of those two in priority. He did a terrible job of picking his battles and showed a bad sense of timing. Of all the libertarian/conservative issues out there, he certainly could have done a better job of picking issues that had an actual chance of getting support. He is a doctor. Why didn't he talk about getting the government out of health care? That would have been a very relevant issue just about any time in the last 10 years.

I have voted for him to be my Congressman, but I won't vote for him in the Presidential Primary.

Maybe he keeps talking about the Fed because I'd imagine that the value of the dollar and the even the existence of a federal reserve are somewhat foundational to our national economy.

Right2Carry wrote:Now that Governor Perry has signed SB 321 into law, I think we can rule out that the Governor was afraid of this hurting his chances if he decides to run!!!!

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Yeah... it makes me wonder why he didn't add campus carry to the emergency session, though.

bigred90gt wrote:All of that being said, I am most disappointed by the attitude I see here, and hear from so many people, that they would vote for him simply because he is a republican. So many people only look at which party a person represents, and not what a person does or where they stand. With that mindset, nothing will ever change in this country.

Yep. I'll probably vote for him over a democrat, but if his hypothetical opponent ends up being a "DINO", then I don't know (of course, it'll be Obama next election, but hypothetically...). At the moment, I'm more opposed to big government than I am to either party's idea of what a big government should look like. So after it's not Obama, I could see myself voting Democrat if they're like me in that their view on most topics is "my view is largely irrelevant because that's not the federal government's job".

bigred90gt wrote:The ability to vote straight ticket is probably the 2nd worst idea ever instituted in voting, next to the electoral college.

Since we live in a Democratic Republic rather than a Democracy, the Electoral College doesn't bother me. I'd keep party tickets in 2nd place, though, because 1st place is not switching to a ranked or preferential voting system, or a rated voting system. I really REALLY rEaLlY want to be able to vote for whoever I want to win (even though (s)he might not stand a chance), instead of having to vote for the Lesser of Two Evils just to help ensure that the Greater of Two Evils doesn't come out on top.

RHenriksen wrote:As much as I appreciate Gov Perry's 2A support, for a presidential candidate I'm leaning towards Pawlenty right now.

See, I've heard some people refer to Perry as an "evil idiot" or some such thing, and they way they said made me think it was not just because they weren't republicans. I voted for him in the last election for two (and only two) reasons: he's pro-2A, and it would upset my liberal coworkers. As admirable as those two things are, the POTUS can do a lot more harm than a state governor, so I'd like to know more about his evilness, idiocy, and why you don't like him for president.