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He sounds more and more like Feinstein and other California politicians.surprise_i'm_armed wrote:He has one of those rare NYC CHL's, but is in favor of bringing back the assault weapons ban, and for
having a waiting period for firearms purchases. He trusts himself, but not other law-abiding gun owners.
What do you define as "reasonable"?loadedliberal wrote:With little chance of a strong primary challenger myself and (some) others on left may defect for a reasonable republican.
Collin Powell would be a good start.Dave2 wrote:What do you define as "reasonable"?loadedliberal wrote:With little chance of a strong primary challenger myself and (some) others on left may defect for a reasonable republican.
hirundo82 wrote:If the Republicans were to nominate a libertarian-leaning candidate(not Ron Paul) I think they would have a good chance of pulling in many from the civil liberties wing of the Democratic party. Concentrate on ending the wars in the Middle East, ending the drug war, reigning in the civil liberties abuses which have been propogated by both parties since 9/11.loadedliberal wrote:If the Republicans can put up someone who is not insane I might be able to swallow a vote for a (R). i am losing patience with Obama on a daily basis he is not the Obama I voted for in 2008. With little chance of a strong primary challenger myself and (some) others on left may defect for a reasonable republican.
Unfortunately, I don't think such a candidate has much of a chance in the Republican primaries.
Gary Johnsonloadedliberal wrote:hirundo82 wrote:If the Republicans were to nominate a libertarian-leaning candidate(not Ron Paul) I think they would have a good chance of pulling in many from the civil liberties wing of the Democratic party. Concentrate on ending the wars in the Middle East, ending the drug war, reigning in the civil liberties abuses which have been propogated by both parties since 9/11.loadedliberal wrote:If the Republicans can put up someone who is not insane I might be able to swallow a vote for a (R). i am losing patience with Obama on a daily basis he is not the Obama I voted for in 2008. With little chance of a strong primary challenger myself and (some) others on left may defect for a reasonable republican.
Unfortunately, I don't think such a candidate has much of a chance in the Republican primaries.
If you can find 'em I'll vote for him.
Why do we need unskilled guest workers when there's 10% unemployment?hirundo82 wrote:ETA: By "sensible immigration reform" I primarily mean a guest worker program, not necessarily including a path to citizenship.
If there are no jobs, they won't come--the poor economy has already cut down on the number of illegal border crossings. Provide a mechanism for them to come and work legally and let the market determine how many.Ameer wrote:Why do we need unskilled guest workers when there's 10% unemployment?hirundo82 wrote:ETA: By "sensible immigration reform" I primarily mean a guest worker program, not necessarily including a path to citizenship.
To me the best way to tackle immigration reform is to go after the people employing them. If Congress was to create a measure which included huge penalties up to and including having their business seized if they knowingly employ illegal immigrants. But for this to work it would require enforcement and enforcement requires lots of money. I also doubt that it would pass no matter who was in charge.hirundo82 wrote:If there are no jobs, they won't come--the poor economy has already cut down on the number of illegal border crossings. Provide a mechanism for them to come and work legally and let the market determine how many.Ameer wrote:Why do we need unskilled guest workers when there's 10% unemployment?hirundo82 wrote:ETA: By "sensible immigration reform" I primarily mean a guest worker program, not necessarily including a path to citizenship.
I personally think "The Donald" is simply putting his butt out there to drag out Obama stuff that lib media wont cover and he really has no repercussions because he really is a distraction and yelling the Obama has no clothes!surprise_i'm_armed wrote:http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-n ... gun-owners
Although I seriously don't think "The Donald" will actually run, he's been quite the media darling with his
on-air comments and his current 1st place ranking (among prospective Rep candidates).
He has one of those rare NYC CHL's, but is in favor of bringing back the assault weapons ban, and for
having a waiting period for firearms purchases. He trusts himself, but not other law-abiding gun owners.
If he did run, and he did win, the US could be looking at multiple First Ladies during his tenure. :-)
SIA
What's wrong with Paul?hirundo82 wrote:If the Republicans were to nominate a libertarian-leaning candidate (not Ron Paul) I think they would have a good chance of pulling in many from the civil liberties wing of the Democratic party. Concentrate on ending the wars in the Middle East, ending the drug war, reigning in the civil liberties abuses which have been propogated by both parties since 9/11.loadedliberal wrote:If the Republicans can put up someone who is not insane I might be able to swallow a vote for a (R). i am losing patience with Obama on a daily basis he is not the Obama I voted for in 2008. With little chance of a strong primary challenger myself and (some) others on left may defect for a reasonable republican.
Unfortunately, I don't think such a candidate has much of a chance in the Republican primaries.
I've heard that he's "a loon", but I don't know why. The only "bad" thing I've heard him say is that he's for pressuring North Vietnam to give us the rest of the MIAs back. I suppose that might be a bit conspiracy-ish, but assuming there are any of our soldiers are still in prison over there, I'm for bringing them home. <shrug>texasmusic wrote:What's wrong with Paul?hirundo82 wrote:If the Republicans were to nominate a libertarian-leaning candidate (not Ron Paul) I think they would have a good chance of pulling in many from the civil liberties wing of the Democratic party. Concentrate on ending the wars in the Middle East, ending the drug war, reigning in the civil liberties abuses which have been propogated by both parties since 9/11.loadedliberal wrote:If the Republicans can put up someone who is not insane I might be able to swallow a vote for a (R). i am losing patience with Obama on a daily basis he is not the Obama I voted for in 2008. With little chance of a strong primary challenger myself and (some) others on left may defect for a reasonable republican.
Unfortunately, I don't think such a candidate has much of a chance in the Republican primaries.
I ask because I know a little about him, but from what I hear him say, he has his head on straight.
He's quite adamant that he's non-interventionist, not isolationist.SewTexas wrote:he's a nut-job, but he's our (Texas') nut-job. He's very, very insolationist.
The one thing that worry's me about him is, he needs to be able to wage on heck of a war if we need him to. If we are just going to step to the side of the global scene (which I believe we should) we should be prepared for whatever consequences that has. It may lead to peace because we stop funding both sides of every conflict, it may lead to a serious war because we took everybody off international welfare. I just think a president who is going to pull out of international affairs right now needs to realize that it might have unexpected consequences. He might think too much about the principle of the former and not the latter.Dave2 wrote:He's quite adamant that he's non-interventionist, not isolationist.SewTexas wrote:he's a nut-job, but he's our (Texas') nut-job. He's very, very insolationist.