believer;1050525 wrote:This election is going to be interesting.
Nearly everyone with a modicum of common-sesnse sees Obama for what he is: An unqualified failure. Meanwhile the Republican field is full of undesirable candidates including Saint Paul.
What we will see this fall are the hard-core leftists who still believe Obama's the Second Coming. They'll continue to buy-off on the "hope & change" mantra and will fall hook, line and sinker for BHO's "gubmint will take care of you" promises. The MSM, of course, will gladly manage his re-election campaign by playing the race card ad nauseam, portraying BHO is a good & decent family man, and as a misunderstood man who - as America's first black POTUS - simply needs 4 more years to move his agenda forward.
For the Republicans, the the party establishment will throw its weight towards insuring Romney is their man. Romney, clearly a slightly left-of-center Republican, will attempt erroneously to portray himself as a conservative to woo independents and the Paulists. He'll try to show that he's not the stiff, boring, and out-of-touch guy that he appears, yet the MSM will do all it can to convince the American voter that a vote for Romney is like voting for "W". Yes Bush Bashing will be back in vogue.
Then we have the hard-core Paulists and other third party types. While we can admire the conviction and steadfast ideology, this will be the block of votes that will decide the outcome of the election. Alone, the Paulists will never succeed. But what they will do is slide the balance of votes from one side or the other. By tossing their votes in the electoral **** can, they will determine the final outcome of the election. In all likelihood a vast majority of those votes would have gone in favor of the Republican candidate thus tipping the scales in favor of 4 more disastrous years of Obamanomics.
While I can appreciate the conviction of the Paulists, my vote will be cast in the hope that we will have something at least slightly better than 4 more years of the kind of insanity what we have just endured. I'll hold my nose and vote for Romney. But I'll sleep better at night knowing I did the right thing.
If the Paulists insist on allowing the worst case scenario to become reality by default, then so be it.
Perhaps this country needs to get worse before it can get better.
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well written post there man. It's pretty clear to me that more and more people dislike the 2 major parties today. They just don't. So, with Paul's emergence and incredible strides this time around versus 2008, mainstream America I believe understand that the Libertarian party is here...and here to stay. It's an alternative to the 2 that we have had forever and a day.
Now I voted for Paul in 08 and
will most likely vote for him this November, if he chooses to run as a third party candidate. Why? Because the convictions of the libertarians match up with most of what I deem in the best interests of our country.
If fiscal concerns are really important to a voter, (Our national debt is now directly equal to our projected GDP) he/she can only vote libertarian. There simply isn't any other choice. Now, I break ranks with Paul...in his ridiculous view that all regulations should be abolished (disband the SEC). That would be a huge mistake. I also do not agree with his view on relaxing safety regulations, and the repealing of minimum wage laws. You allow businesses to pay people 3 bucks an hour...then they will. True. the cost of living will be driven down. But rest assured the poverty rate would increase exponentially. And...in the end, more businesses would fold than ever....because businesses need customers to buy their products/services.
Unfettered capitalism is just as bad as unfettered socialism. Neither have worked in the past....with both systems leading to a caste sytem....2 classes. No country on this planet operates under pure capilism nor pure socialism....and for good reason.
In my view, Paul is dead wrong on these. If he thinks the corporatacracy will somehow police themselves, well we have seen exactly what they are capable of...even
with supposed safeguards in place. And it wasn't pretty.
Yet, his pros far outweigh the cons. Our foreign policy needs to change. We may act like an empire...but we are not an empire. Empires are wealthy...we are broke.
The
Project For New Century America, put in place in 1998, was one of the biggest disasters ever. And we have had to endure an escalating downword cycle because of it. The notion that we are the only superpower of the world, and as such, can kick sand in pussies faces at every whim, is so very wrong on multiple levels.
People around the globe do not like our arrogance....and who can blame them?
So..if nothing else, the last 5 years, under Paul's exposure, the American people now have a third choice. The overwhelming disdain for the Dems and Repubs is actually pretty remarkable. And to millions of Americans, from all walks of life, the Libertarian Party offers up hope for the old school America...which was loved and worshipped not only by the masses at home, but all over the globe as well.
