Which Candidate Best Represents You and do You Intend to Support?

[navarre1095]

Since both parties are just two ends of the same beast, and Johnson doesn't have a hope in Hades, I will vote AGAINST the incumbent in every race for the next 3 election cycles.

 

[buckstopshere]

Sadly, my inclination to vote for Romney is more about the other issues we are facing as a nation, and gun control isn't one of the major decisions for me when electing a president this go around. I wish it were as simple as picking ONE topic, and voting a person for each, but that's not how it works.

When I factor in all the issues, Romney comes out ahead for me.

Which are the hot topics for you personally this election year and in what way does Romney differ from Obama?

 

[mydoghasfleas]

I will be supporting Romney. There are only 2 men who have any possibility of being president. One of them is a pure socialist who is on record saying he would like ot ban all firearms. The other one is not great but not terrible either. This is not a difficult choice.

We find ourselves in a position of being tricked into deciding based on fear. A fear of them doing things that would never even be possibile under a true constitutional republic.

We are in this position because of this type of thinking. What you fear, in fact everything you fear will come true when we let them manipulate our votes like this.

Stop playing thier game and they will lose.

 

[Crocodator]

Obama.. Sorry everyone. Does it matter that the President needs the approval from both parties in congress to get anything done?

Except President Obama has repeatedly ignored his role as executive by choosing to ignore the law. That's kind of a big deal to me, personally. If someone at my business chooses to ignore their job, they're going to have a bad time.

 

[Crocodator]

I just renewed my lapsed (sorry) Libertarian party membership. I actually struggled with it, because I went through all of the pragmatic thought processes that have already been exhaustively outlined in this thread.

Here's the thing though: until more of us starting making the decisions that are best for the long term, we will never have a better option in the short term. I don't think Johnson is going to win, but I also don't think that our current two-party system will change until we force it to change. Republicans and Democrats will never stop their march to decline until they have to, and right now they have a monopoly. If more and more of us reject their arbitrary lock on the national conversation, eventually they will have no choice but to shift their positions.

I long for the day that we have someone other than self-serving, greedy, morally bankrupt scumbags in power. I have come to the personal conclusion that every vote I cast has to contribute in some small way to that change. I am going to try to vote for genuine statesmen (and women) every chance I get, even if I know that they aren't going to win. If I don't, then I am part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

 

[Jim Duncan]

We find ourselves in a position of being tricked into deciding based on fear. A fear of them doing things that would never even be possibile under a true constitutional republic.

We are in this position because of this type of thinking. What you fear, in fact everything you fear will come true when we let them manipulate our votes like this.

Stop playing thier game and they will lose.

Well said, Sir.

 

[sgtonory]

NO ONE! We don't need a ruler. We need to grow up and not look to government to solve our issues. Live Free or DIE!

 

[buckstopshere]

We find ourselves in a position of being tricked into deciding based on fear. A fear of them doing things that would never even be possibile under a true constitutional republic.

We are in this position because of this type of thinking. What you fear, in fact everything you fear will come true when we let them manipulate our votes like this.

Stop playing thier game and they will lose.

Well said. I tell my kids all the time that the lord does not put the spirit of fear in us, it's that other guy.

 

[Jim Duncan]

Well said. I tell my kids all the time that the lord does not put the spirit of fear in us, it's that other guy.

Well said, Sir.

You are arming your children with wisdom and discernment.

 

[Jim Duncan]

NO ONE! We don't need a ruler. We need to grow up and not look to government to solve our issues. Live Free or DIE!

Worth the read....

Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site

 

[rbsangler]

The Libertarian anarchists have, predictably, mostly all appeared in this thread. Is it me or does their message still seem to be, a very compelling....."Agree with me, or you are stupid"? This method of persuasion has worked quite well in the past, and will be their future arrangement as well.

 

[jbombelli]

I voted for Reagan and lost machine guns. I voted for Bush, Sr. and got new taxes. I voted for Bush, Jr. and got the Patriot Act.

Yeah. I'm gonna keep voting for Republicans, because they've done such a good job representing my beliefs.

 

[Jim Duncan]

The Libertarian anarchists have, predictably, mostly all appeared in this thread. Is it me or does their message still seem to be, a very compelling....."Agree with me, or you are stupid"? This method of persuasion has worked quite well in the past, and will be their future arrangement as well.

I do not know what a libertarian anarchist is, but can you show me the posts that say, "agree with me or you are stupid?'

 

[Yup!]

Which are the hot topics for you personally this election year and in what way does Romney differ from Obama?

This could be quite a lengthy response, but for brevity's sake, I'll spare you the details.

As I've indicated, I have an inclination, not a flat out decision, to vote for Romney. The issues that I am concerned about, in no particular order:

Gun Control
The Economy
Taxes
Family Values
Social Security
Health Care
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Unemployment
The Housing Market
Balancing the Budget
National Debt

That's just off the top of my head. I fear many voters don't dig deep enough into the the candidate they vote for, and at times I've been Guilty of the same. I generally vote Republican because typically their overall beliefs fall in line with mine. As far as the Current Administration, I will concede the fact that what Pres. Obama has been working with may have been handed down from the previous administration. Regardless, it's been 4 years. I don't think we are much better off, and I feel we are moving in the wrong direction. I'm not naive enough to believe that the President has the ultimate authority to resolve any or all of these issues, however I think more could have been done. We continue to look for new problems and solutions rather that looking at the current problems. We spent 2 years working on a health care overhaul, that no matter how you feel about it personally, that time and energy could have been spent in one of the areas I mentioned above.

I'm sure this will spark other questions, so fire away.

So my strategy as of right now, is to Vote for the Candidate that has the best chance to change the current administration. If Mickey Mouse could garner enough votes, I'd be a Mousketeer!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

If Mickey Mouse could garner enough votes, I'd be a Mousketeer!

He usually votes democrat....



....in Chicago.

 

[HiRoller]

I have not voted since the early 90's. I registered on line today and will vote this election. I guess I felt my 1 vote could not make a difference. With the freedoms at stake in todays political aire, I must exercise my right.

 

[Yup!]

He usually votes democrat....



....in Chicago.

That's just Goofy!

 

[Bunnykid68]

This could be quite a lengthy response, but for brevity's sake, I'll spare you the details.

As I've indicated, I have an inclination, not a flat out decision, to vote for Romney. The issues that I am concerned about, in no particular order:

Gun Control
The Economy
Taxes
Family Values
Social Security
Health Care
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Unemployment
The Housing Market
Balancing the Budget
National Debt

That's just off the top of my head. I fear many voters don't dig deep enough into the the candidate they vote for, and at times I've been Guilty of the same. I generally vote Republican because typically their overall beliefs fall in line with mine. As far as the Current Administration, I will concede the fact that what Pres. Obama has been working with may have been handed down from the previous administration. Regardless, it's been 4 years. I don't think we are much better off, and I feel we are moving in the wrong direction. I'm not naive enough to believe that the President has the ultimate authority to resolve any or all of these issues, however I think more could have been done. We continue to look for new problems and solutions rather that looking at the current problems. We spent 2 years working on a health care overhaul, that no matter how you feel about it personally, that time and energy could have been spent in one of the areas I mentioned above.

I'm sure this will spark other questions, so fire away.

So my strategy as of right now, is to Vote for the Candidate that has the best chance to change the current administration. If Mickey Mouse could garner enough votes, I'd be a Mousketeer!

Yep, Romney is for all of those

 

[Yup!]

Yep, Romney is for all of those

As I've stated earlier in the thread, its a two party system. In my opinion, Its Romney or Pres. Obama.

I missed my opportunity to vote in the Primary, so yes, its partly my fault that Romney is the only other Choice. But he is the other Choice, and since i will be voting, and I would like Pres. Obama to not win, that's my strategy.

 

[buckstopshere]

This could be quite a lengthy response, but for brevity's sake, I'll spare you the details.

As I've indicated, I have an inclination, not a flat out decision, to vote for Romney. The issues that I am concerned about, in no particular order:

Gun Control
The Economy
Taxes
Family Values
Social Security
Health Care
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Unemployment
The Housing Market
Balancing the Budget
National Debt

That's just off the top of my head. I fear many voters don't dig deep enough into the the candidate they vote for, and at times I've been Guilty of the same. I generally vote Republican because typically their overall beliefs fall in line with mine. As far as the Current Administration, I will concede the fact that what Pres. Obama has been working with may have been handed down from the previous administration. Regardless, it's been 4 years. I don't think we are much better off, and I feel we are moving in the wrong direction. I'm not naive enough to believe that the President has the ultimate authority to resolve any or all of these issues, however I think more could have been done. We continue to look for new problems and solutions rather that looking at the current problems. We spent 2 years working on a health care overhaul, that no matter how you feel about it personally, that time and energy could have been spent in one of the areas I mentioned above.

I'm sure this will spark other questions, so fire away.

So my strategy as of right now, is to Vote for the Candidate that has the best chance to change the current administration. If Mickey Mouse could garner enough votes, I'd be a Mousketeer!

Thanks for the response Yup. I appreciate the fact that you're digging in to learn about these candidates. Of the top say 2 issues you've listed, what has your research uncovered where Romney has a fundamental difference in policy than Obama and what evidence has convinced you?

I agree with what you've stated. BHO inherited some BS from the previous administrations attempts at creating a policy state and then furthered them. Health care reform is easily solvable via the free market (see LASIK eye surgery) and these politicians are anything but stupid. So healthcare isn't about healthcare, as we all know.

Under the two party system, I can't recall a President who actually gave authority back to the states or citizens. Once they get the power in the oval office, the next man (woman) up has a primary duty, it seems, to move that ball further. I don't see anything in Romneys character that screams out liberty or reversing anything in play.