drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
just face it
its the dems turn
yeah i said it 1/12/2008 1:50:07 AM |
aaprior Veteran 498 Posts user info edit post |
^ Maybe so. But we are talking about reactions to the debate 1/12/2008 1:51:42 AM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
if you dont mind me asking who is your number 1 choice? 1/12/2008 1:54:54 AM |
aaprior Veteran 498 Posts user info edit post |
I honestly can't say because it wasn't an opportunity to contrast each candidates views against the others. I like Ron Paul, but I haven't gotten to really see him go up against the other guys. Right now I'm at a total loss. 1/12/2008 2:09:14 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
^Ron Paul is the only real Constitutionalist.
That said, McCain is my #1 choice, followed by Paul and Thompson. 1/12/2008 4:16:38 AM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
McCain seems to be the most moderate followed by Huckabee. Guiliani, Thompson and Romney seem to be mindless Republican drones that will spew whatever neoconservative nonsense they think the audience wants to hear at any particular time. Seriously, they all seem to be the exact same candidate with the same talking points and very little difference in policy. I only exclude Huckabee from that group because he sounds/looks like he's capable of rational thought and will not draw his potential actions straight out of the conservative playbook. McCain is the only one moderate enough to not scare away independent voters this time around. Huckabee is probably too close to evangelicals to gain any votes from outside the Republican party.
When you think about it, Paul might actually be the most electable. When it comes down to it, Republicans are likely to vote for him in the end because he's in their party. But he also has the most ability to draw voters from the other side of the aisle as well. His Libertarian approach appeals to lots of Democrats and independents and he certainly has the most integrity out of all the candidates. I have no trouble believing he will do everything he says he will do because he's been doing that his entire career. The only question is, do Republicans actually want him to be in the White House? 1/12/2008 11:02:14 AM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "But he also has the most ability to draw voters from the other side of the aisle as well." |
This is the most important fact about ron paul. Swing voters and fiscally conservative democrats will be drawn to Paul.
However, the GOP is so drunk on it's own power that it doesn't seem to care about what they claim to be about.1/12/2008 11:47:59 AM |
aaprior Veteran 498 Posts user info edit post |
^^ I agree 100% with your post. I don't think the republicans want him [Ron Paul] in the white house and its so disappointing that the vast majority of voters are not getting any exposure to Ron Paul because the popular press ignores his existence for the most part. 1/12/2008 1:39:06 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
^^ yep.
^ it's not just lack of media exposure. Paul is extremely shrill and not very "Presidential" in the way he looks and carries himself. he has a few fairly extreme views, too. I like him too, but let's be real here. He is not the most electable. He isn't particularly electable at all (regardless of whether or not he SHOULD be).
as far as labeling anyone as "most moderate", it's a much more difficult question than that. A start would be to divide them into social moderates and fiscal moderates, but even that doesn't really fully allow easy classification. 1/12/2008 1:58:09 PM |
Pupils DiL8t All American 4960 Posts user info edit post |
Brit Hume really stuck it to Ron Paul, didn't he? Questions about his supporters consisting of 9/11 conspiracists, and such. I forget what other ridiculous questions Paul received. 1/12/2008 3:25:34 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
From the right side my top picks would be Guiliani & Paul. I used to like McCain more until he attached himself more and more to Bush and less and less to free thinking.
1/12/2008 5:06:29 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
so basically guilliani cause paul has no chance in hell 1/12/2008 5:08:39 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
^^ a lot of the stuff in there is twisted totally out of context. It's a stupid hit piece that plays well to the idiot masses who find entertainment in "reality TV" and choose a President based on buzzwords and one-liners in the silly reality-TVish "debates" early in the primary process. These people aren't astute enough to process and comprehend a nuanced position.
For example, (1) saying that the Confederate flag is viewed as an offensive symbol of racism by many people, and (2) saying that "I personally view it as a symbol of heritage"
are not statements in conflict with each other.
Likewise, the bit about gay marriage obviously just says that he's ok with civil unions and private ceremonies, but now with the gov't recognizing it as a "marriage", for whatever difference that makes. Again, there is zero conflict or double-talk there. It's just unfortunate that he wasn't better at eloquently defining his position. I'll be the first to say that eloquence and smooth talking are not his strong suits.
Falwell can kiss my ass, though. I, too, grimaced when I saw McCain burying the hatchet with that fatass old douchebag.
[Edited on January 12, 2008 at 6:10 PM. Reason : ^ haha, so far, Paul has been raking in about the same number of votes as Giuliani!] 1/12/2008 6:04:37 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "McCain seems to be the most moderate followed by Huckabee." |
hahaha1/12/2008 6:13:33 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm really not quite sure I follow your meaning in the first sentence. Could you clarify?" |
I'll vote for someone based on their own merits, not simply because they aren't someone else. Right now his appeal is based on his appearance as the un-cola of the GOP.
I'm generally not a fan of Noam Chomsky, but he gave a really good interview explaining the faults of Paul's positions. http://www.gnn.tv/threads/28811/Noam_Chomsky_on_Ron_Paul1/12/2008 6:18:10 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
^^thats actually kinda true
huck is soft on immigration, foreign policy, and taxes...gave financial aid to immigrants, thought the most illegal immigrants came from pakistan, and rose taxes by like 500 million] 1/12/2008 6:18:58 PM |
GoldenViper All American 16056 Posts user info edit post |
Wow, I'm not too impressed by that Chomsky interview. He hardly said anything concrete. 1/12/2008 6:52:58 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
To be fair it wasn't an interview about Ron Paul, the interviewer just inserted a few questions. I do wish that it was longer. 1/12/2008 6:56:22 PM |
Pupils DiL8t All American 4960 Posts user info edit post |
Correction to my post above:
Brit Hume wasn't the person who asked about the 9/11 supporters. However, there was a part of the debate when he was pressing the issue about taking military action against Iran, and a portion of the candidates were capitulating.
When Ron Paul raised some concerns regarding the previous candidates' somewhat threatening remarks directed towards Iran, Brit Hume attested that all the previous candidates had encouraged restraint with their previous remarks. It had a way of illegitimatizing Ron Paul's argument and led to a statement by which Mitt Romney associated Ron Paul with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 1/12/2008 7:00:21 PM |
GoldenViper All American 16056 Posts user info edit post |
Chomsky often talks circles around his anarchist beliefs, refusing, for whatever reason, to take a firm stance. 1/12/2008 7:02:35 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, I honestly don't care for the guy, I just felt that he made some good points. 1/12/2008 7:12:41 PM |
Vix All American 8522 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Watching the Republican candidates distance themselves from the candidate with the broadest record of defending conservative principles like limited government and personal freedom still strikes me as surreal sometimes. " |
Watching grown men repeatedly launch ad hominem attacks on another candidate makes them look like whiny 5 year olds.1/12/2008 7:15:48 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Well it does make for entertaining television. 1/12/2008 7:24:13 PM |
TerdFerguson All American 6600 Posts user info edit post |
of course Noam Chomsky is going to find fault with Ron Paul's ideas.
From the little I've read of Chomsky doesn't he believe more in socially constructed communities being more important than government?
I think they just have different beliefs and definitions of Libertarian.
atleast that my take. . . . . . 1/12/2008 7:27:00 PM |
GoldenViper All American 16056 Posts user info edit post |
See, I'm a big fan of Chomsky's. But I think he does a better job of criticizing foreign policy than articulating what he wants society to become. 1/12/2008 7:56:50 PM |
ohmy All American 3875 Posts user info edit post |
from what i've ever read of/about chomsky, paul and chomsy would be on opposite ends of the political spectrum 1/12/2008 8:41:28 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
"Again, there is zero conflict or double-talk there."
I don't know, for some reason it feels like there is conflict there. He stated a position, talked to his advisors, and later in the middle of something like an agricultural question he came back to gay marriage to readdress it along more party lines and got booed for it. I tried to find a more detailed clip of it... which has a little review at the end. "did i fix it? did i fix it?"
1/13/2008 11:12:26 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
I still don't see the double talk on that subject.
He pretty much takes the same position as me: Civil unions ok, private ceremonies ok, but gov't shouldn't recognize it as marriage (although mostly as a matter of semantics).
Actually, what I'd really like is for the gov't not to be involved in the business of marriage at any level. I don't see any reason to bring issues of law into the mix--the gov't should not look at a husband and wife (or husband and husband, wife and wife, or shemale and shemale) as anything different from 2 roommates. Anyone could have a private ceremony, take their vows, and it would be the same relationship on a personal level, without any arm of gov't in the mix. This would solve the gay marriage issue, and it would solve a myriad of family law issues (which is a completely corrupt, unfair, and ethically bankrupt system--trust me). 1/13/2008 3:45:26 PM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
wait, so he doesn't support taking government out of marriage? how the fuck is that libertarian. That's plain pandering if he supports keeping gov out of civil unions but not marriage.
[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 4:28 PM. Reason : .] 1/13/2008 4:25:03 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
nobody ever claimed McCain to be a libertarian. he's just the best of the real contenders.
also, in practical terms, what you're suggesting is exactly what my position is (at least unless we can get all gov't out of both of them altogether) 1/13/2008 11:14:22 PM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
I thought you were talking about paul 1/13/2008 11:19:19 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
ah, gotcha. nah, i was talking about those hit-piece youtube clips on McCain.
also, I just heard Romney say in an interview that McCain would "continue to vote against the 'Bush tax cuts'", which is absolutely opposite of what McCain has repeatedly said. 1/14/2008 12:11:48 AM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
Is it just me, or has there been a lot of harmony in TSB recently? 1/14/2008 1:45:54 AM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
Is it just me, or have Chance and hooksaw stopped posting here? 1/14/2008 2:42:44 AM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ I thought that McCain was fairly anti-tax cut. 1/14/2008 2:59:38 AM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
I just noticed that the dems were ignoring the michigan and florida primaries because they got their delegate votes stripped for scheduling their primaries early. That's funny 1/14/2008 3:47:11 AM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53068 Posts user info edit post |
^ kinda funny, coming from the party that wanted "Every vote counted" and every vote to "count" 1/14/2008 6:32:17 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52840 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ Chance is gone; hooksaw has mercifully been posting in moderation.
^^^ he voted against the "Bush tax cuts" initially because they refused to approve corresponding cuts in spending. He supports extending them at this point because not doing so "would amount to a tax increase." 1/14/2008 12:29:40 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
i hope hope for the future if McCain wins the nomination. 1/14/2008 12:41:58 PM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
I agree with theDuke866. It doesn't make any sense for government to give special breaks and what not to married people. Get government out of it, it becomes a purely religious institution, and single people and unmarried couples stop getting the shaft. 1/14/2008 12:56:38 PM |
JoeSchmoe All American 1219 Posts user info edit post |
but who is the NEW chance?
you know he's here...
watching...
waiting...
[Edited on January 14, 2008 at 8:11 PM. Reason : ] 1/14/2008 8:08:32 PM |
hooksaw All American 16500 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ Hey, Duke, can you try to stop riding my nuts? My commentary is as good or better than anything you post here.
I think the cool kids get it: You don't really care for me. Everybody gets it--enough said, okay? 1/14/2008 8:14:46 PM |
JoeSchmoe All American 1219 Posts user info edit post |
[drama]
... developing ...
[Edited on January 14, 2008 at 8:17 PM. Reason : ] 1/14/2008 8:16:50 PM |