I’m growing less and less interested in this presidential campaign since Ron Paul announced he was scaling back his energies for ’08. He is the only candidate that fully encapsulates my beliefs, mostly with regards to abortion and small government. Obama sounds good at first because he’s all about the biblical mandate to help the poor but he refuses to acknowledge that biblically the mandate to care for the poor and widows falls squarely on the back of local organizations not the government. It is NOT the role of government to aid the poor, or the underprivileged. It is the role of local organizations which includes, but certainly is not limited to, local churches.
I can get behind a lot of what Obama stands for, but I’m afraid he’s just going to be another big spender.
Huckabee just plain scares me what with his “taking this country for Jesus” jargon. Scares the crap outta me to be honest . . . and I’m a Christian. Sorry sir, but that’s not the job of the president; and while we’re at it how ‘bout you quit courting conservative Christians just to get elected. And I most certainly don’t want to live under a Theocracy. Freak.
Jesus doesn’t ‘endorse’ anybody in this election. In fact, I tend to think that if the Almighty were here He would say something like:
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Well, I thought Romney dropped out. Anyway, I know how you feel. I never liked Ron Paul personally, but I don\’t really like anyone else either. This one is going to be interesting.
I think you\’re right, about Romney. Now it looks like the Republicans have no one to vote for
We\’re going to see either Clinton or Obama in office in January \’09.
The difficulty come election time is that conservatives aren\’t going to show up. Independent/moderates are either disinterested or leaning left based on recent Republican performances.
FWIW, I am so incredibly disappointed that Ron Paul didn\’t do better. I think America is letting one of our last chances for liberty and prosperity get away. Paul inspired me like no other politician I\’ve encountered.
Ron Paul always scared me with his foreign policy, but then again everyone has an opinion and they all stink.
I think we ought to all vote for Clinton. I know this sounds crazy coming from a conservative Republican, but the logic is that she will be such a terrible president that the entire country will swing like a pendulum back to conservatism at the next house and senate elections.
I realize this is trusting too much in the sound thinking of the American people, but one can hope can\’t they?
@Joel - It\’s that short period of time from when she takes office to the time we vote for house and senate that I\’d be worried about. Just think about it man, Bill and Hillary in the White house again…
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@Jeff: Yeah, the only thing the Republican candidates have going for them at this point is that they want to stay in Iraq and they want to make abortion illegal and prevent gays from getting married.
@Joel: LOL. Reading that made me laugh out loud man. I think you give the American people too much credit
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Sometimes I agree with Joel. Let Clinton win so the country will see what they get when the let the Dems have all three parts of the process. That\’s what happen when Clinton was elected the first time and after his first two years they lost both houses. Plus I think it wakes up Republicans and you get true conservatives to run and try to do something.
I\’m voting for Paul in the primary. He scares me a little as an individual, but I find myself agreeing with his platform on everything but Iraq. Iraq is about the only thing I like about McCain. McCain/Finegold still sticks in my craw as the biggest attack of free speech in my remembrance.
Obama is running on change and hope. Didn\’t Bush run on change? Doesn\’t every \”beltway outsider\” run on change? Maybe I\’m getting old and cynical, but they never actually change anything and I don\’t think Obama will either.