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Originally Posted by Halx
Hillary Clinton? She's owned by corporations. Her fake personality makes me cry a little.
Barack Obama? He's green. He ignores the things that mean the most to me. He focuses on talking points, not real points of change.
Rudy Guiliani? You pronounce his name "Stooge" as in, stooge to the "neo-con" agenda. I can totally see my future going up in smoke if this guy gains any power. What a fraud.
Mike Huckabee? Dear god no! An unaccredited religious nutball with a history of pardoning criminals because they "found Jesus." I fear for my personal rights with this guy anywhere near power.
Mitt Romney? Shit, another religious creep. Having dated a Mormon and having learned as much as I can about the KIND of people who get involved with it, I am righteously opposed to this guy as well. Its bad enough that these candidates bank on their religious beliefs. Its worse when they insinuate that freedom requires religion. What the fuck.
John McCain? Aside form the fact that his face scares me, he is creepy in many more ways. Like the fact that he is responsible for the cover-up of all POW information since Vietnam. Like the fact that he is 100% into this fucked up war. Like the fact that he could die at any moment. An even more corrupt VP could take office at any moment.
Fred Thompson? Another religious freak. I'm up to my ears in religious freaks. I've had enough of this shit running my country because it's NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE!
Dennis Kucinich? He has a good platform, but I fear for my MONEY if he gets power. Shit, who is going to pay for all this free shit he wants to give away? I cant make use of any of it, but I'll probably have to give up 20% more of my paycheck just so all my ghetto neighbors live better.
Ron Paul? I'll probably end up voting for this guy because he is the lesser of all evils. He shows up like an angel on the charts that list lobbyist contributions, but that's because he's bringing up the rear. His policy is messianic, and its helped me realize how conservative *I* am. However, its too conservative, to the point where it allows for too many wild cards to turn over the wrong way. Leave industries to self-regulation? Ouch.
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Well, theres another import facet to his beliefs that often gets ignored when he talks about removing federal regulation... and that is that states can pick up much of the regulatory roles that he wants to remove at the federal level. Decentralizing regulation from the federal government doesn't necessarily mean that states wont or cant pick up some of the slack.
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What happened to middle of the road politics? Why is Bill Clinton's wife EVIL? No wonder he was gettin' head from Monica. What's wrong with liberalism? Why is everyone so fucking afraid of it?
I'm scared!
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These are pretty much my thoughts exactly. Although I am supporting Ron Paul, and show my enthusiasm for him in the other threads, I come accross as much more enthusiastic than I really am. I have my doubts as to whether or not he would actually make a good president.
He really does have some charisma issues, and seems to get flustered quite easily. His message is exactly what I want to hear, but the devil is in the details, especially for the president.