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@77rednecktruck

It’s such BS that voting for someone like Ron Paul is just throwing your vote away, but I may just do that. I usually vote on which of the 2 canidates I hate less, because I really don’t want the other one to win. I did not like Kerry, but liked him more than George. I wish there was a viable 3rd or 4th party that you could actually vote for and have a chance to win.

And their stances on topics and their beliefs mean absolutely nothing. The canidates should be held accountable for what they say they are going to do, but they just get in office and completely disregard what they stated.

I still need to do more research before I decide on which lying sack of shit to give my vote to.

Please, for the love of god don’t let the fact that he’s not getting that much media coverage let you be fooled into him not being a viable candidate. The underground movement supporting him is IMMENSE. He had what most thought was a SERIOUS pipedream of raising 12 million dollars last quarter. He ended up raising over $20 million. Most of that was raised over the internet from random people like you and me. Not big corporate donors. They had an internet fund drive on the anniversary of the boston tea party a couple weeks ago that raised over $6 million in ONE DAY. That is more than Huckabee raised all of last quarter. His supporters have even bought a blimp to advertise his candidacy. All of this is without the help of his official campaign. Also, the polls are very skewed against Ron Paul. A LOT of his supporters are either too young to have voted already, or have only a cell phone and no land line, which would make them exempt from the phone banks contact them. He is going to have a VERY strong showing in Iowa and New Hampshire and after that the mainstream media will no longer be able to ignore him.

@JackdUp

For those of you who need help finding a place where the issues are outlined, this seems fairly accurate.

http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm

Remeber, Ross Perot pulled down a boatload of votes. Ron Paul could do it too if he would run indy (but wouldn’t because he knows what happens then), and he’s seemingly more well known from grassroots up instead of media down (which bodes well).

I like Ron’s stances on pretty much everything except pro-life, but that’s a negotiable aspect.

Nice lineup.

BTW, Mitt Romney is downright scary.

also there are a TON of Youtube videos out there now regarding him. I love his official campaign video on immigration. And while i am Pro-Choice, I agree with Dr. Paul’s stance that it should be up to the states to decide for themselves whether or not they want to allow abortions.

Another interesting Ron Paul fact: He has never voted to approve an unbalanced budget, and he wants to eliminate the IRS and replace it with NOTHING. If we can get our government spending back down to the year 2000 levels then we could eliminate the federal income tax and replace it with NOTHING!

@fattyvr6

I’m a registered Libertarian, and my vote usually leans Republican, but I’d honestly be happy to see anyone but Clinton in office. Even Obama. I disagree with 99.9% of what comes out of his mouth, but at least he tells you what he thinks when he opens it.

Ideally, though, I’d like to see McCain win.

i would have agreed with you, back in 2000. He has turned into a total neocon douchecanoe now though.

And if you are a Libertarian, and would be happy to see Romney or September 11th in office, you should be castrated. You did know that Dr. Paul ran as a Libertarian candidate back in the 80’s right?

@Logik

wait, what? He’s a Pittsburgher?

Dormont High School class of 1953

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