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Best Presidential Candidate, Republicans
A few days ago we posted a story for you to discuss the best presidential candidates for Super Tuesday, but I figured it would be an interesting idea to try that again, but split the discussion into 2 halves. This is the Republican half — please only discuss the Republican candidates in this story. Huckabee, McCain, and Romney only.
Why not Paul?
Yeah, why should we not mention Ron Paul? So much for "freedom of speech". Apparently this is not Finland.
Clicked pie.
I thought Ron Paul was still in the race?
No Ron Paul?
Terrible.
Even people that believe in pre-destiny look both ways before crossing the street.
He's running on the Republican ticket.
I plan to vote for him in the Republican primary in my state.
But you've specifically disallowed his mention in the Best Candidates - Republican thread?
Quite an oversight, CmdrTaco. I would have expected better of you than of the typical CNN/Fox News media that have done their best to ignore him. I expected that from them. But from you? The one candidate that most values our freedoms? You specifically forbid us from discussing him?
*That* is lame.
The last I checked, he is in this race as a republican, has raised more money than Huckabee, and just beat him in the Maine caucuses.
"Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers."
-Ron Paul
Huckabee is nuts: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D08Dq_iNMRk
McCain knows jack shit about politics. He was asked an economics question in the last FL debate by RP and couldn't answer it.
Romney is a freaking warhawk.
Ron Paul is the only valid candidate.
Actually, by omitting him from the list, Taco ensured that nearly all of the discussion would be about Ron Paul.
Thanks, Cmdr Taco!
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Talks about and swears by the constitution. Thinks that free markets and true freedom will lead to prosperity. So do I, and lots and lots of other people. Fuck Romney, McCain, Huckabee. More government is bad, mmkay? Can't you see this...? Ron Paul is who I'm voting for, and you should be ashamed of yourself for excluding his name. You're as bad as Fox News and CNN. Die in a fire.
Nice to see that we can have a nice well-rounded discussion here.
Suffice to say, Ron Paul is my candidate of choice. I never thought I'd want to vote Republican after seeing this mess that was the Bush Administration, but now I want to see nobody in the White House other than Ron Paul. The other Republican candidates are either ridiculously dumb, scare or religious... or a combination of those. The Democratic candidates are better, but still nowhere near as balanced as Paul.
Nice one there, CmdrTaco
Errrrr, only one of them is going to win, thus by your "logic" the press should only talk about one person -- the winner.
Don't piss off The Angry Economist
I have to vote for Ron Paul.
The lesser of two evils is still evil. Romney with his shady demeanor, and rehearsed replies to questions, and McCain with his vague sense of conviction, are the same old fake, say whatever I need to say to win the sheeple candidates.
Ron is about Liberty, economic freedom, and sovereignty. The other dudes are just going to want some moralistic neofascist fake democracy.
Ron Paul won Louisiana, or would have if the LA GOP wasn't actively trying to keep him from winning. Between shifting deadline dates around and refusing to count 650 provisional ballots, they've effectively kept him in 2nd place and out of the news because of it.