Voted
So I voted for Ron Paul. Some will say it’s a wasted vote that means nothing and part of me agrees with them. Another part of me feels that everyone who votes for Paul are sending a message to the Republican party. That message is the new age conservatives care more about independence, liberty and true fiscal conservative policies than we do about which church someone belongs to or who you’re sleeping with. I hope they hear that message but if history is to hold true, they didn’t even notice it.
Okay, so now that I exposed who I voted for, here’s my rationalization for not voting for:
- Romney. He’s a flip-flopper. He’s anti-FairTax. He strongly feels the Constitution needs to be amended to define marriage as being between a man and a woman in order to protect the institution of marriage and provide a mother and father for every child. Now I’m not saying gay-marriage is major issue for me in this election. What I am saying is that anyone who believes the Constitution should be used as a dictionary and feels the government is responsible for guiding your moral compass is a fucking fruit cake who would scare the shit out of me if in office.
- Huckabee. He believes the Bible is a better governing document than the Constitution. The Constitution is not perfect but religion has no place in government. As much as I admire him for doing helping to bring the FairTax into the public eye, I’m so steadfast in my beliefs about religion and politics being separate, that it would be hypocritical for me to cast my vote for him.
- McCain. Not only is he anti-FairTax, he voted against the tax cuts. I don’t care who the tax cuts are for, they are good. Taxes are bad. We should all pay less. Furthermore, he’s a career politician (isn’t ‘change’ the buzzword this election? … isn’t it every election?). Finally, he’s been weak in regards to illegal immigration (although he claims to have changed his tune).
Time to watch the results roll in. Where’s my beer?
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Heck yeah! That brings the total number of Ron Paul voters to 2!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I admire you for your message-vote. I did that in ‘92 and ‘96, voting for Perot (who represented change in DC). The result was, of course, Newt’s Contract for America which did accomplish a lot of change, but obviously we have a long way to go.
Doesn’t Paul’s stance on the war bother you? What a funny little man (Paul, not you).
February 6th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Titus, well, I know of at least one other that voted for Paul so we’re up to 3… although the reports say we did even better than that.
Bugboy, excellent question. I’m absolutely at odds with Paul on his stance about the war. Had he had a legitimate shot, this may have changed my vote. Seeing as my vote was “wasted”, I had no fear of its repercussions. Honestly though, the war was the only thing I differed with Paul about. I feel like if he had said he was all for getting the job done in the Middle East and then (and only then) pull the troops out and let the fucktards over their figure their own shit out, he would have gotten more main stream conservative support. I hope this is no the last we see of Libertarians tearing up the Republicans and Independents.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Huckabee scares me. If it were up to him, all the gays would be run out of the country, or probably killed. Conservative freak.
As for McCain, he scares me, because he is so pro-war it isn’t even funny. I know that you aren’t a Democrat, but I really, really hope that we don’t get another Republican; because the choices that have a chance are NOT good choices.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
“Huckabee scares me. If it were up to him, all the gays would be run out of the country, or probably killed.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!
Yes, the Democrats and the Supreme Court would certainly sit by and allow this.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I feel the same about any Democrat.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Hillary has ethics issues. I believe her to be fundamentally dishonest and will say anything to get elected.
Obama has insufficient experience and qualifications for the job he’s applying for. Either he knows this, and is being dishonest, or his judgment is flawed.
I believe BOTH of them are not telling us what their true agenda is.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Make that 3 votes for Ron Paul. Just happy to see I am not the only one who knows who the hell he is!