- Joined
- Nov 8, 2006
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- Location
- Hiding from the voices in my head.
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Libertarian - Right
Huntsman, Paul, and Perry. Perry was a surprise, but the other two would be what I expected.
Obama, Huntsman and... Bachmann
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
If any thing, this poll indicate a rather broad appeal of Huntsman. A lot of conservatives will hold their noses and vote for a Romney or Huntsman, but I believe that a lot of independents, having come to the realization that affirmative action as applied to the presidency is not necessarily a good thing, will vote for either. I wonder if Huntsman could be the dark horse that could rise and deliver the now that the fawning and gushing over Obama is over.
I honestly don't understand why Huntsman is perceived to be "un-Conservative." Look at his record as governor. Look at his actual positions. There isn't a thing about this guy that says "not conservative" in my eyes.
He's not a goddamned lunatic. That's their problem. His brand of conservatism-- while just as socially conservative as you'd expect out of Utah-- is focused on the issues that are actually important to our lives, like getting our governmental budgets under control and maintaining our national security. He's a statesman first, an American first, and that offends the sensibilities of the culture war partisans. Because he's actually focused on policies that he could actually pass, and policies that might actually work, instead of making a bunch of ****tarded bull**** noises about single-digit tax rates and overthrowing a forty year old Supreme Court decision the GOP base thinks he's a sellout and a closet liberal.
We're getting the government we ****ing deserve. That's our problem. We're going to get another four years of Carter II because our political system is broken and half the country is too ****ing stupid to realize their policies don't matter and the other half of the country is too stupid to realize their policies don't ****ing work. This country's bleeding out through a hole in the head, and it's going to die because we've only got two doctors and they don't know how to do anything but rub dirt in it or perform CPR. Let it ****ing burn. We don't deserve democracy.
No 2nd and 3rd match?
It's because liberals have a hard time making choices that someone hasn't told them to make (LOL).