Comments | nescio17: Michigan Primary

nescio17

Michigan Primary

Dec 01, 2007 11:06

I'm really looking forward to being able to vote for Obama in Michigan. We're an early primary state now--which was exciting. But more exciting is being able to vote for a candidate I'm actually enthusiastic about.

I'm sorry. Did I say "is"? I was really looking forward to voting for a Democrat I actually liked. Then I got to read this little ( Read more... )

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moonlit_me December 1 2007, 17:51:44 UTC

Well, McCain gets a lot of respect for sticking to his guns, though he loses a little for making an obviously forced repetition of a joke--he didn't do as well at the debates as he should have. Ron Paul has that nicely libertarian thing going, though he has no electability. I would hesitate with Guiliani because in some ways, he's too like bush, and I don't think we should have two presidents in a row with such limited concern for civil liberties. Romney has good hair; I've heard good and bad things. How is Huckabee?

Also, the party rules are a joke. States ought to rotate primary dates election by election. Don't pick them out of a hat at the last minute, since that would require massive war chests for everyone, but either pick them out of a hat or set a strict order for the next fifty years or something well in advance.

nescio17 December 1 2007, 17:57:53 UTC

Romney is out. Changing your position is okay--but changing your position on important issues for the sake of political expediency is not okay.

I'll have to do some research on Huckabee.

osirusbrisbane December 1 2007, 20:36:29 UTC

Chuck Norris endorses Huckabee, isn't that reason enough?

If not, Ron Paul (unelectable though he is) may deserve a vote, if only because the others don't.

nescio17 December 2 2007, 15:22:02 UTC

Chuck Norris's endorsement is huge. I can consider Ron Paul. I like the guy--but I really would not want him as my President. He's got his tiny government libertarian thing going--which I can understand. He would definitely represent change. The problem is that I'm at heart not a libertarian.

emiweebee December 1 2007, 20:07:48 UTC

RON PAUL.

RON PAUL SO HARD.

I actually really fangirl Ron Paul, even though he doesn't have a snowball's chance...one commenter said his debate performance made him look like Ross Perot/Dennis Kucinich. Yeah, that's a winnable candidate. But I absolutely adore him.

nescio17 December 2 2007, 15:22:44 UTC

Ron Paul definitely has a following. I like him and like that he has a following. At heart, though, I'm not a libertarian.