“No. I can’t do this. Not now. “
Fair enough. A sincere post like this is just fine, but I’m not looking forward to reading all the folks explaining they don’t like either. Like, I didn’t already know....
Last time, I wanted Mitt over McCain. This time, if I cannot have one of Cain/Bachmann/Palin.... (swallows hard) I’ll take Perry. I’m in California, so my vote is worth slightly less than this thread.
Same here.
“Last time, I wanted Mitt over McCain. This time, if I cannot have one of Cain/Bachmann/Palin.... (swallows hard) I’ll take Perry. I’m in California, so my vote is worth slightly less than this thread.”
Dittoes.
Why should we be forced to answer such a speculative question, especially when neither of these candidates are particularly attractive? My first answer was honest, yes. But no more honest than this one.
I'm really not a fan of any politician. I've determined that neither of these two are staunch defenders of individual liberties or the idea of limited government, so it is quite difficult for me to get very excited about the upcoming election, or to say that I have even the slightest bit of interest in either Romney or Perry.
If Perry gets elected, the nation will learn what Texas knows - that he talks a good game during the campaign, but once he wins, he doesn't live up to the image he created.
If Romneycare isn't proof that Mitt lacks the understanding of limited government, then what is?
I also realize that my litmus test is completely impractical by today's nanny state-loving standards. People don't want to solve their own problems but at the same time bitch and moan when the government, by virtue of the power given to it by the nanny state-loving public, completely and utterly screws them. Every two years, we reshuffle the deck and give our future to another group of people who have little to no knowledge or respect of the Constitution or the idea of American governance.
So if you really want to talk about the future, we need to start having a conversation about how to move society away from the Progressive idea that answers to all of our problems lie in the hands of an all-powerful centralized government. Until we have that conversation, and until the American people decide that the few remaining liberties we still have are in danger of disappearing forever, then our fate remains the same, no matter who sits in the White House.