Title: Libertysflame's 2012 Early Republican Presidental Candidate Poll Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Feb 6, 2011 Author:A K A Stone Post Date:2011-02-06 14:20:43 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:35248 Comments:46
Ok here is a list of potential presidential candidates for 2012 on the Republican side. Who could you support, who couldn't you support and who would you prefer?
Newt Gingrich
Sarah Palin
Huckabee
Donald Trump
Rand Paul
Ron Paul
Pawlenty
Mitch Daniels
Gary Johnson
Haley Barbour
Romney
Herman Cain
Jesse Ventura
Poster Comment:
Ok my preference is Rand Paul. I could possibly support any of these candidates. I prefer it not be Huckabee, Pawlenty, or Newt.
I would rather see President Obama than any of the Republicans doing this way too early lineup. I supported Ron Paul in the primaries last time and if he had won, I would have the same, 'better the asshole you know than the one you don't know yet' approach.
I sure don't like many of Obama's policies, but I like him on a personal level. He is a decent human being. I also don't want four more years of learning curve problems. I would rather see what this team has now it has had some experiance.
I would rather see President Obama than any of the Republicans doing this way too early lineup. I supported Ron Paul in the primaries last time and if he had won, I would have the same, 'better the asshole you know than the one you don't know yet' approach.
I was a big fan of Ron Paul as well in early 2008 and contributed to his campaign before he had raised his first million.
I've lost faith in him now though, I firmly believe that pushing for massive spending cuts now will serve to wreck what little momentum the economy has. The answer to the deficit is modest cuts, higher taxes, and a policy that encourages growth, not slash and burn cuts that at the end of the day will leave the deficit where it is now (and maybe even worse) because they will weaken the economy and drive down tax revenues. Paul had the right views before the crash, his views implemented now would make recovery impossible.
I've lost faith in him now though, I firmly believe that pushing for massive spending cuts now will serve to wreck what little momentum the economy has. The answer to the deficit is modest cuts, higher taxes, and a policy that encourages growth, not slash and burn cuts that at the end of the day will leave the deficit where it is now (and maybe even worse) because they will weaken the economy and drive down tax revenues. Paul had the right views before the crash, his views implemented now would make recovery impossible.
Here is my view. Make the big gigantic spending cuts. Say they cut 500 billion in spending. Then 1/3 of that should be tax reductions to keep the money in the economy.
Here is my view. Make the big gigantic spending cuts. Say they cut 500 billion in spending. Then 1/3 of that should be tax reductions to keep the money in the economy.
Putting a million more out on the street while curtailing programs that support those already unemployed and cutting medical care for hundreds of thousands will not help the economy.
Putting a million more out on the street while curtailing programs that support those already unemployed and cutting medical care for hundreds of thousands will not help the economy.
They also NEED to repeal NAFTA and GATT and similar deals.
They also NEED to repeal NAFTA and GATT and similar deals.
Tariffs on imports.
There go the retail jobs.
There were retail jobs before NAFTA. There will be retail jobs if NAFTA is repealed. Ross Perot was right. It was a giant sucking sound of jobs leaving America.
So it is your position that we don't make anything anymore?
Anyhow. We still make lots of stuff. But not enough. If we repealed NAFTA GATT and other globullshitist crap. That would be an incentive for people to bring jobs back here.
I also support Tariffs, especially on Chinese goods.
If they are paying someone a dollar an hour. And we pay someone here 10 dollars an hour for the same job. Then there should be a 1000 percent tariff on that product minus the raw material cost.