Eh...he's not on anyone's leash.
He's also said multiple times he's not running third party. If you want to get him in office, you need to temporarily register Republican (if your state requires it) and vote for him in the primary.
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Eh...he's not on anyone's leash.
He's also said multiple times he's not running third party. If you want to get him in office, you need to temporarily register Republican (if your state requires it) and vote for him in the primary.
If he goes independent, he'll just pull votes away from the democratic candidate that needs them to beat the GOP. It looks like that'll happen because the GOP sponsored media seems to be completely ignoring him.Quote:
Originally Posted by sleepy1212
He's not going to run independent.
It's not just the conservative media that's been ignoring him. After he came in second in the Ames Straw Poll by 9/10ths of one percentage point, he was waaaaay underreported by both the liberal and conservative mainstream media.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeph
It should be about now that I should note that left-right-centre are not just only one measure of a political ideology... they're not absolute even in that measure. For the most part our right-most political party in Canada is left of the Democrats (but obviously not always).
There is no definition of "centre", "left", or "right".
I would assume most people in here are aware of all that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phopojijo
You might be surprised.
Not here, but 35-50 year olds who should know better not only don't know that... but have argued with me over that in the past.
It seems to be a pretty stuck mentality in many that there's absolute measurements for "left", "right", or "centre". If not here, then awesome.
Ron Paul is meh to me. His stance on deregulation makes me regurgitate.
Please explain to me why you think more regulation (or the same amount we have now) is a good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by TVTyrant
Please explain to me how Laissez Faire capitolism is somehow a good thing. Or allowing people to exploit tax loopholes. Or decreasing public safety so a company can somehow profit.Quote:
Originally Posted by king_nothing_
Why do you think our economy is going down the shitter? It's certainly not because of laissez-faire capitalism, because we don't have laissez-faire capitalism. It's a result of overregulation and too much oversight. "Too big to fail"? Stimulus packages? QE1? QE2? Artificially low interest rates? What good has any of that done? If they weren't so wrapped up in Keynesian economic thinking, we wouldn't be in this mess. It's ridiculous to think that a small group of people can efficiently control and steer an entire economy and monetary system. If they would leave it the hell alone, we wouldn't have the problems we have now.Quote:
Originally Posted by TVTyrant