If The Two-Party System Gave You Rick Perry And Ron Paul Who Would You Vote For?

What is your political affiliation or views and why would you vote for your candidate?


As a liberal I would vote for the lesser of two evils in this instance which would be Rick Perry.

He would institute more policies that force Americans to be better Christians like banning homosexual marriage, abortions, and fornication. That is all bareable but he would also protect the handouts because these republicans want to help those who really need it they just don't like to help the people who they think abuse the system.

Ron Paul on the other hand is the worst out of these two candidates because he would take a persons food stamp away, he wants to end all social safety nets like Social Security and Medicare and doesn't want to pay any taxes at all. IMO this would be going too far because its one thing to make people better Christians, its another to take away all of their welfare money.

 

NOT ALL CONSERVATIVES ARE RACIST, but all racists are conservative.

^^ This is untrue.

 

Not paying any taxes and having lots and lots of premarital sex sounds just terrible. How ever will I live with myself?

 

Thanks for showing you know absolutely nothing about Ron Paul.

Personal question, are you in grade school, because looking at your threads and post, it really seems like it.

 

Ron Paul.

He'd keep us out of foreign conflicts and end the War on Drugs.

Most of his other agendas would be blocked by the status quo.

 

Ron Paul for sure.


not a bought and paid for Bush clone like Perry.

 

Ron Paul because he's somewhat more socially liberal. The two share similar views on economics, so those social issues and foreign policy are their main points of differentiation.

 

I will never tell.

 

Libalminority is a typical radical leftist. He is using the old ploy of false support. Throw your hypothetical support behind the least viable opponent of your candidate to make them look more moderate and appealing as "even a Democrat would vote for him" which is totally false.

Liberalminority knows that Obama has chance of defeating Rick Perry. While on the other hand, he knows Obama has little to no chance of defeating Ron Paul who is supported by the moderate majority. The key is making sure the Republican establishment stays behind the "Christian" candidate.

Your facade is paper thin Liberalminority.

Ron Paul is gaining steam and cross-party support. Obama might as well start cleaning out the Oval Office desk now.

 

If the GOP falls for the liberal ploy again, they deserve to be replaced.

 

I agree. If the Republican establishment continues to support extremist right-wing candidates, the party needs to be dumped entirely.

 

You all are actually willing to vote for a candidate who is an isolationist, openly states that 9/11 was our fault because of our foreign policy, and doesn't view Iran as a true threat to America or her allies?!

You all make me want to throw up.

 

The truth makes you nauseous?

 

Compared to those two clowns, I'd vote for my cat.

 

Very true. We should include a warning label on all Ron Paul discussion threads.

WARNING FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFFLICTED WITH RIGHT OR LEFT WING EXTREMITUS:

Introspection of one's own beliefs and evaluation of those outside the Republican and Democratic establishment has side-effects which may include nausea, neck cramps, headache, disorientation, dizziness, upset stomach, cotton mouth, watery eyes, and in some cases explosive diarrhea.

It is recommended that you conduct introspection only under the supervision of a licensed moderate. Side-effects should wear off within 72 hours and result in prolonged clear-thinking, rationality, and voting for Ron Paul.

 

Perry, because he's a political opportunist who cares more about his legacy than his ideals.
The things conservatives hate about Perry are the things that would make him accountable to the people (to some extent).
The things conservatives love about Paul are the things that make him dangerous-- he puts ideology and principles above pragmatism. People who think that is a good trait for any leader other than a Dungeon Master are sadly misguided.

For the record, I'd also take Perry over Kucinich. But I'd punch myself in the gut hard while doing it.

 

You support political opportunists who are only concerned about legacy (image) over ideals and principles? Fits in very well with your ardent federalist views.

However, being principled does not necessarily conflict with pragmatism. In fact much of Ron Paul's platform is quite pragmatic rather than dogmatic like most establishment politicians including Obama and Perry.

For the record, I would take Kucinich over Perry any day.

 

I would vote for the other party other than the two you have indicated. My thinking goes Beyond the simple 12 year old two dimentional concept of one or the other.

And what would it matter anyway, the USA is going to fail, and will continue it's course to total failure. As long as simple minded idiots get to vote based on propaganda they will continue to elect the same old relics in congress and the House of reps. As sure as people are stupid, you can bet the USA will not change. Because you can't fix stupid. And most Americans have no shame of being dumb.

 

I agree...when he got too crazy congress would put the breaks on him.

I like him better than a lot of canidates I have seen for many years.

I think America needs that crazy old man.

 

agreed paul is a Radical perry is still a mainstream guy like bush and obama he would never leave the center enough to erase the status quo to a point which could not be bareable to other side

 

If I had to pick between Perry and Paul, I'd go Ron Paul all the way. Perry just seems like a RINO to me. Paul I know, and I like 90% of what he says.

 

I suppose Paul's issues could be considered pragmatic if one bought Paul's ideology. Since I don't, it would be ridiculous for me to vote for Paul.
Even if I did agree with Paul, however, I'd have to consider somewhat whether he could work to accomplish anything. While it might seem odd to want a Republican to be able to work with the other side to pass legislation he likes (assuming Perry will mostly still work in a direction against my preferred policy), I think gridlock is pretty scary in itself, often more dangerous than the passing of bad legislation.

 

2 votes for your cat.
Cat has 2 votes ..
Paul has 3 votes..

support the cat !

 

Good, if only all progressives and neocons would just vote for their cat..

 

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Ron Paul will not be the GOP candidate under any circumstances.

Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Michele Bachman could be found dead in a hotel room after a cocaine-fueled threesome, and Ron Paul would still not win the GOP nomination.