You go boyeeeeee.

So from that I take it that Ronald McDonald will not get Arthurs vote for president.

Edit; sorry that rant was just so surreal in the middle of a thread about the US presidential election...

Honestly I don't see how Clinton can win the election. That is scary, because it gives the Republicans a free pass. But Obama has been gaining on Clinton. But it's possible that they will knock each other out and a guy like Edwards will win it.

Huckabee is starting to be considered the leading Republican candidate. It's kind of funny now to see all the anti-Huckabee news articles (especially on places like Digg). But I think if Paul supporters show up in big numbers at primaries, he could make a strong push to being a front runner. Look at the straw polls... if everybody who has donated money to Paul's campaign votes, it could be interesting.

All the liberals down in NY City and similar groups will vote for her. I will seriously consider leaving the country if she is elected.

Not just smart... ethical too.

Ethical is probably the higher priority anyway.

Honestly?

That's what someone said about Bill too.

If I were an intern and I walked into the oval office and Hillary was holding a cigar with a special gleam in her eye, I think I would turn around and walk out.

That's just me though.

What if it were Chelsea?
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You'd better use two paper bags, just to be on the safe side.

I would laugh my ass off

I don't think there's much to read between the lines. He's won ten terms as a Republican congressman and his voting record is well established. Like I said earlier, even if you disagree with his minimalistic government, there's not much to worry about. The only two things he really has direct control of is downsizing the military (bringing them home) and vetoing any spending bill.

Everything else would require the support of Congress. Of course, the President often is very influential (if he is popular), so some of his ideas may go through. But it would be impossible for him to single-handedly change the entire way the government is run.

For the most part, I like states rights over federal rights. However, I agree that abortion is a different thing. It would be silly for some states to ban it, and others not to. You'd end up with people traveling just to get an abortion. I think it's one place where a federal law makes more sense.

And despite that I'm totally against abortion and view it no differently from killing your newborn child, I recognize that nations should be run by the morality of the whole. There are enough people who are in favor of it that it will continue to go on regardless of its legal status. I think a better approach to an all-out ban is to compromise, to more heavily promote birth control, and to make adoption easier.

I think his position to get rid of income tax and replace it with nothing is the most intriguing of all his views. It can be done if the government stops wasting money on ridiculous projects (e.g., wars). It's been estimated that 50% of the government spending is on the military (due to direct money spent along with accumulated interest). Considering the IRS is probably the most hated organization by USA citizens, I'd think Paul would be doing better in the polls...

One of Paul's favorite lines is that spending has increased more over the last ten years than the total sum brought in by income tax. So if you can reduce spending to where it was ten years ago, you could eliminate income tax and be in the same boat we are now.

But obviously before the IRS can go away, the federal government needs to drastically reduce spending. So I don't think Paul expects to actually get rid of them any time soon. He's also against the Federal Reserve operating as they currently do.

Huckabee also wants to get rid of income tax, but he wants to replace it with a federal sales tax.

I read somewhere that when they established income tax (a temporary measure to help finance World War I) that some worrywart wanted a %15 cap so it wouldn't get out of control. They nearly laughed him off the floor for such a silly idea. It'd never get that high!