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loc978

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Nope. My idea of a functional government is a far cry from Republican ideals, with or without their religious zealotry. Of course, Democrats are just as bad in a completely different way.
What can I say? I'm a deregulationist with socialist tendencies, yet I'm opposed to nanny state laws. My ideas are simple, yet complex in their differences from established policy. I think I'll just vote Whig. Same result as voting partisan.
 

Happy Sock Puppet

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Azrael the Cat said:
Your country is falling apart because you guys won't pay enough tax to support a first world nation, and you want even SMALLER government? Just think how it looks to us in Australia - we take for absolute granted that every single person in the country is insured by Medicare for all procedures except purely cosmetic surgery (nose-jobs and facelifts require private insurance, though things like lap-band surgery are covered by the government if there's a serious health issue involved), not to mention public funding of tertiary education, training etc, and our national debt is only 3% of GDP (yours is around 68%). The fact that you guys can't afford what we take as the basic minimums of civilised existence is astounding, and every time I hear you say 'we can't afford universal healthcare' it just sounds to me like 'the US is a nation of freaken' morons who can't even manage the basics of nationhood'.

I completely agree with you. If we'd cease starting wars with every other country we might start getting somewhere.
 

HotPocket

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In general I don't really care what happens to the economy, people bicker about that for ages and nothing gets done. Each side convinces themselves that they're right and nothing happens. However, on social issues, I agree full-heartedly with Democrats. So I'd probably vote Obama as he's at least making some headway in gay rights.
 

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HankMan said:
An declared Atheist would never be a Republican candidate for anything!
emeraldrafael said:
Also, I dont think Obama will run next election. I know he said he will, but I doubt he'll be the Democrats' man.
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Now if it were Hillary on the ballot, then I would vote fo her, just to get Bill back in, cause he kept the US in good economic times.
Bill got lucky, but I would totally vote for Hillary.
You dont really get lucky, not in that office.

and I dontt hink the Dems will want to keep Obama long. They'll wind up splitting their bill or losing if they do,
 

OmniscientOstrich

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Honestly I don't even see why people bother factoring individuals into an elecetion, when in reality you're just voting the get your party into power since their core principles are essentially consistent from term to term. Sure you might have a rather ineffectual candidate but as long they're not those damned liberals/consevatives (pick your poison) you're happy right? While their are obviously some undecided voters who flip flop between parties simply because of what policies will benefit them at that current time, the majority are simply gullible enough to buy into campaign promises and fickle enough to hop the train when they don't come to fruition within the first few months. Then they're once again gullible enough to believe the opposition are more trustworthy. If you have two major parties with distinctly right/left of centre policies consistently implemented, what the hell makes you think one person is going to instigate some complete overhaul? If you do feel as though your political disposition is distinctly left/right of centre then choose the party that lies there and stick with. Unless you've become completely despondant about the state of society and feel that no government no matter how strong can ever rebuild and subsequently don't feel like voting, then I guess I don't blame you.
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Gaiseric

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Radoh said:
Honestly? Religion is not a fundamental reason for making the choice, I choose based on whom I agree more with. If this Republican had a campaign I agree with and I feel that they can pull off what they preach then I'll vote for them.
Truth served straight up.

subtlefuge said:
I still think Mitt Romney was the best presidential candidate in 2008, period, and he was Mormon.

Maybe I'm weird, but within reason, religion has no bearing on my voting habits.
Nope not weird I'm the same, or at least your not weird alone. Romney was my second choice right after Huckabee.
 

DustyDrB

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I would have voted for Ron Paul (though he's not really a Republican) or Mitt Romney had they been candidates past the primaries. I voted Obama, mostly because I didn't trust McCain's sudden change of heart on many issues just as the election time came around. I'm a Christian, but I don't really care about a candidate's faith. I'm more likely to distrust a candidate if they talk about being a Christian a lot (like Mike Huckabee) because most people bastardize the faith and try to make it about imposing religious values on others (tenants of faiths should not be law, peroid).

Next election, would I? I'd have to care again. I lost my motivation to be interested in politics and lost my interest in voting. How do you really know who to vote for when the candidates just lie anyway? And I've stopped paying attention to politics and news in general the past two years.
 

Double A

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I'm going to vote for Ron Paul. Cutting spending in any possible way is the only way to get rid of the deficit, since the more money the government spends the more debt it builds up. This may seem like a no-brainer to some people, but it's really surprising how many people think you get rid of debt by spending money on unnecessary programs.

And before anyone says I'm an idiot for wanting to cut programs but not the military, I'd like to remind them that the military is a program. Wars suck.
 

Divine Miss Bee

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being fiscally conservative and politically moderate, a republican that doesn't make his decisions from a 6,000-year-old book sounds like a perfect candidate for me!
 

Tdc2182

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Although I'd like to say yes, I think I'm gonna have to say no.

Conservatism and Republicans kind of fall hand in hand, just like Democrats fall hand in hand with liberalism.

I think Conservatism is the biggest hindrance to society this day.

But hey, if some weird shit happens and it turns out the candidates got some good strategies, Sure, why not?
 

Onyx Oblivion

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I vote whoever's closest to Libertarian...and has an actual shot at winning.

So, yeah. This is an easy one for me.
 

DustyDrB

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Gaiseric said:
DustyDrB said:
I would have voted for Ron Paul (though he's not really a Republican)
He's a Libertarian.
I know. He ran as a Republican last time, and that was many people's first exposure to him. So he's thought of as an off-kilter Republican by some now.
 

Wolfenbarg

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I want someone fiscally conservative in the White House next term. I don't care if they're a level 5 laser Buddhist, as long as they're for balancing the budget and getting US spending under control.
 

Johnnyallstar

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I'm a Christian, and I vote on policy, not religion.

As such, I would probably vote for a dog before I vote for Obama, as I didn't like his policy when he was a Senator.
 

Gaiseric

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DustyDrB said:
Gaiseric said:
DustyDrB said:
I would have voted for Ron Paul (though he's not really a Republican)
He's a Libertarian.
I know. He ran as a Republican last time, and that was many people's first exposure to him. So he's thought of as an off-kilter Republican by some now.
And knowing is half the battle!(I didn't know he ran as a Republican)
 

eggmiester

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Radoh said:
Honestly? Religion is not a fundamental reason for making the choice, I choose based on whom I agree more with. If this Republican had a campaign I agree with and I feel that they can pull off what they preach then I'll vote for them.
damn it, you stole my words!

but yeah, i wouldn't care if the guys in charge worshiped cthulu: if i agreed with their partie's policies, i'd vote for 'em.
 

Exile714

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I wouldn't ever vote for an "atheist." I don't care if a person believes or does not believe in God, but no politician should wear their beliefs on their sleeves. It's about making a country work, not saving souls.

That said, I have voted Republican and consider myself fairly conservative, although in an economic not a social sense. More libertarian than anything really, but definitely not aligned with Democrats by any means.

I'd even venture to say that MOST Republicans do not care about religion. It's just a small minority of conservative Christians who demand it. But those people wouldn't vote Democrat and they live in the traditionally conservative south anyway, so I don't know why politicians pander to these people. Also, I'm a Christian.

Anyway, if a person doesn't wear their religion, atheist or otherwise, on their sleeve then I'm all for them as long as their policies are good.