Off Topic: Ron Paul leads in Iowa

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(12-20-2011 01:58 AM)mcsupersport Wrote:  My biggest problem with Paul is his foreign policy or should I say lack of one that isn't 1939ish or 1905ish. You can't operate a modern superpower and maintain that distinction by acting like a turtle and pulling back into your shell. Now truly we don't need to be every place we currently are, but too often he has called for the complete dismantling of the forward bases around the world that would allow us to respond quickly to the issues we should.

Personally anyone who says they would rather vote for Obama than any of the Repub candidates worries me, because they haven't really been looking around and seeing what is happening or going to happen if he stays in office. The regulations on business, ie healthcare, Unions, EPA, and added oversite rules, plus the Supreme Court judges to be appointed, plus the horrid foreign policy, plus the class warfare rhetoric, plus the out of control spending all add up to issues that could destroy our current way of life and country. Mind you, I am not saying the Repubs are perfect or even totally what we need, but at least it might slow down some of the issues until we can kick enough of the bums out to maybe actually change things enough to make a difference.

Where we are is distressing. I'm also disappointed with the pres. But to not acknowledge that the vast majority of where we are now came about during Bush II, is disingenuous. We went from budget surpluses to deficits, and the things requiring bailouts occurred during that term. Even the bailout occurred then.

I think the way Obama has handled banking and a few other things hasn't been good, but the previous guy came into a country working...and made it cease to function, primarily due to overreaching tax cuts to the wealthy combined with two wars, and a general big government policy.

That doesn't turn around in 2 or 3 years when there is a global economic recession.

I'm not fond of any of the people right now, but at least place the blame where it lies. It's like lighting a house on fire, and then when it's half way burned, blaming the man who came with a bucket of water for not getting the fire under control fast enough. And this should be a warning to anyone who thinks the Pres has no power. I thought that until Bush. They have little power for great good, but they have a lot of power to destroy the country quickly.