Jerrod Ankenman (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} hgfalling) wrote,@ 2008-01-24 18:33:00 |
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A few political thoughts
The candidate selection processes are moving along nicely, and I thought I'd share a few thoughts.
The emergence of John McCain as the GOP frontrunner makes me happy, but also makes me a bit torn. I will probably still vote for Ron Paul in the primary for reasons previously discussed all over the place, especially atextempore. Basically, I think the gist is, wrong politician, right ideas.
Beyond Ron Paul, though, I'm far more comfortable with McCain as a candidate than with any of the other candidates on either side. I'm troubled by his position on campaign finance, and I'm not rejoicing in his candidacy. But to my mind, he's the least flawed of a deeply flawed group of candidates.
My mom asked me (she's a lifelong Democrat) who I would vote for if I were voting in the Democratic primary. I said without hesitation, "Hillary. She's the more divisive candidate. And if a Democrat is going to win, I want division. I want partisanship. I want bickering and infighting so that nothing gets done and the government can't spend any more money because they can't agree on how to spend it." I have this fear that Obama will get elected and he'll be able to achieve his vision of uniting Republicans and Democrats and ushering in an era of peaceful coexistence and cooperation between the big spenders from the right and the big spenders from the left. *shudder*
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h
"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
Rudy Giuliani is a statist thug. It shouldn't surprise you that someone who support Ron Paul anti-supports Rudy.
Michelle has the best line about Mitt Romney. Everyone I've told this to has burst out laughing, so I'll just put it out there: "People keep speculating about what Romney will do when he's President. But he won't be running for anything then, so how will he decide?"
As for Kevin Spacey, I think he's done now that he lost SC by 3%. I might buy a lot of him at like 2% on Intrade, as an emotional hedge. If he does win the nomination, at least I'll have the cash. And wouldn't it be hilarious if John Edwards hung in the race and picked up enough 15%s to play kingmaker at the DNC? Actually, no, it would mean that Obama would be nominated.
So my list at the moment is:
Ron Paul
John McCain
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama/Mitt Romney
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
The candidate selection processes are moving along nicely, and I thought I'd share a few thoughts.
The emergence of John McCain as the GOP frontrunner makes me happy, but also makes me a bit torn. I will probably still vote for Ron Paul in the primary for reasons previously discussed all over the place, especially at
extempore. Basically, I think the gist is, wrong politician, right ideas. Beyond Ron Paul, though, I'm far more comfortable with McCain as a candidate than with any of the other candidates on either side. I'm troubled by his position on campaign finance, and I'm not rejoicing in his candidacy. But to my mind, he's the least flawed of a deeply flawed group of candidates.
My mom asked me (she's a lifelong Democrat) who I would vote for if I were voting in the Democratic primary. I said without hesitation, "Hillary. She's the more divisive candidate. And if a Democrat is going to win, I want division. I want partisanship. I want bickering and infighting so that nothing gets done and the government can't spend any more money because they can't agree on how to spend it." I have this fear that Obama will get elected and he'll be able to achieve his vision of uniting Republicans and Democrats and ushering in an era of peaceful coexistence and cooperation between the big spenders from the right and the big spenders from the left. *shudder*
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h
"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
Rudy Giuliani is a statist thug. It shouldn't surprise you that someone who support Ron Paul anti-supports Rudy.
Michelle has the best line about Mitt Romney. Everyone I've told this to has burst out laughing, so I'll just put it out there: "People keep speculating about what Romney will do when he's President. But he won't be running for anything then, so how will he decide?"
As for Kevin Spacey, I think he's done now that he lost SC by 3%. I might buy a lot of him at like 2% on Intrade, as an emotional hedge. If he does win the nomination, at least I'll have the cash. And wouldn't it be hilarious if John Edwards hung in the race and picked up enough 15%s to play kingmaker at the DNC? Actually, no, it would mean that Obama would be nominated.
So my list at the moment is:
Ron Paul
John McCain
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama/Mitt Romney
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
