tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4206649228156168166..comments2024-03-29T04:31:25.034-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: So what about the 2012 Presidential election?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82134759607102716742011-05-19T18:50:02.029-05:002011-05-19T18:50:02.029-05:00I did a 2012 Tea Party Straw Poll and was not even...I did a 2012 Tea Party Straw Poll and was not even aware of who Gary Johnson was/is. In this poll he comes in as 21/28. I went to his website, and shall pay more attention.<br />If you are interested, the site for the Straw Poll I took is: http://www.libertylabdev.com/PresMatchup2012/Results_All.aspx?id=8731d460-e30c-4822-b9b0-6983a3f7d6c8trailbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830065132795330618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82590881421634831502011-05-18T17:13:26.505-05:002011-05-18T17:13:26.505-05:00I'll be voting for Johnson as well. Doesn'...I'll be voting for Johnson as well. Doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, but he's got Paul's libertarian principles with some closer contact with reality.<br /><br />Plus he's a <i>tough</i> son of a bitch, which always counts for something.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76979430175477921532011-05-18T10:40:00.840-05:002011-05-18T10:40:00.840-05:00To Wraith: I can see where you were upset. CA has ...To Wraith: I can see where you were upset. CA has 163,695 sq. mi and 58 Indian Casinos and 90! Poker Casinos, one casino for every 2822 sq mi or one poker casino for every 1818 sq mi. Whereas MN only has 18 Casinos to 86,938 sq. mi., one casino for 4829 sq mi. The sq mi include water, of which you have a lot, compared to CA., so that when CA decided to tax the sovereign Indian Nations it was a way to retrieve some of the lost tax monies. Looking at the MN map and figures, I can see where there would have been some serious grumbling.<br />(I took these figures from the net.)trailbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830065132795330618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70287597143654003392011-05-18T05:40:12.186-05:002011-05-18T05:40:12.186-05:00Keep the faith, Pete. I really agree with your ta...Keep the faith, Pete. I really agree with your take re: the lousy choices on the board.<br />The best is the enemy of the possible. We need to go for possible - nay, baby steps - before the inscrutable DC mess can be unscrewed, and this country has a firm footing again.The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33242815265210942202011-05-17T23:37:46.538-05:002011-05-17T23:37:46.538-05:00Pawlenty...? Well, my beef with him is that he wa...Pawlenty...? Well, my beef with him is that he wanted to tax the Indian casinos back in the day when I lived in MN. (My wife is Cheyenne/Sioux, so you can imagine how yet another screwing of the Native folk was recieved around our house.) Fiscal responsibility != treaty-breaking.<br /><br />So, my pick is Palin/Cain/West/Bachmann. Or any combination thereof.<br /><br />Remember when we couldn't find a decent candidate? Now we have a plethora of them! It's going to be a very interesting election year.Wraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791730539181731523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70042596928835187382011-05-17T21:26:28.854-05:002011-05-17T21:26:28.854-05:00I know I'm about to get it in the neck here, a...I know I'm about to get it in the neck here, and I accept full responsibility for my words and won't be upset. <br />I would have said yes to Allan West, but he just voted against the repeal of Obamacare, so I'm stuck. I'm not certain enough people would vote for Bachmann or Palin because they are women. I know this sounds so sexist, but there you have it. I think rogue or not, had McCain picked a man, he could have won. However there was this media hype about the troll, and all that money floating around, there is no way anyone else could have beat him.<br />Please, don't get me wrong, I really like Sarah Palin, but would prefer to see her as a Senator to help the Republicans, than have her run a losing campaign. Now, if Hillary got the nod, then yes, run Palin, and Cain/Pailin or Palin/Cain might work well. I'm not certain about Bachmann, don't know enough yet to decide.<br />My personal choice would be Pawlenty. Ok, have at it! :)trailbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830065132795330618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91590732400456709732011-05-17T13:36:13.074-05:002011-05-17T13:36:13.074-05:00If I had to choose a Democrat, I would prefer Hill...If I had to choose a Democrat, I would prefer Hillary Clinton over Obama. She has that "in control" feel going on, which alone makes me feel that she's more qualified than he is.<br /><br />The Republican candidates are such a mess that I don't know who to go for. Palin seems like my only option, if only for the massive amounts of trolling value. I think some of the extreme left-wingers would spontaneously combust at the sheer sight of her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73378830651607457932011-05-17T11:52:33.461-05:002011-05-17T11:52:33.461-05:00We need to convince LTC (ret.) Allen West of FL to...We need to convince LTC (ret.) Allen West of FL to run. Doubt he'd do it, but I'd vote for him over anybody mentioned so far.Shrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29535706778993966602011-05-17T10:59:33.241-05:002011-05-17T10:59:33.241-05:00I'm voting for Gary Johnson.I'm voting for Gary Johnson.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52132241346950134382011-05-17T07:59:15.975-05:002011-05-17T07:59:15.975-05:00I would totally vote for a Cain/Palin or Palin/Cai...I would totally vote for a Cain/Palin or Palin/Cain ticket. They're both relative outsiders, and I've heard what both of them have said on many issues, many times. <br /><br />Everyone else, except maybe Ron Paul, seems like a joke. <br /><br />And while it *might* be possible for someone on the Democratic side to earn my vote, I think it highly unlikely that they'd ever win the Democratic nomination.Dirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353273036394049597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2490794358089847832011-05-17T07:31:57.766-05:002011-05-17T07:31:57.766-05:00I don't know that he meets all of the criteria...I don't know that he meets all of the criteria, and his biggest drawback is that he isn't as well known as the career politicians but I'll say it again... Herman Cain for President. I've heard his stand on the issues and he's someone I can get behind in spite of the people already calling him names.Tim Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41658692404158245262011-05-17T07:04:26.787-05:002011-05-17T07:04:26.787-05:00Dang Peter, your analysis is spot on! Coincidental...Dang Peter, your analysis is spot on! Coincidentally, it agrees with my own <;)<br /><br />I get an intuitive sense that Ms. Palin or Bachmann are good people. I consider the "mainstream" candidates to be jokes or worse. As to experience, we've just lived through the two years worth of amateur hour of the most extreme sort I've ever seen, so how could it be worse with a good person--albeit a bit short on experience--at the helm?<br /><br />LeatherneckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13051927169103996522011-05-17T06:34:39.184-05:002011-05-17T06:34:39.184-05:00I agree.
Regarding Palin and Bachmann, inexperien...I agree.<br /><br />Regarding Palin and Bachmann, inexperience is acceptable, ignorance is not.<br /><br />Where the hell are the Moderates? (Once again, thank you, FoxNews for creating an environment in which extremists if every ilk are screaming so loudly that no rational ideas can be heard.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896718673192738974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65927763983130981932011-05-17T05:25:29.086-05:002011-05-17T05:25:29.086-05:00I can't really see Bachmann or Palin as viable...I can't really see Bachmann or Palin as viable candidates, for much the same reasons I can't see Huckabee as one.<br /><br />Then again, I can't see <i>any</i> viable candidates, fullstop.<br /><br />Heck Ron Paul is almost starting to look good from lack of competition.Mikaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.com