the republican candidacy...

[hemi49er]

Obama is an epic disaster. His troop withdrawal from Iraq was in place from the Bush admin. Our military languishes in Afghanistan with no coherent strategy.

His party, the democrats, since taking over the House and Senate in 2007 have almost doubled our national debt - that's right, when Pelosi took the gavel, debt was $8.7 trillion. Blame Bush all you like, dems had 4 years of complete control of Congress and created a disaster - or were so incompetent they did nothing to stop it - either way, a disaster.

Ron Paul is the most sane candidate of any. Contrary to the sky-is-falling crowd, he would not have the power to "privatize everything".

Obama has in 3 years centralized power in ways never seen in America.

He has also directed his shock troops to shut down dispensaries throughout California contrary to state law.

An unmitigated disaster.

[JokersAce]

(Assuming you're not a bot again)The key to tackling a debt is to balance out the tax rate with the spending rate. Reagan started this mess when he unleashed his tax cuts. Bush exasperated it with his own tax cuts. To me, Obama is fucking up by giving more tax breaks to business himself (in an attempt to aid economic growth) when we should just abolish the excessive free trade that has stolen the economy from under us. In the words of a small business owner who attended an Occupy LA rally: "I don't need tax breaks! I need demand!"

Ron Paul would equate to MORE tax breaks. Sure, he says he'll cut spending, but that basically means you're SLASHING GDP, and CUTTING jobs, and TAKING OUT more people from the consumer base.

Yes yes, Ron Paul, the sane man who thinks the earth is 7,000 years old, that global warming is a bunch of bullshit, and evolution is wrong.

[Weedguru_Fire_Inside]

I really couldn't agree more Joker. That was spot on.