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Please Select your Pick for the 2012 Presidential Race.

Newt Gingrich (R)
75 (20.7%)
John Huntsman (R)
1 (0.3%)
Ron Paul (R)
120 (33.1%)
Rick Perry (R)
5 (1.4%)
Mit Romney (R)
44 (12.2%)
Rick Santorum (R)
51 (14.1%)
Barak Obama (D)
16 (4.4%)
OTHER / None of the Above
50 (13.8%)

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Who is your Presidential Pick?
« on: January 08, 2012, 12:09:57 PM »
please note that you are allowed to change your vote at anytime if you so choose.


It is not required but if you are so inclined please tell us why you have chosen who you have. This is not a bashing thread so DO NOT make it one.


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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 12:16:50 PM »
Honestly, it's because I wasn't sure so I went on one of those questionaire sites where they ask you questions about how you feel about certain subjects and Paul came out on top
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 12:21:28 PM »
I voted for Mit Romney & Rick Santorum as I believe they can actually win.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 12:30:20 PM »
Whichever Republican wins the nomination, I will vote for.  There is no clear leader at this point.  I think Newt is the most suitable, but I don't believe he can win.
Thank you for your comment on the subject but I would like to keep this post more on topic. I am a inquisitive person and I would like to know WHO YOUR PICK is and why. I want to see how many people are really paying attention to this presidential race and who has taken the time to research the candidates and the stance they take on important issues.
So if you have not looked at those running and made a choice of who you like then you are not ready to post in this thread. Please check back once you have chosen a candidate.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2012, 12:42:51 PM »
  I pick Ron Paul because he is the only one that will not continue the Bush/Obama assault on the constitution.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2012, 12:51:30 PM »
Ron Paul is the only one that offers a future for our children. Ron Paul is giving solutions that will get the long term results that we need. ear
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2012, 02:02:38 PM »
History tells us that capital will always flees a restrictive environment moving to a more free environment. That free environment is what made America a great nation and that is also why, for the last many years,  you are witnessing  a regression in our standard of living.


That is why I will vote for the only candidate who has spent his life fighting for the cause of liberty, freedom, and Constitutional rights with a limited government, Ron Paul.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2012, 02:16:32 PM »
When I get beyond the media lies and hype, Ron Paul is the clear winner for me.

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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2012, 05:50:47 PM »
I'll support Ron Paul in the Alabama primary tho by the time we hold ours it might all be over and done since we hold ours so late. I'm not sure I can hold my nose and vote for the rest. I know I can't support Romney or Newt as I see neither as being any better than what we now have. I might could support Huntsman if he got the nomination but he won't so that's a moot point.

I'd have to think hard about Santorum but in the end don't think I can support him or Perry either. So really if Paul fails to get the nomination I'll prolly just write in none of the above come November election. The rest of them are just more clones of what we've had for so long that's got us where we are.


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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2012, 10:02:07 AM »
Although I do align myself with most of Paul's ideology, I didn't pick him because 1, I don't think he can capture the middle to beat Obama, and 2, he needs to get congress to go along with him and I don't see that happening. I did pick Mitt Romney because 1. he looks and acts presidential, 2. he has real world experience saving companies and creating jobs, 3. the left is gonna vote left, the right is gonna vote right, and this election is going to be decided by the moderates in the middle. Romney has the best shot at those votes. I do get a chuckle at the attempts by his competitors and the media to paint him as not conservative enough. Do his detractors actually think he'll nominate liberal judges or veto a balanced budget amendment passed by a Republican legislature? Of course not, so what does it matter if he had previously made some consessions to survive in the blue atmosphere of Massatuchits. To me, it's just another feather in his cap. It doesn't matter what Ron paul's ideas are if he doesn't win. I'm unwilling to take the slightest chance on Obama being around four more years, I don't think the country can recover from that.

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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2012, 10:39:57 AM »
Although I do align myself with most of Paul's ideology, I didn't pick him because 1, I don't think he can capture the middle to beat Obama, and 2, he needs to get congress to go along with him and I don't see that happening. I did pick Mitt Romney because 1. he looks and acts presidential, 2. he has real world experience saving companies and creating jobs, 3. the left is gonna vote left, the right is gonna vote right, and this election is going to be decided by the moderates in the middle. Romney has the best shot at those votes. I do get a chuckle at the attempts by his competitors and the media to paint him as not conservative enough. Do his detractors actually think he'll nominate liberal judges or veto a balanced budget amendment passed by a Republican legislature? Of course not, so what does it matter if he had previously made some consessions to survive in the blue atmosphere of Massatuchits. To me, it's just another feather in his cap. It doesn't matter what Ron paul's ideas are if he doesn't win. I'm unwilling to take the slightest chance on Obama being around four more years, I don't think the country can recover from that.

R.P. led Romney 8 to 1 in the independent vote in Iowa. Doesn't that represent the middle vote?
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2012, 11:30:55 AM »
Although I do align myself with most of Paul's ideology, I didn't pick him because 1, I don't think he can capture the middle to beat Obama, and 2, he needs to get congress to go along with him and I don't see that happening. I did pick Mitt Romney because 1. he looks and acts presidential, 2. he has real world experience saving companies and creating jobs, 3. the left is gonna vote left, the right is gonna vote right, and this election is going to be decided by the moderates in the middle. Romney has the best shot at those votes. I do get a chuckle at the attempts by his competitors and the media to paint him as not conservative enough. Do his detractors actually think he'll nominate liberal judges or veto a balanced budget amendment passed by a Republican legislature? Of course not, so what does it matter if he had previously made some consessions to survive in the blue atmosphere of Massatuchits. To me, it's just another feather in his cap. It doesn't matter what Ron paul's ideas are if he doesn't win. I'm unwilling to take the slightest chance on Obama being around four more years, I don't think the country can recover from that.


R.P. led Romney 8 to 1 in the independent vote in Iowa. Doesn't that represent the middle vote?
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2012, 12:13:39 PM »

 My grandchildren will grow up in a country my father wouldn't recognize.


Though I agree this is not the thread for this discussion.


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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2012, 02:07:17 PM »
I voted for Ron Paul because I care about individual LIBERTY and believe in the ideals of our CONSTITUTION. He is the only candidate willing to fight for Liberty for all and uphold our most sacred document!
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2012, 02:28:43 PM »
I picked Santorum.  RP won't win, and if by some chance he did, he wouldn't be able to do anything.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2012, 05:14:49 PM »
I don't trust Romney cause he comes across as a fake conservative. His record as governor to me smacks too much like a left leaning Rhino. Santorum remains an unknown to me, although on the surface he comes across as having some solid conservative values. Ron Paul is too far out for me to take him seriously, and the danger is if he runs against Obama it will be a shoe in for the Obamination.  So far Gingrich has a lot of baggage, but he is an idea man and not afraid to rock the boat and say what he thinks.
So in the final analysis I have to go with Gingrich, although he is certainly not the most perfect GOP candidate by any stretch of the imagination.  What we want is someone who is most likely to beat Obama. We cannot afford another 4 years of his left leaning economic bashing policies.

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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2012, 02:15:55 AM »
Ron Paul!  All the rest are cut from the same cloth.....  Any vote for anyone other than Ron Paul is a vote for 4 years of the same BS....

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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2012, 02:56:58 AM »
Ron Paul is my pick.  His views on economics, foreign policy, and mostly his support of the constitution are most in line with my own.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2012, 05:04:04 AM »
Newt,  because he's the smartest one of the bunch.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2012, 04:22:26 PM »
I live in NH and voted for Ron Paul today. He has a spotless record on the 2nd Amendment unlike the other used car salesmen that are running. His voting record has always been aligned with the Constitution. He is the only candidate that talks about liberty. The other candidates have all voted yes on bills that violate the Constitution so liberty means nothing to them.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2012, 04:45:42 PM »
I live in NH and voted for Ron Paul today. He has a spotless record on the 2nd Amendment unlike the other used car salesmen that are running. His voting record has always been aligned with the Constitution. He is the only candidate that talks about liberty. The other candidates have all voted yes on bills that violate the Constitution so liberty means nothing to them.

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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2012, 06:07:14 PM »
News tonight said Romney "swept NH".

He took 35% of the vote to Ron Paul's 25% and he SWEPT the primary so says the news. They are all ignoring the new Republican rule that allocates the delegates in all the early primaries and caucuses. I believe NH has 12 delegates and with 35% that means Romney should get FOUR to Ron Paul's THREE. They got the same number in Iowa so at this time I guess Romney the clean sweeper has a grand total of one more delegate than Ron Paul.

Ya think the news media will ever admit that?


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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2012, 03:18:54 AM »
Florida is a winner takes all state....we'll see what happens here.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2012, 03:24:35 AM »
I believe that delegates in NH & Iowa CAN vote proportionally but are not bound to vote that way.

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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2012, 05:03:35 AM »
I don't see any point in the "other" box, but as long as it's there, I might check it and write myself in.  On the other hand, I did pick Perry, even though it looks like he has about as much chance as I would have.  At least Perry is presently running a state that is bigger in most ways than a lot of countries and at least by reports, it is doing quite well.
 
My life experience has been that often times the best leaders are not always the brightest, nor the most glib.  Common sense and the ability to keep things in perspective is at least as important as an outward display of high minded thought.
 
In theory, I agree with much of what Ron Paul says--with a few exceptions.  But even if the world were to take a sudden swerve to the right and Paul somehow caught on, at best he could only be a finger in the dike against a majority Congressional coalition that would never take him seriously.  Ron Paul would be over 80 years old in his first term.  With the pressures of the Presidency, it's not irrelevant to ponder which would expire first--the term, or the President.
 
The field will be winnowed down soon enough and no matter who gets the nod, I will vote for the Republican--warts and all and be content that if he wins, the obamunist will be history.  And that will be the best thing to happen for this country in my lifetime.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2012, 05:08:05 AM »
If RP gets the nomination, I'll back him 100%.
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2012, 05:42:01 AM »
Florida is a winner takes all state....we'll see what happens here.

I believe if you'll check you will find that is NOT the case this year. The Republicans changed that so that ALL the early primaries and FL is an early one meaning anything before Super Tuesday has to be split not winner take all.


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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2012, 06:14:44 AM »
I am from Louisiana and was raised as a democrat. Didn't know better at 18 when registered to vote. Over the years ( I am 61) and an old hippy from the 60's. I turned into a republican. I am I dire fear for the well fare of my grand children in the future life under a socialistic life stile the the government is making for their  future. If we have 4 more years of the Obama and democratic congress.  They will be in debt over there heads. GOD NEEDS TO RECLAIM THE USA !!!! We are headed for a one world government an the tribulation times as fortold in Book Of REVALATIONS!!!
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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2012, 07:06:29 AM »
ron paul


he wants to follow the constitution
his opponenets want to folloow what suits them at the monent
and   may make changes that empower democrats or worse


sure  i disagree with a few things  PAUL says
but  he is just more on the side of the constitution


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Re: Who is your Presidential Pick?
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2012, 08:16:21 AM »
Ron because he will appoint consertive judges I hope.
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