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04 Dec 2011, 3:53 am

...who would you choose?

This is mainly for the people in the U.S., but anyone can answer.

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04 Dec 2011, 3:58 am

Gingrich ! He's the republican Bill Clinton!

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04 Dec 2011, 3:59 am

I chose Ron Paul, although I feel that Gary Johnson would have been good as well, but he dropped out.

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04 Dec 2011, 9:11 am

Obama.

Also, I think he'd win by a hair if the election were held today. If the debates were held today and the elections a week later, he'd win by strides and bounds: all he would have to do would be to emphasize his strength in ethics and transparency until his opponent brought up one of those fictitious "scandals." I have confidence in Obama's ability to be prepared for these and rip them apart. As soon as people realized they had been royally HAD, they wouldn't touch a Republican with a ten foot pole. Nothing else could more thoroughly guarantee the long-overdue destruction of the GOP.

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04 Dec 2011, 9:38 am

Other: I would write in my own name.

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04 Dec 2011, 9:43 am

Farage or Freysinger.

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04 Dec 2011, 10:40 am

Tequila wrote:

Farage or Freysinger.

Who are those?

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04 Dec 2011, 10:41 am

Fnord wrote:

Other: I would write in my own name.

If it weren't for that stupid rule about having to be 35, I would have actually done that.

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04 Dec 2011, 10:48 am

Other: Inuyasha

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04 Dec 2011, 10:51 am

Tim_Tex wrote:

Tequila wrote:

Farage or Freysinger.

Who are those?

Nigel Farage = Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, an anti-EU political party in the UK which is also national conservative, civic (as opposed to ethnic) nationalist and contains elements of libertarianism. Nigel Farage is himself a libertarian and Farage (and particularly Daniel Hannan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hannan]) would be similar to Ron Paul in the US. More information on UKIP here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKIP) and on Farage specifically here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage). I should declare my own interest: I am a member of UKIP and assisted them in the last two elections.

Oskar Freysinger = a Swiss politician who is an outspoken critic of Islam (even in conservative Switzerland). Freysinger of the national conservative, anti-EU, economic liberal and isolationist Swiss People's Party (SVP). The SVP are famous for their anti-immigration posters. More information on Oskar Freysinger here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Freysinger) and the SVP here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_People's_Party).

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04 Dec 2011, 12:01 pm

I'd take Paul, but would have preferred Gary Johnson. I want Obama out of there, but the Republican front runners are hardly improvements at the moment. I'd probably hold my nose and vote for one if I had to, we'll have to see how things look next November.

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04 Dec 2011, 12:26 pm

Well probably no one, but that option is not listed...I will however vote for the stuff relevent to my state, like I would vote yes to legalize/decriminalize cannabis in my state.

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04 Dec 2011, 12:41 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:

Well probably no one, but that option is not listed...I will however vote for the stuff relevent to my state, like I would vote yes to legalize/decriminalize cannabis in my state.

Why don't you like Ron Paul? He's stated many time how the War on Drugs has been a disaster. Look at California where the people voted to allow medical marijuana, but the Feds came in and shut down the businesses, even though they complied with their state law. So, I wouldn't hold my breath too long if a vote did make cannabis legal in your state. Change needs to come at the Federal level.

I don't know if there are any other candidates with a stance similar to that, I think Cain said he would be at least less tight on marijuana, but he's a goner.

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04 Dec 2011, 2:20 pm

snapcap wrote:

Sweetleaf wrote:

Well probably no one, but that option is not listed...I will however vote for the stuff relevent to my state, like I would vote yes to legalize/decriminalize cannabis in my state.

I do not nessisarly like or dislike him........I agree with him on some points and disagree with him on others, I agree the War on Drugs is a disaster and as far as I am concerned the feds can go to hell. Its more a matter of I doubt even a politician with good intentions could do a whole lot as president as there are quite a few limits on what a president can do.

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04 Dec 2011, 4:34 pm

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In a more peaceful world I would vote for Ron Paul in a minute. But we are surrounded by hostile parties (mostly Muslim) that are making war on us. We need a president who can manage military affairs properly and Ron Paul is not that man.

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04 Dec 2011, 4:36 pm

ruveyn wrote:

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Nor is Obama or any of those others, increasing our military activities to even more regions is not a very good way to avoid making more enemies.

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