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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Which Mad Hatter will win?

Well the Republicans already think they have the 2010 election in the bag and it would probably be good to let them keep thinking that for now. The question that I am chewing on right now is which of the mad hatters they have available will get the nomination for the 2012 election. Palin, Huckabee, and Romney have all made sure to keep their names on the tip of potential voters tongues. So what do these people really stand for? Well what do the republicans stand for.

If we try to boil it down to ideology questions then the first thing we get to is that the government should spend less. Less of course on social issues and more on military doodads and campaigns. Following this notion that government always ruins things and can´t run things we should turn to the stellar way that free enterprise has always worked for the good of mankind (when you can find an example, then please leave a comment). Another one they like to talk about is that government shouldn´t regulate health care, but should ban all forms of abortion. They claim to stand for family values and this has worked with keeping the Dobsonites on board till now. The problem is of course that they don´t really practice what they preach on that one. Their foreign policy is essentially simple: who isn´t for us (giving us troops for our wars and bases) is against us and socialist etc. They also seem to believe that the US is not capable of commiting wrongs (please tell this to the Slaves, the people of Iraq, and countless other countries they have meddled in).

From what I have boiled down so far I get a party that I wouldn´t vote for in my worst nightmares. These are some candidates that creep me out.

1 comment:

1,000DeadEnds said...

I really hope they run Palin so she can drum up her loyal fan base and then implode on the campaign trail. She might have taken her time out of office and off the campaign trail to actually learn about the issues and look more like a serious contender in 2012, but there seems little danger of that. So far it's just more of the self-preening and scare-mongering. I'd love to see HER debate Obama.

And I really, really hope the GOP runs her in 2012.

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