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26 Things Non-Paul Voters Are Basically Saying
 

Abdel's picture
O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 11:40am

(1) The American political establishment has done a super job keeping our country prosperous and our liberties protected, so I’m sure whatever candidate they push on me is probably a good one.

(2) Our country is basically bankrupt. Unfunded entitlement liabilities are in excess of twice world GDP. Therefore, it’s a good idea to vote for someone who offers no specific spending cuts of any kind.

(3) Vague promises to cut spending are good enough for me, even though they have always resulted in higher spending in the past.

(4) I prefer a candidate who plays to the crowd, instead of having the courage to tell his audience things they may not want to hear.

(5) I am deeply concerned about spending. Therefore, I would like to vote for someone who supported Medicare Part D, thereby adding $7 trillion to Medicare’s unfunded liabilities.

(6) I am opposed to bailouts. Therefore, I will vote for a candidate who supported TARP.

(7) The federal government is much too involved in education, where it has no constitutional role. Therefore, I will vote for a candidate who supported expanding the Department of Education and favored the No Child Left Behind Act.

(8) Even though practically everyone was caught by surprise in the 2008 financial crisis, which we are still reeling from, it’s a good idea not to vote for the one man in politics who predicted exactly what was bound to unfold, all the way back in 2001.

(9) I am not impressed by a candidate who inspires people, especially young ones, to read the great economists and political philosophers.

(10) I am concerned about taxes. Therefore, I will not vote for the one candidate who has never supported a tax increase.

(11) I believe it is conservative to support bringing the Enlightenment to Afghanistan via military intervention.

(12) Even though I lost half my retirement portfolio when the economy crashed from the sugar high the Federal Reserve’s artificially low interest rates put it on, I would like to vote for someone who is not really interested in the Federal Reserve.

(13) Even though 50 years of the embargo on Cuba did nothing to undermine Fidel Castro, and in fact handed him a perfect excuse for all the failures of socialism, I favor continuing this policy.

(14) If someone has a drug problem, prison rape is the best solution I can think of.

(15) Even though the Constitution had to be amended to allow for alcohol prohibition, and even though I claim to care about the Constitution, I don’t mind that there’s no constitutional authorization for the war on drugs, and I will punish at the polls anyone who favors the constitutional solution of returning the issue to the states.

(16) I believe only a “liberal” would think it was inhumane to keep essential items out of Iraq in the 1990s, even though one of the first people to protest this policy was Pat Buchanan.

(17) The Brookings Institution says Newt Gingrich’s 1994 Contract with America was an insignificant nibbling around the edges. I favor people who support insignificant nibbling around the edges, as long as they occasionally trick me with a nice speech.

(18) I am deeply concerned about radical Islam, so it was a good idea to depose the secular Saddam Hussein — who was so despised by Islamists that Osama bin Laden himself offered to fight against him in the 1991 Persian Gulf War — and replace him with a Shiite regime friendly with Iran, while also bringing about a new Iraqi constitution that makes Islam the state religion and forbids any law that contradicts its teachings.

(19) Indefinite detention for U.S. citizens seems like nothing to be worried about, especially since our political class is so trustworthy that it could never abuse such a power.

(20) Following up on (19), I believe Thomas Jefferson was just being paranoid when he said, “In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”

(21) Even though the war in Iraq was based on crude propaganda I would have laughed at if the Soviet Union had peddled it, and even though the result has been hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, four million people displaced, trillions of dollars down the drain, tens of thousands of serious injuries among American servicemen and an epidemic of suicide throughout the military, not to mention the ruination of America’s reputation in the world, I see no reason to be skeptical when the same people who peddled that fiasco urge me to support yet another war as my country is going bankrupt.

(22) I do not trust the media. But when the media tells me I am not to support Ron Paul, who says things he is not allowed to say, I will comply.

(23) I know the media will smear or marginalize anyone who would really fix this country. But when the media smears and marginalizes Ron Paul, I will draw no conclusion from this.

(24) I want to be spoken to like this: “My fellow Americans, you are the awesomest of the awesome, and the only reason anyone in the world might be unhappy with your government is because of your sheer awesomeness.”

(25) I think it’s a good idea to vote for Mitt Romney, whose top three donors are Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley, and a bad idea to vote for Ron Paul, whose top three donors are the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force.

(26) I have not been exploited enough by the cozy relationship between large financial firms and the U.S. government, and I would like to see it continue.

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heister's picture

Do you want to take a dick in

HF
(Neanderthal, 2,465
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 11:54am

Do you want to take a dick in the ass from RP?

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays

Macro Arbitrage's picture

Abdel, aren\'t you Canadian?

HF
(King Kong, 1,369
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 11:58am

Abdel, aren\'t you Canadian?

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

Banker88's picture

Fuckin\' A. SB for you.

IB
(King Kong, 1,650
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 11:59am

Fuckin\' A. SB for you.

Abdel's picture

heister wrote: Do you want to

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 11:59am
heister:

Do you want to take a dick in the ass from RP?

As I expected, no valid counter-argument from your part.

Ron Paul : 1
Heister: 0

heister's picture

Abdel wrote: heister

HF
(Neanderthal, 2,465
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 12:08pm
Abdel:
heister:

Do you want to take a dick in the ass from RP?

As I expected, no valid counter-argument from your part.

Ron Paul : 1
Heister: 0

You misunderstand my comment. I\'m not countering RP. I\'m annoyed at your hard on for him.

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays

Abdel's picture

heister wrote: Abdel

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 12:13pm
heister:
Abdel:
heister:

Do you want to take a dick in the ass from RP?

As I expected, no valid counter-argument from your part.

Ron Paul : 1
Heister: 0

You misunderstand my comment. I\\\'m not countering RP. I\\\'m annoyed at your hard on for him.

Abdel : 1
Heister: 0

Abdel's picture

Macro Arbitrage wrote: Abdel,

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 12:13pm
Macro Arbitrage:

Abdel, aren\\\'t you Canadian?

Indeed I am.

IlliniProgrammer's picture

(27) Rick Santorum is the

ST
(Almost Human, 9,233
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 12:31pm

(27) Rick Santorum is the only viable opposition to Mitt Romney, and I am going to vote for the Oblunderer before I vote for Bush 2.0.

Work hard, play hard.

RagnarDanneskjold's picture

(No subject)

HF
(King Kong, 1,031
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 12:48pm

StoudeMelo's picture

recently, I have become more

ER
(Baboon, 151
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 1:15pm

recently, I have become more open to the idea of RP...but realistically, the guy has a 0% chance of winning right?

although i don't agree with him on foreign issues, i.e.: i agree with a presence in the middle east, i do think he's onto something when he says to cut off aid to the majority of nations and leave places like Korea..he shouldve declared himself a third party candidate a long time ago though, right?

heister's picture

Abdel wrote: heister

HF
(Neanderthal, 2,465
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 1:21pm
Abdel:
heister:
Abdel:
heister:

Do you want to take a dick in the ass from RP?

As I expected, no valid counter-argument from your part.

Ron Paul : 1
Heister: 0

You misunderstand my comment. I\\\'m not countering RP. I\\\'m annoyed at your hard on for him.

Abdel : 1
Heister: 0

Declare an arbitrary win? Yet you call me out on not giving a valid argument. Ok man whatever.

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays

leveRAGE.'s picture

i just don't understand what

ST
(King Kong, 1,161
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 2:13pm

i just don't understand what you think you're going to get out of posting this shit non-stop. it's obvious he has no chance of being on the ticket whether or not you continue to post this stuff. i am big ron paul fan but your non stop propaganda is just getting annoying

UncleMilty's picture

It's not that Ron Paul is

 
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 on 2/10/12 at 2:13pm

It's not that Ron Paul is wrong on some things (like the gold standard, which he is way wrong on and his lack of support for US allies abroad), it's mostly that he's unelectable.

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."
- Oscar Wilde
"Seriously, psychology is for those with two x chromosomes."
- RagnarDanneskjold

accountingbyday's picture

tldr I generally support RP,

CF
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 2:34pm

tldr

I generally support RP, but I also realize that he has zero chance of winning.

Also, I'm sure there are people who aren't going to vote for RP that don't agree with #1 (the only one I read)/

Is your goal to just turn this into Canada vs USA again? I really don't get what your motive is for these posts. You don't believe that you're converting a massive amount of people to support RP do you?

JeffSkilling's picture

leveRAGE. wrote: i just don't

(King Kong, 1,911
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 3:20pm
leveRAGE.:

i just don't understand what you think you're going to get out of posting this shit non-stop. it's obvious he has no chance of being on the ticket whether or not you continue to post this stuff. i am big ron paul fan but your non stop propaganda is just getting annoying

How the fuck can you be a big Ron Paul fan and yet get annoyed at the occasional Ron Paul post?

Abdel keep up the good fight, ignorance runs deep in this country.

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StoudeMelo wrote: although i

(King Kong, 1,911
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 3:29pm
Boothorbust's picture

Skilling, is your argument

O
(King Kong, 1,129
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 3:33pm
Michael Scarn's picture

The original post makes no

(Orangutan, 251
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:01pm
JeffSkilling's picture

Boothorbust wrote: Skilling,

(King Kong, 1,911
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:21pm
UncleMilty's picture

JeffSkilling

 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:23pm

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."
- Oscar Wilde
"Seriously, psychology is for those with two x chromosomes."
- RagnarDanneskjold

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Michael Scarn wrote: The

(King Kong, 1,911
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:24pm
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UncleMilty

(King Kong, 1,911
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:26pm
Abdel's picture

Seems like some people

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:29pm
monkeyc's picture

ron paul would be too

(Orangutan, 340
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:30pm
RagnarDanneskjold's picture

"Nearly 10 years after the

HF
(King Kong, 1,031
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:40pm
Abdel's picture

heister wrote: Abdel

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:33pm
UncleMilty's picture

JeffSkilling

 
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 on 2/10/12 at 4:42pm

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."
- Oscar Wilde
"Seriously, psychology is for those with two x chromosomes."
- RagnarDanneskjold

JeffSkilling's picture

monkeyc wrote: ron paul would

(King Kong, 1,911
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 5:02pm
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UncleMilty

(King Kong, 1,911
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 5:05pm
UncleMilty's picture

JeffSkilling

 
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 on 2/10/12 at 5:08pm

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."
- Oscar Wilde
"Seriously, psychology is for those with two x chromosomes."
- RagnarDanneskjold

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UncleMilty

(King Kong, 1,911
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 5:18pm
UncleMilty's picture

JeffSkilling wrote: Disagree.

 
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 on 2/10/12 at 5:24pm

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."
- Oscar Wilde
"Seriously, psychology is for those with two x chromosomes."
- RagnarDanneskjold

heister's picture

Abdel wrote: heister

HF
(Neanderthal, 2,465
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 5:56pm

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays

pingafrita's picture

The man is not electable

(Baboon, 172
 
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 on 2/10/12 at 6:08pm
Abdel's picture

heister wrote: Abdel

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
Points)
 on 2/10/12 at 6:05pm
djfiii's picture

I think the end game for Ron

 
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 on 2/12/12 at 11:01am
canyonman's picture

I find it astounding that

(Baboon, 112
 
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 on 2/12/12 at 11:23am
djfiii's picture

you're astounded because you

 
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 on 2/12/12 at 11:29am
canyonman's picture

djfiii wrote: you're

(Baboon, 112
 
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 on 2/12/12 at 11:33am
djfiii's picture

1) everyone (almost) in the

 
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 on 2/12/12 at 11:42am
canyonman's picture

djfiii wrote: 1) everyone

(Baboon, 112
 
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 on 2/12/12 at 11:55am
Abdel's picture

djfiii wrote: 1) everyone

O
(Neanderthal, 2,064
 
Points)
 on 2/12/12 at 11:57am
TNA's picture

The majority of people have

O
(Human, 13,508
 
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 on 2/12/12 at 12:31pm

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ANT wrote: The majority of

O
 
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 on 2/12/12 at 12:55pm

"Who am I? I'm the guy that does his job. You must be the other guy."

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Ron Paul is too smart to be

EN
(Orangutan, 312
 
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 on 2/13/12 at 1:38am

The Four E's of investment
"The greatest Enemies of the Equity investor are Expenses and Emotions."- Warren Buffet

Romneybot's picture

You forgot one. "Ron Paul is

IB
 
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 on 2/14/12 at 5:47pm
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MonkeyWrench wrote: ANT

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 on 2/14/12 at 6:00pm
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Romneybot

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 on 2/14/12 at 7:36pm

"Who am I? I'm the guy that does his job. You must be the other guy."

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Romneybot wrote: You forgot

(King Kong, 1,911
 
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 on 2/14/12 at 8:45pm
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MonkeyWrench wrote: ANT

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,970
 
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 on 2/14/12 at 9:29pm

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