Ron Paul to end active campaigning

[Twippit]

Today is a sad, sad day. I guess that means Romney for GOP... Reactions? Who else is sad? Is Romney a good replacement for Paul? Or shall we hide in our bunkers?

[the red soldier]

You know, considering his delegate count and how no one took him seriously, this isn't that big of a surprise. Sure I would liked that he became President but dreams don't always come true...

[Insomniac]

I haven't followed Romney as much as I have Paul. Should I just deal with it, root for him, root for someone else, or find a fallout shelter and learn some prayers?

[MeaCulpa, S.C.M.]

Romney is like

captain bland and captain duplicitous rolled into one

And Obama is like

captain drone war and world's largest electronic spying facility
and captain $15T Deficit
so I guess I can vote for Romney, let him be pretty much spineless and ineffectual, and then hopefully vote a non-prokaryote into office.

[Kinuki]

I congratulate Mr. Obama to his second term!

He shall continue to lead America out of its crises.

[MeaCulpa, S.C.M.]

I congratulate Mr. Obama to his second term!

He shall continue to lead America out of its crises.

Yeah!

[Twippit]

I congratulate Mr. Obama to his second term!

He shall continue to lead America out of its crises.

Yeah!

Great... Thanks for my dreamfuel for tonight...

[MeaCulpa, S.C.M.]

I congratulate Mr. Obama to his second term!

He shall continue to lead America out of its crises.

Yeah!

Great... Thanks for my dreamfuel for tonight...

Oh, that's not nightmare fuel!

this is!

[Twippit]

I congratulate Mr. Obama to his second term!

He shall continue to lead America out of its crises.

Yeah!

Great... Thanks for my dreamfuel for tonight...

Oh, that's not nightmare fuel!

this is!

First thought: "I shouldn't click that. This is a bad idea-"
*Click*
After reading: "DEAR GOD I AM GETTING OFF THIS COMPUTER RIGHT NOW GOODBYE"

[TinyVoices]

Heh, I still can't believe how many times he's tried, though. That’s what surprised me most: he’s got some good ideas, but has tried so many times that no one wants to listen anymore. (Remember, I'm a young’un still. Only noticed politics thanks to Obama hype in '08.)

Well, even before anyone told me about Paul or Romney, I didn't feel Obama would be a good choice.

Besides, my vote doesn't count for spit in the wind, so I'm just going to vote to get the experience under my belt some. Clearly not going democrat (besides, too late. Unless my voting registration thing doesn't go through), and so guess who my choice is most likely going to be.

[AlfaWskyDlta]

Both Romney and Obama look like they're going to lead us to Blandy McSamesville to me. That is, ignoring all the major crisis type problems in favor of largely unimportant things like web censorship. Of coarse, lobbyists are probably the biggest cause of that but that's a different rant all together.

And Obama is like...captain $15T Deficit

Yes. Because ALL of that debt accumulated in the four years he's had in office. Please take your irrational scapegoat mentality somewhere else please. KTHNXBYE.

[TinyVoices]

-hey now-

Chill chill.

Remember that it's all just a douche bag vs [censored] sandwich situation for many. But it isn't worth a flame war over. Now, let's get off the internet, and go beat up a random punching bag? Or start a group therapy with Keith?

[BaronVictor]

I think people put way too much stake in the office of the President. Really, if you look at the powers of the President, there's not much that they can do with regards to some of the real problems facing the country. Sure they can Veto laws, but if those laws never get enough votes to pass in the first place, then it doesn't matter much, and with the partisanship of Congress, it's not like it used to be, where the President could put pressure onto the Legislative branch to pass laws, at least not as much as they used to.

Which is one of the reasons I really dislike the way the Constitution is set up. Despite the founding fathers writing on how dangerous political parties (then called "factions") would be to the political process, they set up a government of "winner take all" elections, which create two-party states, as well as blurring the lines between the parties; Republicans know they're going to get the Right wing, and Democrats know they're going to get the Left-wing, but both are forced to play more to the center (Dems moreso, at least in recent years) than they would ideologically prefer, in order to keep themselves from alienating the middle. For all the Rhetoric that is spewed out about Obama being a socialist, or a fascist, or whatever, they fail to note that many of the policies he has had are continuations of Bush policy; They keep dramatizing the differences, without noticing that there isn't much difference at all between the policies (except, as AlfaWskyDelta, stated, in the unimportant stuff).

I will probably vote in the Election, but I don't think I'll vote for either Obama or Romney. I don't know exactly how protest votes work, but the current winner of my vote would be a write in for Victor Hugo.

I'll get off my soap box now.

Edit: And no, this does not mean I support Ron Paul, just because he's "different" from the other two parties. He's got a couple good points, but I wouldn't want to live in a nation controlled by him. I'm sorry, there's just too much muck you have to dig through to get to the gems of his ideological points.

[MeaCulpa, S.C.M.]

Baron: I hear you. The powers of the president are waaay over-estimated. To be honest, I think a president will do one or two really significant things for the country that we can really base our decisions off of in time for the next election.

And I've heard tons of people talking about how Obama's policies are continuations of Bush policies. Specifically, conservatives who got tired of Bush.

[avwolf]

To drag the thread kicking and screaming back to Ron Paul, the word in some circles is that Dr. Paul is playing the long game. Since the caucuses are all over, he doesn't have a reason to stay in this nomination session, his goal was only to spread influence, not really to gain the nomination. This allows him to get a lot of supporters into useful positions for the future, perhaps a run by Rand in 2016. As one of my buddies said, "He's getting his supporters in place - particularly in caucus states - and getting people used to his ideas, the better to portray his son as more 'in touch' than his grumpy, irascible father."