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In reply to the discussion: Whom do you want as the Repuke nominee in 2012 and why? Given all the [View all]denverbill
(11,489 posts)Frankly, I'm not all that unsure if I would vote for Obama or Paul.
I'm a former libertarian who gave up on libertarian philosophy long, long ago. I think libertarian economic theory is simplistic and unworkable, as unworkable as communism. 'It sounds good in theory' as they always used to say about communism.
That being said, Paul's stands on foreign policy, the drug war, and against domestic spying are definitely better than Obama's.
And Obama, even with complete control of Congress for 2 years, didn't exactly do anything George W wouldn't have been proud of domestically. He could have allow reimportation of drugs and saved Americans billions but he threw that out the window before the debates even started. He could have broken up the 'too big to fail' banks. He could have ended the Bush tax cuts. He could have ended the war on drugs. Instead he gave us a health care plan with no public option that mandates everyone to buy health insurance. Oddly, that was a Heritage Foundation plan from the 1990's, a libertarian think-tank plan.
I haven't voted for anyone but a Democrat for President since I voted for Ford in 1976 in my first election. But if Paul wins, that might change. His economic policies might suck, but with trillion dollar deficits, he will be limited in what he can do there. At least his foreign policies would be an improvement.