if the general election was between McCain and Ron Paul

[Syrinx]

Poll question: if the general election was between McCain and Ron Paul

I would vote Ron Paul.

At least I agree with him about some stuff.

[bowens43]

1. Ron Paul is complete nut job.

Have you ever actually listened to the man? He's insane.

[Syrinx]

3. I agree with lowercase libertarianism

Not the uppercase kind.

I disagree with McCain about just about everything.

[DainBramaged]

18. You need to agree with upper case DEMOCRATS first

Fuck Ron Paul and Gramps.

[Syrinx]

19. I Do

But I would pick Ron Paul, who is against torture, ahead of John McCain who voted for torture, after speaking out against torture.

John McCain is a sorry sack of shit.

He is a fake and a phony. Do you really want to defend him here?

[DainBramaged]

20. This poll is a defense of BOTH of them

It is as odious to me as a Nader poll. You shouldn't be trolling for Republican sympathies on DU. But obviously you think you can.

[Syrinx]

24. you are mistaken

If you read my journal for one second, it is obvious that I'm no Republican. Maybe you are.

My poll was specific. Faced with two strands of conservatism, which would you favor?

Our current system of corruption, or one based on reason?

You have answered for yourself! Congratulations for America!

Barack Obama is about to shatter both of those conceptions of conservatism!

He is about to unleash the arm and power of liberalism on you, and you can't stand it!

You can't stand it!

I love it!

[DainBramaged]

27. There is NO favoring of Conservatism, period, especially on DU

And journals are like assholes, everyone can have one. Except some are disguised with perfume.

You even use Freeper tactics of trying to turn your own words on the person who sees through the bullshit.

And don't try the Obama card here either. It's as transparent as you are.

[Syrinx]

29. be my monkey, and fling the feces

[The Stranger]

36. Easy with the witch hunt there, DainBramaged.

Various politicians have good and bad views, and there are nuances in policy people should be able to discuss here without having to worry about being attacked by you.

Besides, there are Constitutional issues and questions of high crimes and misdemeanors that are apolitical and that some Democrats have taken the wrong position on. We are free to discuss this as well.

[Unbowed]

2. You need another choice in this poll.

These guys are both certifiably insane.

[Syrinx]

4. maybe

But that's the choice in this poll. :D

[Unbowed]

13. How sadistic!

At least it's making us appreciate the other choice we have.

:rofl:

[Syrinx]

15. Obama!

or hillary.

:rofl:

[Unbowed]

51. Yup. Much better choices. :-) n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

5. How about a 3rd choice - "Shoot me now!"

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[Syrinx]

8. don't be nasty

It's just a what if.

[DainBramaged]

10. Here's a what if, take your Freeper poll and put it where Gramps puts his

edema.

[Syrinx]

14. I'm sure you could be banned for that post

EDIT: Let me note that the post I'm replying to was edited. I didn't save the original.

If only it were intelligible.

Why the hell are you messing with me?

[Tesha]

7. "McCain -- He's *NOT* Insane!"

('Sounds like an old Firesign Theatre routine,
but there you have it.)

[Nickster]

16. "McCain: He's only 10 in dog years!"

[Kitty Herder]

9. Ron Paul says some good things. And some really bad things.

At least he has some respect for the constitution.

[Syrinx]

17. EXACTLY!

like no Republican at all!

[lonestarnot]

11. Ugh.... hugh ugh.

[Perry Logan]

12. Talk about a "Hobson's choice."

[Ian David]

21. Both McCain and Ron Paul would destroy the country economically. However...

Only McCain would deliberately trigger a global nuclear war and kill us all.

And if either of them became president, it would be the last time the office would ever go to a Republican.

[B Calm]

22. A poll for two whacked out republicans on DU....

[Tesha]

23. You know, it actually alarms me that Ron Paul is winning this poll.

DU must have a lot more people who are "totally disconnected
from reality" than I've previously assumed.

Or maybe it's the "this poll is so stupid I'll hack it" vote.

Tesha

[DainBramaged]

25. No, this is one of those "let's throw a Freeper wrench in the works" OP

It's amazing what you can get away with on DU lately.:eyes:

[Syrinx]

30. tell me what the fuck you mean by that!

Tell me!

[Ian David]

26. Honestly, I think both choices are absolute nightmares. But if i HAD to choose...

I would choose the one who isn't dead set on blowing-up the world.

Granted, they're both stupid, crazy nutbags.

I would take any Democrat-- except Joe Biden-- over Ron Paul.

[Syrinx]

28. of course, Paul would be a terrible president

McCain has all his worst properties, and none of his best.

I'm not speaking a foreign language!

[ThomWV]

31. It is not possible to underestimate what a disaster a Ron Paul Presidency would be.

Even McCain would be infinitly better. I would take Mitt Romney or that faker Huckabee before Ron Paul because as much as I disagree with each of them they are at least rational - Ron Paul, and his supporters, are not.

[Tesha]

33. Thank you -- well said. (NT)

[wuushew]

43. Paul could be voted out or a more hostile Congress voted in

there is no way to undo the damage McCain would cause in foreign policy.

Besides if he is half the disaster you claim he is then I finally would get a ring side seat for the under utilized tool of impeachment.

[SidDithers]

32. Neither...nt

Sid

[edhopper]

34. This is like one of those

late night drunk at the bar questions.
"Who would you rather do?"

[Anarcho-Socialist]

35. The neocon versus the fascist

what a choice.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. I'd write in Al Gore

How's that for evading the question? Wow, I could run for Congress.

[El Pinko]

38. I wouldn't vote for either.

A right-wing poor-hating flat-tax libertarian a-hole is no better than a right-wing war-pig thug, IMHO.

[LeftishBrit]

39. I wouldn't vote for either!!!

If I HAD to, it would probably be McCain; but in practice I would probably write in my neighbour's cat, if there were no third-party candidate.

Yeurrggggghhhh, talk about the stuff of nightmares. And I thought choosing between Blair and Michael Howard was bad enough (I didn't; I voted for our third party, the LibDems).

[Anarcho-Socialist]

40. I would vote for your neighbour's cat too

I'd vote a straight kitteh ticket.

[LeftishBrit]

48. I'm sure it would be a much better ticket than many!

Purr!

[baldguy]

41. Then America would be dead.

[iamthebandfanman]

42. while i agree with paul on some things

his views on other things are so drastically different than mine i couldnt support him.

id rather have the status quo than some of the things i dont agree with him with.

[Iggo]

44. I agree that the trains should run on time.

But that doesn't mean I'd vote for either of those emmer-effers.

[fujiyama]

45. Ron Paul over McCain

Paul is still nuts though.

But fuck McCain and his delusional 100 year commitment in Iraq. Until the US is out of Iraq, nothing will be accomplished domestically and our moral standing in the world will continue to be shit.

[underpants]

46. Having read "Angrey White Man" about his newsletters I could never vote for him

ever

He is by far the most dangerous candidate ever to be allowed access to the media at this level and stage of a Presidential campaign.

[Johonny]

47. Err

where's the "I wouldn't vote" because that's the real winner.

[Ikonoklast]

49. I'd vote for the old wrinkled crazy nut-job

You pick which one, they're both lunatics in my opinion.

[blondeatlast]

50. Limey the antisocial cockatiel. That's my pet bird, and he'd run rings around either of them. nt