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The difference between Obama and Romney is that Romney would be a first term President. I would rather have the guy still trying to get re-elected than the guy who has nothing lose in pursuing his extreme left-wing agenda. Our choices are unfortunate but they have been for a long time now.
 

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It's 2012...

We're 236 years into the American Experiment, and you people are still voting for President as if you were electing a King. Washington would be ashamed. Ask your friends, "which candidate is fit to run the country?" I guarantee not one of them will point out that the President isn't in charge of our nation, simply the Executive Branch of a government with supposedly limited reach.

It doesn't matter who you vote for, Romney is Obama is Romney is Obama. They, and you, are mostly Statists, counter to the very concept the Experiment was based on.

Your voting for who?

It works like this, people run for public office, people vote. Its a right.

See if 2 politicians run and they are exactly alike except for party affilliation, thats not statistism. Even if it goes on for decades.

If 2 parties rise to power and and share ideals and political philosophys, you might have an argument.
But thats not the case. The 2 parties are about equally divided, and slug it out with only temporary gains and losses.

Like you said its been an experiment for 236 yrs. Our Govt, by its design and nature evolves, thats why we vote, thats why it really doesnt matter who the person is that runs, as long as we vote.
 

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It's 2012...

We're 236 years into the American Experiment, and you people are still voting for President as if you were electing a King. Washington would be ashamed. Ask your friends, "which candidate is fit to run the country?" I guarantee not one of them will point out that the President isn't in charge of our nation, simply the Executive Branch of a government with supposedly limited reach.

It doesn't matter who you vote for, Romney is Obama is Romney is Obama. They, and you, are mostly Statists, counter to the very concept the Experiment was based on.

What he said...:clap3:

Romney and Obama are just two shades of the same color of statism.
 

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SirROFL said:
It's 2012...

We're 236 years into the American Experiment, and you people are still voting for President as if you were electing a King. Washington would be ashamed. Ask your friends, "which candidate is fit to run the country?" I guarantee not one of them will point out that the President isn't in charge of our nation, simply the Executive Branch of a government with supposedly limited reach.

It doesn't matter who you vote for, Romney is Obama is Romney is Obama. They, and you, are mostly Statists, counter to the very concept the Experiment was based on.



That is a whole lot of truth for 3:06AM.
 

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Your voting for who?

Paul or Gary Johnson or no one. I will not support a Democratic Statist or a Republican Statist. I won't even vote for Inhofe.

It works like this, people run for public office, people vote. Its a right.

See if 2 politicians run and they are exactly alike except for party affilliation, thats not statistism. Even if it goes on for decades.

If 2 parties rise to power and and share ideals and political philosophys, you might have an argument.
But thats not the case. The 2 parties are about equally divided, and slug it out with only temporary gains and losses.

statism (from Merriam-Webster): concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government often extending to government ownership of industry

Both parties typically support economic controls in a centralized government.

Like you said its been an experiment for 236 yrs. Our Govt, by its design and nature evolves, thats why we vote, thats why it really doesnt matter who the person is that runs, as long as we vote.
This makes no sense. It does matter who runs. If we are given two horrible choices by a terrible two-party system, it does matter. The Republicans are devoted to promoting a conservative moral and social agenda by wrongly using the federal government's power (hence the attack on gay marriage and abortion from a federal level) and strengthening the military industrial complex. The Democrats are devoted to promoting a collectivist economic model and expanding federal powers openly. Both support the War on Drugs and various federal education programs, which is far beyond the reach of the federal government.

We need to have more choices! A third party candidate can't even get on the ballot in Oklahoma!
 

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Slugger, i get your point, and understand what a statist is. Generally speaking the parties are similar and Generally speaking it doesnt matter who runs for office, if they belong to either party the differences are negliable.

A third party on a Oklahoma ballot would be great, but thats not the case.

If a person excersizes a right to vote and only has 2 choices from 2 parties, that hardly warrants an accuzation of being a statist. (not that you accused anyone)

Btw, im with you against Inhofe and Colburn, both need to be replaced.
 

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