First of all thanks to everyone for your support in my previous post. I appreciate it.
What I want to do today is weigh in on the 2008 Presidential race.
Now I know most of you all aren't old enough to vote this election cycle, but many of you are. I'd like to hear your opinions regardless of age, though.
On to my opinion. Early in 2007 when candidates were just getting their campaigns going, my buddy told me about this one guy (and that already disqualifies Hillary
) and I decided to look into him, as well as some of the other candidates.
I'm pretty conservative in my views so naturally I registered as a Republican. And the Republican field was abundant with candidates. So I began the narrowing down.
Well the guy I support now is the same guy I got to know early last year. Through watching his speeches, researching his views, etc. I was very impressed with his leadership ability and optimistic outlook for Anerica.
The candidate I want for President is Mitt Romney. He spent 25 years of his life in the private sector as a very successful businessman, where he accumulated a lot of personal wealth. In 2002, he was chosen to run the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, which were plagued by scandals and financial problems. Mitt Romney turned those games around, which occurred only months after 9/11, and uplifted the spirits of Americans after its most devastating attack in its history.
Then there's Massachusetts. From 2003-2007 Romney served as governor of Massachusetts. Results are seemingly mixed, but he made some very notable accomplishments. In MA, he was able to work with a Democratic legislature to get everyone in the state health care, without the kind of socialized medicine Hillary Clinton. He also inherited a $3 billion deficit and turned it into a surplus within his term without raising taxes. Think about that: Romney solved two of the major issues in this national election as a governor of MA. As President he would offer states incentives to try out and come up with their own health care systems and not insititute "Hillarycare." He would also be able to cut out the waste and duplication in the federal government and balance the budget during his administration.
Another advantage: as a businessman, he has been in the economy, seeing how jobs are created and lost. He would offer unique insight into the economy and could prevent us from moving into a recession. He has proposed a broad economic stimulus plan (worth over $200 billion) that would, among other things, lower the income tax rate for those making roughly $95,000 a year and less to 7.5% from 10%, retroactive to 2007. He'd also eliminate payroll taxes on workers over age 65. And he'd eliminate taxes for those making $200,000 or less on capital gains, interest, etc. View his full stimulus plan at mittromney.com.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw this out there. Let the debating begin!
Comments
If Hillary becomes president, this will be the first ever female president. If Obama becomes president, the first African American president. I can probably explain more as Election Day gets closer.
My favorite candidates are:
John Edwards-D
Barack Obama-D
Dennis Kucinich-D
Ron Paul-R(The only good republican candidate in my opinion
Anyways, it's looking likely that a Democrat will take office next year. Democrats are having higher turnout in the primaries than the Republicans in record numbers. The current administration has pretty much shot the reputation of the Republican party, temporarily at least. I will welcome the ascension of Clinton, Edwards, or Obama to the White House. I still highly favor Edwards or Obama, though.
For a while, I really did consider supporting him because, as you say, he wants to abolish income tax. However, the more I got into it, the more I realized he was really aggressive and not assertive. It's not as much as I don't like his ideas, but more of how he is presenting them. It just seems like he would freak out every time there is a crisis of any sort.
My family...and I mean..a big portion, not all, are registered Republicans. I completely agree with your desicion so far and I'd like to say, it would be the same candidate that I would support if I could vote. Romney is a very good choice, and I think you are awesome for picking him. Gulliani was also good for a while..but now I don't think so. Huckabee is also a very good choice.
But overall, your choice beats all.
If there has something that I have learned through all of this, it's that if there was a person who broke his arm, a Democrat would give him the supplies, but a Republican would teach the person how to use them so they can eventually get better. I'm not saying ALL Democrats are like this, because they aren't...it's really in the state of mind.
And as for Hillary..NO WAY. She just can't win. Healthcare would go down in the dumps, doctors would basically lose their jobs and basically you'd have no freedom because the government will do everything for you. (Though the government is really the people, but you know what I mean.)
Though your points on Ronmey are exellent...I just don't like his politics. As for Ron Paaul, god I love that guy- but he isn't popular enough and even if he is elected Congress is going to make life in the oval office hell for him.
I'm going towards Giuliani or Huckabee. Believe it or not, I don't think the worse Democrat is Clinton, it's definitely John Edwards.
I don't feel like doing all of my ranting here, so just check out my blogs if I ever write about politics.
Anyways, I decided early on to try my hardest to take out of account all biases I may have. But, after researching the main candidates who are running and watching a couple of their speeches and debates, I decided that I like Obama the best. I really liked his views, and his Liberal character really appealed to me. A lot of people rag on about how he has little experience in politics, but there have been a few presidents in history without political experience who weren't all too bad. I also feel that it's time for a change, which he seems to be very apt in supporting. But I tend to have Liberal views about society so this is probably the Liberal me speaking.
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