Election Thoughts

I was talking with a friend of mine over the weekend and we were discussing the possibilities for McCain's VP choice. We really couldn't think of anyone that could run with him that wouldn't hurt his campaign. Then a name popped in to my head and it seems to make sense. Joe Lieberman.

In the interest of full disclosure, the previous prediction for VP didn't exactly turn out the way it should have. In all fairness though, I never expected that McCain would end up with the GOP nomination. Giuliani was the presumptive nominee back at that time and even Romney seemed more viable.

Back to Lieberman. A cross party ticket with a very moderate Democrat could be a great step for McCain who is basically a liberal. It would make sense from a strategic standpoint. He'd siphon a lot of votes away from Hillary/Obama (But I still think Hillary will pull out a victory). As my friend pointed out though, you can't exactly rely on people like McCain to do what makes sense. He's just another Bob Dole and unlikely to end up actually being the President so it may not matter who is VP is. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if he chooses a VP specifically to torpedo his campaign so Hillary wins.

In other news, former Republican Bob Barr is now running running for President on the Libertarian ticket. So, I will dare to make another prediction! I expect that after the Rethuglican nomination officially goes to the aforementioned liberal Republican, Ron Paul will publicly endorse Bob Barr.

I think the best thing to do is just to forget about all of this nonsense and make me dictator for 4 years. Give me the power to make a new Constitution and wipe out all existing laws and legal precedents and we'll be in good shape after that! Kelo? Gone! Roe v. Wade? A bad memory. Dept. of Education? Well, it never served its purpose anyway. You get the drift.

Maybe you should all just contact Bob Barr, I'll settle for being his VP.

Incredible!

Ron Paul, you know that guy who doesn't stand a snowball's chance in Hades of getting the Republican Presidential nomination? Yeah, that's the one.

He just set a new Republican record for fund-raising in one day. More than $4,200,000!!!

The record is still held by John Kerry who raised $5.7 million on the day he accepted the nomination from the Democratic party.

Who is this money coming from? Corporate lobbyists who think Ron Paul will do their bidding? Haliburton maybe? Islamic fundamentalist groups? No, it's coming from individual Americans who are fed up with our abuse of the Constitution and the stripping away of our civil liberties.

***REMEMBER*** If you haven't switched your party affiliation to Republican in order to vote for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary, do so quickly before it's too late!

Ron Paul For President

Ron Paul is one of the very few principled men left in the Republican party and it seems he's going to run for President.

Paul served nine terms in Congress as a Republican even though he is a staunch libertarian who advocates smaller government and minimal taxation.

I've been railing against the GOP for years now. I will, for the first time in 10 years register as a Republican in order to vote for him in the primaries.

What are his changes of winning? I don't want to speculate and I'd like to remain optimistic. But I'm willing to be a Republican again for a season in order to bolster his campaign.

Do some searches on the internet and research the platform this principled man stands for. I think you will be pleased.