Do you ignore certain parts of platforms?

[SWTXBelle]

I'll not go into all my thinking, partially because I am not yet 100% sure he is who I will vote for - right now, it looks like it. Technically, I guess I'm undecided, other than the fact it will NOT be McCain or Obama. I'm still reading and trying to figure out who really would be the best president.

My knee-jerk gut reaction to presidential politics is to immediately look at the Libertarian and Constitutional candidates. My political views are somewhere between the two parties. There is a certain contrarian aspect to my choice, too. I'm tired of voters voting in those who are long-term political players, and then being surprised that nothing really improves. Were McCain truly a maverick Republican, I could get behind him (perhaps). But I think a lot of the "maverick" is a result of branding, as opposed to true maverick behavior. (See what I did there with the word "branding"??)

So, there is a certain desire to just see someone other than Obama or McCain in a GC sig line - I was a passionate Ron Paul supporter (someone who really has been a maverick Republican!), and with him out of the race I've found it harder to get excited again.

As I said, I'm not sure it will be Baldwin in November for me.

My facebook says my political views are "cranky".

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

My knee-jerk gut reaction to presidential politics is to immediately look at the Libertarian and Constitutional candidates. My political views are somewhere between the two parties. There is a certain contrarian aspect to my choice, too. I'm tired of voters voting in those who are long-term political players, and then being surprised that nothing really improves. Were McCain truly a maverick Republican, I could get behind him (perhaps). But I think a lot of the "maverick" is a result of branding, as opposed to true maverick behavior. (See what I did there with the word "branding"??)

You're quite right in this - McCain was never as much of a maverick as he was made out to be. He has always been quite conservative in his beliefs and his platform.

I would definitely consider a third-party candidate if there was one who I could really get behind. But, I've only been truly passionate about one political candidate in my life (Romney), and there hasn't been a third party candidate in any election who I could really support over the others.

Actually, I think the only third-party candidate I've voted for is Lieberman in the last Senate race, and that's more because I think he's done a good job representing CT.

[MysticCat]

SWTXBelle, fair enough.

And I hope you're fairing well w/ Ike!

[SWTXBelle]

I just spent an hour and a half to get - one bag of ice.

I am after my father the super Elk to find out if we can raid the ice machine at the Lodge.

I promise my support to any candidate who will make this storm go away. I believe that some Obama supporters may well think he can do it.