2008 presedential election

Who do you think will win? Who are you going to vote for?

I myself am still rooting for Ron Paul. He is not perfect by any means, but compared to McCain, Clinton, and Obama, he is definitely the best choice. Besides, anyone who recognizes Ayn Rand's birthday in Congress gets a nod of approval from me.

I fear, however, that the election will go to Obama. That is not a worse-case scenario, as he appears to be at least less of a war-monger than the other 2. However, having a social democrat elected president as what may be the next Great Depression scares me.

Post 1

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 9:43am

Dr. Paul hasn't a snowball's chance. Even he knows that. And although I think he's dead-on vis a vis most domestic Constitutional issues, I'm not sure his philosophy with regard to foreign policy would serve us well in these times. Then again, what the hell do I know...

Ron Paul aside, I think it's pretty clear that the general will be a matchup between McCain and either Hillary or Obama. That leaves three questions:

1) Can McCain beat either of them?
2) Does he have a better chance against one than against the other?
3) Would a McCain presidency be any better than a Clinton or Obama

In my opinion, the answer to all three is Yes, but to different degrees. I'm certain McCain stands a good chance against either Hillary or Obama, pretty sure he has a better chance against Obama than Hillary and cautiously optimistic that he'd do far less damage to our republic than either of the Marxi... er... Democrat candidates.

I fear, however, that the election will go to Obama.

A completely rational fear, if ever there was one. But I fear an Obama win less because he'd be the president than I do because of what it would say about the American electorate. That this openly-Marxist flim-flam man has gotten as far as he has is depressing all by itself.

As for who'll get my vote in the general, I think my only choice (besides staying home) is McCain, although I may well feel compelled to hack off my lever-pulling finger afterward. I can honestly say that, of all presidential elections since I first registered to vote, this one excites me the least, with the Clinton/Dole matchup running a close second.

(Edited by Summer Serravillo on 4/28, 10:05am)

Post 2

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 9:50am

I predict that Obama will win the nomination and will lose handily to McCain. This is reminiscent of the situation in 1972; I didn't like Nixon but was glad to see McGovern's repudiation. The US is more sophisticated culturally than it was back then and better equipped to draw the right conclusions from such an outcome, so this will be better news.

Clinton, if nominated, could win, especially if the economy goes bad.

Post 3

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 11:28am

Peter, can you explain to me how the US is more sophisticated culturally than it was back in the Nixon/McGovern days? How is the average person better equipped to draw the right conclusions now, rather than twenty or thirty years ago?

In the last twenty years the US has elected a statist Republican (Bush I), a socialist (Clinton), reelected the socialist, then elected another statist Republican who pretends to be the village idiot (Bush II).
Now we have the choice of electing the wife of the socialist (Mrs. Clinton), a baby boy whose platform is that he is black and not related to the Clintons, or a Republican who doesn�t know from one day to the next which side of the isle he�d like to sit on.

Is this the sophistication you are speaking of?

Post 4

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 5:05pm

I liken U.S. elections, especially this years, to the scene at the end of Ghostbusters, where Gozer says:

SUBCREATURES! GOZER THE GOZERIAN, GOZER THE DESTRUCTOR, VOLGUUS ZILDROHAR, THE TRAVELLER HAS COME. CHOOSE AND PERISH.

Those of you who have seen the film will know what I mean. That;s where we are; Choose the form of the destructor.

Ethan

(Edited by Ethan Dawe on 4/29, 6:51pm)

Post 5

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 5:18pm