reagansquad
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The patriot act, getting rid of those tax cuts for the rich.
What are the most important issues to you this election year?
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WilderBill
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I think GunSmith pretty much nailed it.
Of course, keeping as many liberals as possible out of office might cover it as well.
Of course, keeping as many liberals as possible out of office might cover it as well.
1. The US Supreme Court will be repopulated soon. Make sure we have a president who will appoint a conservative or 2 to that position. This will be vital to our efforts to keep America free and continue with our Constitutional government.
2. Continue expanding gun rights in the US via bills similar to HR118, but for citizens.
3. Stop gay movement into a sacred institution like marriage. NO civilization since the beginning of history has ever legalized gay marriage. It would destroy us as a nation.
4. Continue with tax cuts and make them permanent. Eliminate the IRS and make a tax system dependant on purchase of goods.
2. Continue expanding gun rights in the US via bills similar to HR118, but for citizens.
3. Stop gay movement into a sacred institution like marriage. NO civilization since the beginning of history has ever legalized gay marriage. It would destroy us as a nation.
4. Continue with tax cuts and make them permanent. Eliminate the IRS and make a tax system dependant on purchase of goods.
Thumper
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Ah...motivations become more clear, sensei.
MrAcheson
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First and foremost I want a president that will take the fight to our enemies. This pales in comparison to even the RKBA issues. We are at war and I intend to vote like it. Historically civil liberties take a back seat in war time and I'm willing to sacrifice temporarily. But only temporarily mind you. I want them back.
Kerry's sensitive WoT won't cut it, its a return of the September 10 policies of failure. "Surgical" missile and special forces strikes will not destroy or even disrupt our enemy. We tried that through the '90s. We need a massive campaign that is willing to commit to national regime changes in order to win.
Kerry's sensitive WoT won't cut it, its a return of the September 10 policies of failure. "Surgical" missile and special forces strikes will not destroy or even disrupt our enemy. We tried that through the '90s. We need a massive campaign that is willing to commit to national regime changes in order to win.
Muzzleflash
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It cheapens traditional marriage, can't you see? Marriage should be between a man, a woman, a man and a woman and a woman or a man and a man and a woman.
Here they are, not really in any order.
1. The preservation of the constitution and the bill of rights.
3. Small government and state's rights.
Neither candidate really has a good record of preserving the constitution. Bush's use of declaring people enemy combatants to hold them without legal representation is scarry.
But at least with Bush I think he has good intentions of trying to keep information out of the hands of the enemy in dangerous times.
Kerry doesn't seem to have any real respect for the constitution or the bill of rights. He scares me more than Bush.
One of the most important things that will likely happen in the next 4 years is one or more supreme court appointments. We need a President that will appoint justices that will strictly adhere to the constitution and the original framer's intents. The courts should not be changing the laws, and the constitution should not be reinterpreted to fit the views of the current justices.
If circumstances have change to the point where the constitution needs to be changed, it can be done through the ammendment process, which is purposfully slow and difficult for good reason.
2. Tort reform.
We desparately need tort reform. Greedy lawyers, greedy plaintifs, and soft hearted juries are destroying the medical industry, as well as greatly hindering progress in many parts of industry. This hurts the economy. It hurts all of us. It desparately needs fixed. I don't see Kerry addressing this issue at all. Bush wins on this one.
3. Small government and state's rights.
While Bush has grown the government more than most Democrats would dream of, Kerry promises to be much worse.
4. Immigration.
Our immigration system appears to consist of laws that are purposfully ignored by state and local governments, and the federal government appears to be afraid of the political fallout of enforcing them.
We need to make a serious commitment to stopping illegal immigration.
We need a realistic approach do dealing with the millions of illegal immigrants currently in the country, and I don't think that rounding them up and herding them out of the country will work.
While the laws are on the books that make their entry into the country illegal, they aren't really enforced. Our government, especially state and local governments have basically invited these people in to our country. Now that they are hear, they need to be deal with in a humane fasion. For a lot of them, that would mean amnesty.
For those with serious criminal records, herd them out of the country.
We need to fix the mess we currently have created, and start over with strict enforcement of reasonable immigration laws.
5. A fundamental respect for people human rights and individual rights.
Socialism and Fashism are diseases in which the government takes away the rights of the individuals and tells them it good for them.
The brutal dictatorships of countries like Iraq under Sadam can't be left unchecked. Sadam was horrible to his people. He used the wealth of his country to stirr up unrest and only wanted more power regardless of what it cost his own people.
He needed to go. When other countries like France, Germany, Russia, and whoever else turn a blind eye to what he does, and do underhanded business deals with him to do lipservice to sanctions while makinging money from Sadam's actions we can't sit back and let it continue just because we can't build a consensus.
We did the right thing by invading Iraq for MANY valid reasons. The fact that many of our "allies" wouldn't help should shame them, not us.
Bush showed that he has what it takes to do what he believes is right, and to stay the course when things get rough. We're at war, and while Bush is far from perfect, I don't think he's jerk our troups around according to the latest political poll.
Kerry is unfit to command our armed forces.
As for other candidates...
Anyone voting for them because they'll sleep better are lying to themselves thinking that they're actions are somehow honorable. Voting for a candidate who has no chance of being elected is the same as neglecting your duty to vote. We are faced with rought choices. Stand up and make one, instead of trying to find solace in false choices.
1. The preservation of the constitution and the bill of rights.
3. Small government and state's rights.
Neither candidate really has a good record of preserving the constitution. Bush's use of declaring people enemy combatants to hold them without legal representation is scarry.
But at least with Bush I think he has good intentions of trying to keep information out of the hands of the enemy in dangerous times.
Kerry doesn't seem to have any real respect for the constitution or the bill of rights. He scares me more than Bush.
One of the most important things that will likely happen in the next 4 years is one or more supreme court appointments. We need a President that will appoint justices that will strictly adhere to the constitution and the original framer's intents. The courts should not be changing the laws, and the constitution should not be reinterpreted to fit the views of the current justices.
If circumstances have change to the point where the constitution needs to be changed, it can be done through the ammendment process, which is purposfully slow and difficult for good reason.
2. Tort reform.
We desparately need tort reform. Greedy lawyers, greedy plaintifs, and soft hearted juries are destroying the medical industry, as well as greatly hindering progress in many parts of industry. This hurts the economy. It hurts all of us. It desparately needs fixed. I don't see Kerry addressing this issue at all. Bush wins on this one.
3. Small government and state's rights.
While Bush has grown the government more than most Democrats would dream of, Kerry promises to be much worse.
4. Immigration.
Our immigration system appears to consist of laws that are purposfully ignored by state and local governments, and the federal government appears to be afraid of the political fallout of enforcing them.
We need to make a serious commitment to stopping illegal immigration.
We need a realistic approach do dealing with the millions of illegal immigrants currently in the country, and I don't think that rounding them up and herding them out of the country will work.
While the laws are on the books that make their entry into the country illegal, they aren't really enforced. Our government, especially state and local governments have basically invited these people in to our country. Now that they are hear, they need to be deal with in a humane fasion. For a lot of them, that would mean amnesty.
For those with serious criminal records, herd them out of the country.
We need to fix the mess we currently have created, and start over with strict enforcement of reasonable immigration laws.
5. A fundamental respect for people human rights and individual rights.
Socialism and Fashism are diseases in which the government takes away the rights of the individuals and tells them it good for them.
The brutal dictatorships of countries like Iraq under Sadam can't be left unchecked. Sadam was horrible to his people. He used the wealth of his country to stirr up unrest and only wanted more power regardless of what it cost his own people.
He needed to go. When other countries like France, Germany, Russia, and whoever else turn a blind eye to what he does, and do underhanded business deals with him to do lipservice to sanctions while makinging money from Sadam's actions we can't sit back and let it continue just because we can't build a consensus.
We did the right thing by invading Iraq for MANY valid reasons. The fact that many of our "allies" wouldn't help should shame them, not us.
Bush showed that he has what it takes to do what he believes is right, and to stay the course when things get rough. We're at war, and while Bush is far from perfect, I don't think he's jerk our troups around according to the latest political poll.
Kerry is unfit to command our armed forces.
As for other candidates...
Anyone voting for them because they'll sleep better are lying to themselves thinking that they're actions are somehow honorable. Voting for a candidate who has no chance of being elected is the same as neglecting your duty to vote. We are faced with rought choices. Stand up and make one, instead of trying to find solace in false choices.
pittspilot
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1. WOT
2. WOT
3. WOT
4. WOT
5. WOT
6. WOT
7. WOT
8. WOT
9. WOT
10. 2nd Amendment
There are no other issues this election. Everything else is irrelevant when we must contemplate the Iranians or N Koreans gaining a nuke or worse and letting some islamofanatics play with it.
2. WOT
3. WOT
4. WOT
5. WOT
6. WOT
7. WOT
8. WOT
9. WOT
10. 2nd Amendment
There are no other issues this election. Everything else is irrelevant when we must contemplate the Iranians or N Koreans gaining a nuke or worse and letting some islamofanatics play with it.
joe sixpack
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Hello!
Ok, good show so far and thanks for the no-hijack (please do open another thread if you wish to discuss that in more detail - thanks).
Please continue.
cheers, ab
Ok, good show so far and thanks for the no-hijack (please do open another thread if you wish to discuss that in more detail - thanks).
Please continue.
cheers, ab
cls12vg30
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1) RKBA
2) WoT / military / defense issues
3) Ending Abortion (NO ONE has the right to "choose" murder)
4) Tax Reform, moving toward flat tax, nat'l sales tax, or better yet, abolishment of all direct federal taxation of private citizens.
5) Keeping health care private
6) Tort Reform (not only will Kerry not go for this, but Edwards has been blamed BY NAME by the American Medical Association for creating a health care crisis in North Carolina by driving hundreds of doctors, especially obstetricians, out of business with his frivolous and sleazy lawsuits during his years as a trial lawyer)
6) Reduction and eventual elimination of all federal socialist programs
7) Abolishment of all federal control over education
2) WoT / military / defense issues
3) Ending Abortion (NO ONE has the right to "choose" murder)
4) Tax Reform, moving toward flat tax, nat'l sales tax, or better yet, abolishment of all direct federal taxation of private citizens.
5) Keeping health care private
6) Tort Reform (not only will Kerry not go for this, but Edwards has been blamed BY NAME by the American Medical Association for creating a health care crisis in North Carolina by driving hundreds of doctors, especially obstetricians, out of business with his frivolous and sleazy lawsuits during his years as a trial lawyer)
6) Reduction and eventual elimination of all federal socialist programs
7) Abolishment of all federal control over education
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Crownvicman
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The most important issue to me is the War on Terror and the preservation of the United States. EVERYTHING else is secondary.
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