Friday, December 28, 2007

2008 Republican Presidential Candidates for President

My problems with the Republican Candidates for President in the 2008 Election:

Rudy Giuliani
-Pro-Choice, supported 2nd Amendment restrictions, was soft on illegal immigration while Mayor of NYC

Mike Huckabee
-Agreed with Supreme Court decision overthrowing Texas anti-Sodomy law, supports in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, believes in accommodating immigrants and not assimilation, coddles illegal immigrants on other issues, supports National smoking ban in the workplace (State's issue), raised taxes while Governor of Arkansas

Duncan L. Hunter
-Who is he? Congressman from San Diego. That's all I know about him.

John McCain
-McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform (biggest restriction on free speech), supported Summer '07 Illegal Immigration Reform which would have granted legal status to illegal immigrants, pro-choice (wouldn't support overturning Roe v. Wade), incessant on the idea that water boarding is torture and should be banned from use, thinks Vietnamese people are Gooks, favorite of elitist media personalities

Ron Paul
-Wants to pull out of the War on Terror

Mitt Romney
-He's Mormon for one, and two, see my previous post.

Fred Thompson
-Voted against Bill Clinton's Impeachment, lobbyist for National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Assn, voted against laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation

As of now, there are only two that I feel comfortable voting for. I think Ron Paul and Fred Thompson are more closely aligned with my personal viewpoints but the problem I have with Fred is that he's slightly arrogant. For example, he challenged Michael Moore over his film Sicko, and Michael Moore conversely challenged him in regards to importing Cuban Cigars. Fred Thompson responded by smoking a Cuban Cigar. Indirectly he's supporting the Castro regime by using his dollars to purchase Cuban goods which supports their economy. I don't care for his toleration of discrimination towards gay people either. My problem with Ron Paul is that he doesn't want to fight the War on Terror abroad despite it having been brought to us on numerous occassions. I don't believe that the solution to Islamic Terrorism is to pull our forces from the middle east. I however strongly agree with him regarding disbanding the Federal Reserve, issuing Letters of Marque and Reprisal and cutting off all foreign aid.

I'll wait until Primary Election Day before I decide. Maybe I should research Duncan L. Hunter some more, not to be confused with Duncan D. Hunter his son.

Thursday, December 27, 2007