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Originally Posted by Dean
Honesty and transparency from a politician??? What planet are you from?
I'm a libertarian at heart and thus believe most anyone who wants to be elected is lying if their lips are moving.
I am voting based on who I think will keep the most money in my pocket and do the least to further F up this great nation.
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You've got to be kidding me.
Yes, a politician is a politician, and to some extent all of them will go around kissing babies, shaking hands and trying to please everyone. That's normal, and it's what the American people have forced them to do to get elected - because if they don't, nobody votes for them. But there are different levels of sliminess, and Romney/Clinton are right at the top.
Obama made some comments this week about how Republicans have led the country & government in terms of new ideas since Reagan took office (which is pretty much true). Not that he thought it was ideal, or that he necessarily agreed with Republicans, he was just giving some analysis. No sooner had the words left his mouth than Clinton was attacking him for being a Reagan-lover - and Clinton made the exact same kind of remarks just a few years ago. Fucking. Shady.
Your requirement of "do the least to further F up this great nation" should also include things like not further expanding the power of the executive branch over the others, not wiretapping American citizens without warrants, & not invading & occupying foreign nations with no real justification (to name just a few), as well as what your current tax percentage is.