I agree with some others that Huckabee actually made sense from an area, that has "faith based initiatives". I think McCain said some good things but his foreign policy is flawed. The democrats I have not watched. I don't really want to watch because you can usually tell who will win by the contributions. That's it. I really was scared of the afterthoughts of the registered republicans. Like "yeap, I can tell he is a good christian. Ima vote for 'im". Well it wasn't that bad but you get my drift. I like Ron Paul actually adressing the problems that NAFTA and the WTO have created (Of course signed by Clinton). If one candidate comes out and says I want to use reason, logic and problem solving to fix our country then I would vote for him. Otherwise it's more of the same bullshit. Republicans increase national deficit but don't raise taxes. Democrats increase taxes and decrease the national deficit. *Sigh*
Oh as far as planted questions. I think the party system is retarded. I'm more progressive than traditional and I could very well vote for a republican. Not a NEOCONSERVATIVE but a republican and I find it disheartening that people made such a big deal of the questions because they seemed pretty fair. Of course they were hard issues, like abortions gay rights etc, but I think that many moderates swing on those type of issues. I'm registered as an independent but this reptilian brained attitude that many of the republicans have is ridiculous. Sure the questions made them look bad at times, but then again when your ideas are closer to those "islamofascists" how hard can that be? One answer I remember completely to the gay brigadier general
"Sir, the honest answer is that having homosexuals in the military would create problems because the majority of people who serve have conservative viewpoints."
I wonder about people's conservative viewpoints and how they initially felt about blacks in vietnam. It just seems like doublespeak to me.
