Glad I'm Not Republican
I'm watching the replay of the New Hampshire debates on CNN. If you haven't already guessed it, I'm a bleeding heart liberal. Have been ever since I originally got sick with depression and became dependent on government aid for a long time. However, I usually follow both sides in a major election year just to see who is running on what platform. I have been known to actually vote Republican on a rare occasion.
After watching the Republican side of the debate, I know that if Rudy Giuliani won the Republican nomination there is a good chance I would vote for him. Honestly, he would have my support just because of how he ran NYC when he was mayor. I remember when I was in grad school and studying for my exams, I used to go to the library at 41st and 5th (not the one with the lions out front but rather down the block from it) after work to study. I would have to walk down 42nd street at 10:30pm to get to Port Authority. That was the scariest walk I ever did. Back in the mid-1990s, it was full of closed porn theaters, hookers, and drug dealers. I would occasionally walk down the desolate 40th street because it felt safer. Now you walk down 42nd street and it's probably the safest place to be in Manhattan. Heck, it's been "Disneyfied." That was Giuliani. Also, I saw what he did after 9/11 and that alone will get my respect.
Mitt Romney scares me. Just some of the comments he made about immigration really grazed me the wrong way. I know quite a few illegal immigrants who are honest folk trying to be good Americans more than a lot of American born people. According to Romney, they should all be kicked out and forced to reapply for citizenship. Heck, even the conservative hero Ronald Reagan believed in amnesty for those folk.
The Democrat debate is helping me finalize who I'll be voting for in the primaries here in NJ next month. No, I will NOT be voting for Clinton. If it was Bill, I'd vote for him but not his wife. I don't trust her. She moved to NY to get the Senate seat and everything she has done has been to get her the presidency. While I respect her drive, I want a president who knows what he/she is doing. Not someone who found the quickest path there. Also, in this debate, all she seems to be doing is knocking down Obama. I lose respect for politicians who focus just on negative campaigning while not telling me what they stand for.
I'm stuck between Obama and Edwards. I didn't know much about Obama except that he got Oprah's backing (and that is a negative in my mind LOL). Now I'm getting a clearer picture of what he stands for. At the very least he's a decent public speaker which is much better than what we have now. LOL. Heck, he can't be any worse.
All I know is that if the presidential election comes down to Romney v. Clinton, I'm voting for the Legalize Marijuana Party candidate. If Romney wins, I'm moving to Canada. RFLMAO.
Seriously, it'll be interesting to watch how things pan out over the next few months. I just wish the writer's strike would end because I miss the commentaries from the likes of Jon Stewart who would have a field day with all these candidates. In the end though, I'll probably remain undecided until election day.
After watching the Republican side of the debate, I know that if Rudy Giuliani won the Republican nomination there is a good chance I would vote for him. Honestly, he would have my support just because of how he ran NYC when he was mayor. I remember when I was in grad school and studying for my exams, I used to go to the library at 41st and 5th (not the one with the lions out front but rather down the block from it) after work to study. I would have to walk down 42nd street at 10:30pm to get to Port Authority. That was the scariest walk I ever did. Back in the mid-1990s, it was full of closed porn theaters, hookers, and drug dealers. I would occasionally walk down the desolate 40th street because it felt safer. Now you walk down 42nd street and it's probably the safest place to be in Manhattan. Heck, it's been "Disneyfied." That was Giuliani. Also, I saw what he did after 9/11 and that alone will get my respect.
Mitt Romney scares me. Just some of the comments he made about immigration really grazed me the wrong way. I know quite a few illegal immigrants who are honest folk trying to be good Americans more than a lot of American born people. According to Romney, they should all be kicked out and forced to reapply for citizenship. Heck, even the conservative hero Ronald Reagan believed in amnesty for those folk.
The Democrat debate is helping me finalize who I'll be voting for in the primaries here in NJ next month. No, I will NOT be voting for Clinton. If it was Bill, I'd vote for him but not his wife. I don't trust her. She moved to NY to get the Senate seat and everything she has done has been to get her the presidency. While I respect her drive, I want a president who knows what he/she is doing. Not someone who found the quickest path there. Also, in this debate, all she seems to be doing is knocking down Obama. I lose respect for politicians who focus just on negative campaigning while not telling me what they stand for.
I'm stuck between Obama and Edwards. I didn't know much about Obama except that he got Oprah's backing (and that is a negative in my mind LOL). Now I'm getting a clearer picture of what he stands for. At the very least he's a decent public speaker which is much better than what we have now. LOL. Heck, he can't be any worse.
All I know is that if the presidential election comes down to Romney v. Clinton, I'm voting for the Legalize Marijuana Party candidate. If Romney wins, I'm moving to Canada. RFLMAO.
Seriously, it'll be interesting to watch how things pan out over the next few months. I just wish the writer's strike would end because I miss the commentaries from the likes of Jon Stewart who would have a field day with all these candidates. In the end though, I'll probably remain undecided until election day.
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