A REPUBLICAN with a MAC?
What?
;)

I think you aren't alone in that sentiment. A McCain Obama ticket would be very interesting...

A lot of cons I know seem to prefer him for some reason.

As an aside, whats up with Hillary's website not having all 50 states? Is PA not good enough for her? :O

A McCain Obama ticket? Are you kidding? John McCain is not going to run with a Democratic VP and Obama is definitely not going to run with a Republican. There is not a cold chance in hell. Anyway, Obama will be the Democratic nominee, so he won't be available to run on anyone's ticket.

@ Vince

Not to turn this into a political debate, but Ron Paul supporters
include some of the brightest economists in the nation. You just
don't hear about them because the ones with all the corporate funds
are lining up behind Obama to push their ulterior motives through
Obama-supported CFR policies, etc.

Yes, many of the Paul supporters are simply caught up in the hype.
But as an American who fully understands what each candidate stands
for (and the policies they plan to implement), I don't see how you
could NOT support Ron Paul. Basically, if you don't, I would venture
so far as to say that you're everything corporate America wants you to
be: a dumb sheep stuck up in a little hole of American pride.

Do some real research on a political candidate's policies, their
background, and their key supporters before running at the mouth.

Thanks :)
Jay

@Vince

Really??? Gee golly thanks!

@ Jay


Hell yes! Ron Paul has always been my candidate of choice. The only reason that I have not and will not vote for him is simple though. He doesn't have a rat's ass chance in hell of winning this presidency. He may have the best values around, but he just does not have the support nor the media coverage that he deserves.

Maybe one day Libertarians will actually band together in a bigger fashion and get a candidate like Ron Paul into office. But until that day, I will be a guerrilla supporter but will not waste a vote on something I know has no chance.

So Obama was my pick in today's primaries here in AZ. May good fortune come to America soon.

Hillary Clinton's website does not ordinarily do so--tonight was a poor choice for this article, as Sen. Clinton hosted a live, nationwide "town hall" on her website.

Tuning in tonight was just like turning on the TV to whatever cable channel would have been carrying the event.

Anyone making a real determination on the candidates based on the look of their website--which neither places as a top priority (fortunately!) would be doing themselves a serious disservice.

you must have missed boxers vs. briefs (vs. "Depends")

Woot! Gold standard FTW!!! We don't need that research funding!!!
right? guys?? guyyyss???

Yes, like the liberty to not have an abortion? the liberty to have the US sink into obscurity because of the lack of any and all research funding? the liberty to have our economy suck because of the gold standard?

I'm sick and tired of all of this Ron Paul crap. Ron Paul supporters are the most naive group of people that I've ever seen.

@ thethirdmoose:

The government does *not* need to fund research projects for discovery and innovation to take place. In fact, if the government would get it's ass out of research and allow for a freer market, private organizations would step in and do research without having to delve into taxpayer money. Research benefits these organizations, so they would clearly be willing to do it without government funding.

Don't think for a second that the United States government is doing a net favor to research. If they'd get their hands off of stem cell research we'd see some truly amazing technological advancements coming from privately funded research.

Besides, the gov't *doesn't have any money* to be funding research projects. We're going bankrupt. Explain to me, a U.S. taxpayer, why the government should be taking my money and investing it in research that is best left to non-government organizations?

Oh, yea... Ron Paul 2008!

You're pretty naive to think that big corporations are just going to 'do research' and then benevolently hand it over without making a buck off it first, and even then they may not ever release their results.

No results = no shoulders to stand on = a declining research environment.

Governments are able to fund research that may not be profitable in the short term, if ever. Their 'wasteful' attitude towards research is genuinely needed here because the fact of the matter is that research is resource intensive and time consuming with little guarantee of success. Companies & private interests don't like those odds; Properly run, fiscally responsible governments can absorb them.

well said.