Originally posted by OFWGKT
I would start off by saying two things. First off, I am 16, so I have no vote. However, I have followed politics since the 3rd grade, and my parents take me along to vote, and I flat out do all the voting. One is republican, and the other is democrat, so I basically get 2 votes. Anyways, I'm in South West Florida, and I get to go "vote" tomorrow. I would normally support Dr. Paul, but he has decided to skip our Primary, due to the fact it's an all or nothing state, which he had next to no chance of winning even if he had campaigned here. So i am faced with a difficult conundrum.
1. A vote for Dr. Paul is a wasted vote.
2. Romney and Ginrich are both unelectable, due to romney's flip flopping and ginrich just being a manipulative dumbass.
So what should I do? Personally, I predict a landslide victory by Obama if against ginrich or Romney. Romney is too similar to Obama, and will cause many republicans to vote I this election (sarah Palin??) and if ginrich wins, Obama will pull the family man card, and the fact he hasn't asked for an open mariage with his wife...
Also, I predict a 99%er party next election. Just my 2 cents on that...
Rock on man. Good for you. Honestly, I don't see much of a reason for you to vote tomorrow given the circumstances. Like you said, chances are that Obama will win a second term, as the Republican party simply has little faith in any of its viable candidates.
I would like to point something out on your comment concerning Florida's delegate system: That's not entirely true. Florida wants it to be true, but conservative regulations have actually hindered that. The new regulations have attempted to push back the primaries to April, and states that decided not to (i.e. Florida) have their delegate count halved. The reason many people think Florida is still an all-or-nothing state is because Florida has been fairly rebellious in this regard. They've essentially said that having their delegate count halved was enough, and that they won't comply with the second consequence.
So really, Florida isn't supposed to be an all-or-nothing state anymore. But we might not find out until August what ends up actually happening. All it will take is one conservative bringing the case to the RNC to make this a very, very long process.
Originally posted by glitchplz
Yea I am not saying he doesn't matter because the other politicians touch on his issues and votes for him would be votes for someone else. In the long run though once the primaries are over, he will end up as he has in the past not winning. I am curious to see who Ron Paul fanatics support since he obviously won't make it. I enjoyed your opinion on the issue.
It will definitely be interesting. I'm really enjoying these primaries.