Monday, May 9, 2011

First Debate for 2012 Presidential Election.

The first presidential debate.

After watching the first presidential debate for the 2012 my first reaction is who are these people? Where are Trump, Romney, Palin, and Newt? I only recognize Ron Paul. The candidates where Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Herman Cain, and Gary Johnson.

My second thought is why can’t the republicans come up with some better candidates? I would think that they would be able to come up with some better candidates. I like Ron Paul because he is really honest. I did agree with his points that we have gotten Bin Laden so there is no need for us to still be in Afghanistan. However, he will not win. There is a push to have him run with Jesse Ventura. We do need to have someone honest run for President. Everyone said Herman Cain won. I think they just said that because people are sick of lying politicians. Some of his ideas seemed kind of crazy to me.

My third thought is how crazy the Republican position is on taxes. The Federal Government is spending way too much money. One candidate, Herman Cain, wanted a fair tax and another, Gary Johnson, wanted to abolish the corporate tax. If they abolished the corporate tax the deficit would probably increase substantially. I think that logic lacks common sense. I agree with Ron Paul that we should not spend our money overseas on wars. We should be spending money at home instead. Ron Paul is the only one with some common sense when it comes to government spending. However, he does also believe that we should not have secret government prisons.

Obama is probably going to win again since he got Bin Laden. He seems to act like Bush more than a Democrat. He promised hope and change. That is all people have these days given the state of the economy. After watching the debate, I hope the Republicans can come up with better candidates or we will be stuck with Obama for another four years.