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Who do you think is the right choice for president and why?

The one issue that gets debated on frequently is politics, so what are your thoughts on the 2012 race?
Who won which debates? Who has the best ideas?
are the third party candidates a good option?

Topics: Obama vs Romney US President american politics
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  • John Dunbar 10+

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    Nov 2 2012: Rocky Anderson or maybe Jill Stein I could vote for, Obama and Romney are representative of 2 slightly differing factions of the business party meant to create an illusion of opposing ideologies, these ideologies both support the current power structure.. Why is it that Romney has not criticized Obama for not closing Guantanamo? Why is it that Romney has not criticized Obamas war against whistleblowers as well as his expansion of the Patriot Act and NDAA etc...Why is it Romney has not criticized Obama for not prosecuting those who were responsible for the economic collapse? I could go on but I think it would be an exercise in futility. The answer is that they both support nanny state capitalism, they both support a foreign policy of murder and imperialism, they are both bought and paid for by the financial institutions, and they both play sycophant to the military industrial complex.

    Both candidates have high paid well sought after public relations handlers who train them what to say based on very trusted polling tools. They are meant to be symbols of the manufactured narrative of the republican and the democrat. If they actually listened to public opinion I wouldn't mind it, but how often have we elected presidents who kiss babies and make promises only to go on and continue the same destructive path we have been on?

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