deepdiver
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We are once again left with choosing between the lesser of evils. I also am not a single issue voter, although 2nd Amendment issues are near the top for me along with illegal immigration (close the damn border and force self-deportation which McCain and Huckabee won't do), increased domestic production of oil and natural gas especially opening drilling in ANWR and the eastern Gulf (which McCain continuously votes against), reduced taxes (industry will continue to flee unless tax rates are reduced), building new oil refineries (we are now importing gasoline because we don't have enough domestic capacity to meet demands), recognizing that mand-made global climate change is a fallacy, reducing the federal government's meddling in daily lives including health care (many small businesses can't afford to provide health insurance because of nonsensical gov't required coverages that increase the cost - nearly 30% of my businesses' health insurance costs are for coverages my employees and I do not want or do not need, but are gov't mandated in some manner), and a reduction in welfare and social services. Do all those things and most of our foreign policy problems evaporate as do our economic problems. Unfortunately, no current candidate is going to do those things. Mitt comes the closest except on 2nd Amendment issues. Huckabee is not even close on any of those except 2nd Amendment issues, on which he has been consistently fairly strong. Fred was actually almost point on for everyone of those issues, but no use crying over spilled milk.
We are once again left with choosing between the lesser of evils. I also am not a single issue voter, although 2nd Amendment issues are near the top for me along with illegal immigration (close the damn border and force self-deportation which McCain and Huckabee won't do), increased domestic production of oil and natural gas especially opening drilling in ANWR and the eastern Gulf (which McCain continuously votes against), reduced taxes (industry will continue to flee unless tax rates are reduced), building new oil refineries (we are now importing gasoline because we don't have enough domestic capacity to meet demands), recognizing that mand-made global climate change is a fallacy, reducing the federal government's meddling in daily lives including health care (many small businesses can't afford to provide health insurance because of nonsensical gov't required coverages that increase the cost - nearly 30% of my businesses' health insurance costs are for coverages my employees and I do not want or do not need, but are gov't mandated in some manner), and a reduction in welfare and social services. Do all those things and most of our foreign policy problems evaporate as do our economic problems. Unfortunately, no current candidate is going to do those things. Mitt comes the closest except on 2nd Amendment issues. Huckabee is not even close on any of those except 2nd Amendment issues, on which he has been consistently fairly strong. Fred was actually almost point on for everyone of those issues, but no use crying over spilled milk.
