You guys may call me crazy, but I don't like Obama either. I like his social policies like supporting science, stem-cell research, etc. But I hate TARP... I'm against the bailouts. I also don't like his tax increases and so forth.
The things that irritate me is that many of his economic views are the same as Bush's... and I think that many die hard Republicans who watch too much Fox don't realize that... so I end up defending Obama. The same goes for this bowing to a Saudi deal... it's completely out of proportion. So I defend Obama against nut job attacks.
It bothers me when Fox blames Obama for expanding the budget and the role of government because Bush did the same.... people need to realize that. Also remember that Bush supported TARP... and that Paulson was no different than Geithner.
As some of you know, I like Ron Paul. I donated money to his campaign, I bought shirts and fleeces from his campaign store and I even handed out pamphlets to my friends and neighbors. I feel like Ron Paul is a true conservative and Republican, one that has been missing since Raegan. It really frustrates me when people call Bush a fiscal conservative. He should've been a Democrat. Same goes for McCain... look at his voting record in the past decade. Nothing fiscally conservative about him either.
Unfortunately, I don't think the establishment (Republican leaders or Democrats) really want Paul having too much power. I really don't think that the Republicans and Democrats are that different anyway. In 2004, the parties separated themselves on dumb issues like gay-marriage and abortion... How much of the population does that affect? Who cares. There are few true Republicans like Ron Paul left. It's unfortunate that there is no fiscal conservatism or a small government ideology left in the Republican Party.