{"id":2897,"date":"2012-04-25T08:29:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2012-04-25T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:29:03","slug":"what-republicans-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2897","title":{"rendered":"What Republicans Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was at the polling booth all day talking to mostly socially liberal Republicans. Some of which told me they planned to vote for Obama. Others said that Obama is too polarizing and won\u2019t budge on any issue. That one was comical because I don\u2019t think there is an issue Obama hasn\u2019t tried to appease the Republicans on. The funniest moment for me what when a Republican told me that Fox News was\u2026 wait for it\u2026 fair and balanced.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans did run the gambit on issues. Some of the more socially liberal Republicans agreed with me on legalizing pot and gay marriage. I met middle ground with them on gun laws too. But the more hardcore Republicans insisted that gay marriage would destroy America, but when I asked how he just restated that position with a, \u201cyou\u2019ll see\u201d at the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans seemed okay with Romney, but there was a Ron Paul woman working the polls that even the Republicans weren\u2019t fans of. The Republicans told me about the Ron Paul plot to become convention delegates and override the vote\u2019s decision at the convention so that Paul could be the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>For VP, the best choice most Republicans preferred was NJ Governor Chris Christie. Marco Rubio of Florida was the second choice with Republicans fearing a \u201cPalin Pick.\u201d When I brought up Santorum\u2019s name, the Republicans I talked to were united in their glee that he was out of the race. They were not a fan with one prominent Republican saying that Ricky shouldn\u2019t have weighed in on the Terry Shiavo case when he was Senator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=e2d8ab18-2e39-478f-93df-97bc432a8348\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2897\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was at the polling booth all day talking to mostly socially liberal Republicans. 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