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*Googles*

This is why I have to research things before I talk. I've been thinking this whole time that Murkowski was the Tea Party candidate for some reason. Don't know where that came from.

Anyways, now that that's cleared up, I feel a lot better about the Tea Party.

I get irrational at times. I've been leery of the Tea Party ever since the Joe Miller thing. They just seem like they have ulterior motives to me, but It's probably all in my head.

The Tea Party certainly is dangerous. If they nominate a candidate for presidency this election, which they most likely will, they could split the conservative vote right down the middle. All the reaganites, and Glenn Beck followers will vote Tea Party, leaving the GOP candidate with half the votes. No wonder Obama hasn't tried to belittle the Tea Party too hard.

If they seriously campaign, all they'll be doing is assuring Obama has a second term. Although, he couldn't do much worse than Bush did with a second term. At least he'll pull the troops out, even if he leaves us another five or six trillion in the hole.

Luna would make an amazing president, but if she ran, Celestia would just banish her to the moon, and steal her votes.

@Tempest Rime- That's the biggest problem with the two-party system. It exploits peoples need to apply a label to themselves, and distracts them from the problem at hand.

I vote we take all politician's salaries, and lower them to 45k a year. That way, only people who care will run, and not people who are in it for 185k a year.

I'd also call myself a Libertarian really. I do tend to vote Republican though, as I agree with them a lot more than the Democrats, and unlike Libertarian candidates, they actually can realistically win.

I think I like Perry best of the Republican options right now. He's been my governor for over 10 years and I think he's done a pretty good job at it for the most part. I don't agree with him on everything and never have, but I've seen him be an effective leader here and I think a lot of his policies have really helped this state out.

Though if I'm to be perfectly honest, I don't care who gets to run in the general election against Obama. I will vote for them.

Yeah, whoever runs against Obama will probably win. His popularity has been dropping again, and he's got a good long while for it to drop further.

Out of the current republican options, I guess I would have to pick Romney. We've been in this economic mess long enough, and he did wonders fixing up the 2002 winter olympics. A close second for me would be Herman Cain, but I don't really like him too much either, although with his private sector experience, he could probably do a decent enough job.

Oh, they've started. Everybody who's anybody is already in the race. Obama's gone back to subtly campaigning already. Even though there haven't been any commercials or other attempts at advertising, it's all people have been talking about. Currently Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney are the only real contenders other than Obama, and they've been campaigning hard. They're already at each other's throats, putting down the other's economic strategies. They're calling each other out on some jobs issue recently.

I was wondering if any of you bronies out there had given any thought to who you want to be the next President of the United States? Whether you support Obama, or want another in office?

This thread isn't just for US bronies either; I'm sure there are some foreign bronies who have an opinion on who they think should lead.

I'm pretty much split right down the middle politics-wise. I was a diehard conservative for the longest time, but that was mostly outside influence. I recently started thinking for myself, and now I consider myself an “Open-Minded Right-Libertarian,” so I don't support Obama, but I'm not fond of any GOP hopefuls. There's not any real Libertarian Party candidates with any chance of winning, and Obama's got the Democratic nomination, so I'm definitely going to have to side with a GOP candidate, unfortunately. The two-party system doesn't really offer much choice. I'll probably end up voting for the GOP nominee, unless it's Perry, or Romney of course. If it's either of them, I'll probably just not vote.

The problem is, There's not going to be a republican candidate that isn't a reaganite super-conservative. I really have no idea of anybody out there who could do the job the way it needs to be done, or one that could possibly win.

Religion is another big thing for me as well. I would prefer a candidate that isn't going to merge church and state like a republican, but I don't want one who completely disrespects other people's faiths, either. I'm not religious myself, but I like the way Obama handles religion. He says he's a christian, and leaves it at that. He attends church, but doesn't talk about it. Anytime religious controversies arise, he backs out of it.

So, do any of you have any hopefuls in mind? Still want Obama? Or are you thinking of somebody who's already announced their candidacy?

This conversation inspired me to play some more. Nice to meet you, Ben.

My first playthrough was on casual, like a noob. I'm on my second playthrough right now on normal, but it's not anymore difficult than casual. I'll probably jump up to Hardcore on my next, assuming difficulty increases aren't exponential. I've been an infiltrator on both playthroughs, don't know what I'd do without a sniper.

Haven't played Deus Ex yet, I don't have the wallet for very many games, the only game I'll ever buy new, will most likely be Skyrim.

Oh yes, big fan. I'm really anticipating Mass Effect 3, but not nearly as much as Skyrim.

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Blake?!

What is that tiger-thing? I'm assuming it's name is Blake, but Google produced nothing relevant.

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Welcome to Canterlot!

Oh, I just stumbled upon the site while searching for random pony-related things.

Hello everypony,

My name is Blake, and I've been a brony for some time now, and although I'm not good with introductions, I felt considering your three post rule, it was best to start off on the right hoof.

I discovered the show a couple of months ago, and have been addicted ever since. Day and night for me have been filled with ponies, ponies, and yet more ponies, and I felt the need to talk about it. I don't expect to be an overly-active member, due to my introversion, but every post you eventually see from me will probably be eight paragraphs long, and spell-checked.

I occasionally write short stories, but I've never written any MLP stories, although that could change soon.

Anyways, now that the introduction is over, I hope to become a productive member of pony-society.