@jmo Said 
Didn't Jonnythan support him last time round?
I only know bits of him but I got the impression that he is a bit homophobic and quite right wing.
He's not homophobic.. But he's got absolutely no opinion about equal rights other than "it should be left to the states".
If he actually came out and said that he would repeal DOMA, he would have my vote in a second.
As for the right wing part, he says a lot of stuff that the right wing likes to hear, but what most people don't realize is that the left wing likes it too.
He thinks that states should be left to do as they wish, as long as it doesn't interfere with the full faith and credit clause of the constitution. He thinks that local governments should be larger and have more power, and the federal government should be smaller and less powerful.
All good ideas in theory, but he doesn't explain the details. I think he doesn't explain the details because if he did, he'd have to show that there are flaws, and that a lot of what he (and many citizens) would "like" won't work in the real world.
One example.. How do you tell states that they don't have to follow EPA guidelines for water quality, when rivers don't respect state lines?
What does Mississippi do if they want to have cleaner water standards than Iowa, when the Mississippi river runs from Iowa toward Mississippi?
That's why there has to be a federal standard set, and that's why the EPA has to exist.
Aug 15, 2011 @ 10:41:45
