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Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 2:34 pm
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Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Won't divulge my results as the quiz is obviously fatally flawed ...
was it Hillary?
 
Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 2:50 pm
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I tied Guiliani and Biden

John Edwards was third.


 
Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by cindyabs
I tied Guiliani and Biden

John Edwards was third.


I heard a segment on Friday on NPR about Guiliani, a former staunch advocate of gun control while mayor of NYC, he was giving a speech to the NRA about 2nd amendment rights.
These guys have no shame......... or principles that can't be bought for the right price.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=14596793

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=14620495

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Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 3:09 pm
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Default Re: Select a Candidate for 2008

Kucinich and Richardson at 49
Clinton and Obama at 46
Mike Gravel at 45

erm...I know Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson don't stand a chance at getting the Democratic nomination.
 
Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 6:40 pm
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Edwards
Clinton
Obama

 
Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 7:02 pm
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Kucinich
Dodd
Gravel

biofuels -- we should definitely expand research, but production? As Kathy pointed out, they currently aren't petroleum saving. They will drive up the cost of livestock feed and other products, so they aren't a panacea, but they are a starting point.

more like require everyone to drive a 30 mpg+ vehicle.... ahem....

immigration -- enforce the existing laws and send employers to jail. Hmmm, that wasn't an option. This is a major hot button for me, but not because I blame the immigrants, I blame those who've exploited them.
 
Old Sep 22nd 2007 | 11:25 pm
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Originally Posted by happynz
Kucinich and Richardson at 49
Clinton and Obama at 46
Mike Gravel at 45

erm...I know Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson don't stand a chance at getting the Democratic nomination.
Jeez,my TOP results were only 26 point match. I consider myself a moderate and an Independant.

This does not bode well for me in 2008.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 12:09 am
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Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Won't divulge my results as the quiz is obviously fatally flawed
But it was interesting that my response to the following question was contrary to the stance of several candidates - should anyone who is against this policy be allowed to live, let alone stand for election...
Hang on Big Davy G - I think we ALL agree we need to sort out the oil crisis, but America's not going about the biofuel business the right way. Corn - which is the basis of their research - is fatally flawed because it has a one-to-one conversion ratio (uses as much energy to make it as it gives out) and you'd need to convert four Americas into corn fields to produce enough to fuel america.

Sugar based biofuel is likely - so lets pour our gas money into the carribbean instead of the middle east and finally let them get rich off something other than tourism.

So being against federally funded biofuel ISN'T a bad thing - it doesn't mean you're against biofuel entirely - just the cackhanded US version of it.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 2:29 am
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I got Joe Biden, beating a joint second of Hillary!, Obama and John Edwards.

Although I don't particularly like Biden as a person (or his public persona, never actually met him)

This will be the first US election where I can vote, having got citizenship 2 months ago. Oh, and I'm registerd as Unaffiliated.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 2:50 am
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Originally Posted by cindyabs
Jeez,my TOP results were only 26 point match. I consider myself a moderate and an Independant.

This does not bode well for me in 2008.
I was thinking the same thing about people that got scores in the 40's and 50's. My top few candidates were only 3 our 4 points difference, and my top 2 guys got 29 points each. One of the Republicans even got 17 points

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This will be the first US election where I can vote, having got citizenship 2 months ago. Oh, and I'm registerd as Unaffiliated.
Congratulations. I just got mine a week ago. I registered unaffiliated too
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 3:12 am
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Originally Posted by Roland Hulme
So being against federally funded biofuel ISN'T a bad thing - it doesn't mean you're against biofuel entirely - just the cackhanded US version of it.
Well my take was that anything that begins to take the US down that path can only be a good thing, despite the many potential short-term inefficiencies and issues.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 4:32 am
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well i got hilary and obama tied with 45

apparently I disagree with them on taxes and iraq

why can't we have a nice candidate who wants to cut taxes and leave Iraq asap?
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 4:37 am
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Originally Posted by BritGuyTN
well i got hilary and obama tied with 45

apparently I disagree with them on taxes and iraq

why can't we have a nice candidate who wants to cut taxes and leave Iraq asap?
It's use of the taxes they do get really.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 8:54 am
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Originally Posted by fatbrit
Excellent news!
... but it doesn't mean the test taker's going to vote according to the results.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2007 | 11:19 am
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Originally Posted by Lord Lionheart
I was thinking the same thing about people that got scores in the 40's and 50's. My top few candidates were only 3 our 4 points difference, and my top 2 guys got 29 points each. One of the Republicans even got 17 points
Kucinich at my top got 64 points; Dodd 62; Gravel 59. I'll bet the difference is "how strongly" you feel about each issue; I tend to feel fairly strongly and indicated that.
 


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