Select a Candidate for 2008
Sep 23rd 2007, 2:50 am
#17
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
I tied Guiliani and Biden 
John Edwards was third.
John Edwards was third.
Sep 23rd 2007, 2:56 am
#18
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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
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
Last edited by Lord Lionheart; Sep 23rd 2007 at 3:25 am.
Sep 23rd 2007, 3:09 am
#19
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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.
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.
Sep 23rd 2007, 6:40 am
#20
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
Edwards
Clinton
Obama
Clinton
Obama
Sep 23rd 2007, 7:02 am
#21
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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.
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.
Sep 23rd 2007, 11:25 am
#22
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
This does not bode well for me in 2008.
Sep 23rd 2007, 12:09 pm
#23
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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...
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...
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.
Sep 23rd 2007, 2:29 pm
#24
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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.
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.
Sep 23rd 2007, 2:50 pm
#25
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
Congratulations. I just got mine a week ago. I registered unaffiliated too
Sep 23rd 2007, 3:12 pm
#26
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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.
Sep 23rd 2007, 4:32 pm
#27
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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?
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?
Sep 23rd 2007, 8:54 pm
#29
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Sep 23rd 2007, 11:19 pm
#30
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Re: Select a Candidate for 2008
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.