[MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Chosing a candidate

[Brent Deterding]

Pretty no matter how I manipulate the issues I come out most similar  
to Ron Paul. The next similarity is usually Thompson or Huckabee, and  
they are typically 10%+ away.

Abortion is an interesting issue for Ron Paul. He opposes it, but one  
of his arguments is that is fundamentally violates the individual  
liberties of the unborn. That, I think, is a different angle than a  
typical Republican would give. All in all, he supports returning the  
decision to the states (he would not federally legislate his personal  
beliefs when it comes to abortion).

-- Brent

On Jan 19, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
>>>> http://glassbooth.org/
>>
>> I enjoyed this web page: http://glassbooth.org/blog/2008/01/18/ 
>> david-brooks-on-voting/
>
> Brooks wrote "In reality, we voters -- all of us -- make emotional,  
> intuitive decisions about who we prefer, and then come up with post- 
> hoc rationalizations to explain the choices that were already made  
> beneath conscious awareness."  That might be true most of the time,  
> but if you use the glassboth.org page to find out who you agree  
> most with, then vote for that person, you'll be allowing reason to  
> guide your choice and you won't have to come up with post-hoc  
> rationalizations.
>
> One thing that we haven't mentioned, maybe because it's too  
> obvious, is that for all of us there was *almost* no overlap of  
> democrat and republican candidates.  The one exception was Ron  
> Paul.  That guy came out all over the place.  Weird.  For me he was  
> between the Dems and Reps but for Stephen and Vern, Ron Paul was  
> ranked second to last just above Dennis Kucinich!  That must be  
> because of abortion rights or something -- I basically left that  
> off on my list, same for gay issues.  I was all about Iraq,  
> economy, energy, health care, civil liberties and education.
>
> I just redid it focusing on immigration, gay rights, civil  
> liberties, abortion and Iraq and pretended to be someone I would  
> strongly disagree with.  It gave me Duncan Hunter at 81%.  I guess  
> I *really* don't like Duncan Hunter, whoever he is.
>
>
>> Also, what hope has education when the media put about three days  
>> of attention when one of the candidates tears up.
>
> She's the first serious female candidate for US President and I  
> think it is natural that a lot of attention would be given to the  
> tearing thing (I didn't think there were any tears but her voice  
> broke) because our presidents never cry when answering questions,  
> not that I've ever seen or heard of anyway.
>
> Mike
>
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