Project Vote Smart
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This is a program where candidates can pinpoint exactly where they stand the issues so there's no confusion or room for double speaking. I think it's a great way to keep voters educated on exactly who they are voting for and what they stand for. I mean, what could be the reason for not putting your stances out there??
McCain
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=S0061103
Kucinich
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BC032003
Gingrich
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=H0920103#0
Clinton
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=WNY99268
Obama
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BS030017
Biden
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=S0150103
Dodd
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=S0131103
Gore
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BP038779
McCain
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=S0061103
Kucinich
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BC032003
Gingrich
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=H0920103#0
Clinton
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=WNY99268
Obama
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BS030017
Biden
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=S0150103
Dodd
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=S0131103
Gore
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BP038779
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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Obamas was blank...
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
he's not running this time. quit living in the past. those glory days are over for you.
Alright, where do I go for the "I initiated my own investigatory panel which came to the conclusion Saddam had WMD so I voted for, then I was duped" portion of the site?
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
I think we all know where we would like ya to go. Does that count?
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
i realize politicians can simply say what the y think voters want to hear...but they still can't pander to ALL interests at the same time, so at the very least...could have some idea of what they truly think, and thus may vote, on a variety of issues. why CAN'T it be this easy to compare candidates? i would LOVE to see it REQUIRED for all possible candidates to have to submit to such before they can even be considered candidates....would be excellent. i mean, we are voting for these people to represent OUR interests...it would be nice to know on some level, what their thoughts, and possible future actions, may be. it's a DAMN shame all would not submit tehir answers.....i certainly have a bit more respect for all who did, whether i agree with their answers or not.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
hey look limbo actually said something I thought was kinda funny. maybe you dont need your day job as a salad tosser. you are getting better. keep up the good work buddy!
great info abook thanks
as was clinton
well if you're hard up for some x's next to statements that didn't originate from the candidate, you could check out his old one, which i'm sure you've done already, but just in case:
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?old=true&can_id=BS030017&npatform_id=69#0
i want to say that he referenced this quiz in audacity of hope and that it ended up frustrating him because issues are more complex than those statements and putting x's next to statements don't do the issues justice. however, i can't reference a page now or anything, but correct me if i'm wrong there.
cross the river to the eastside
I thought the questions were quite detailed and broke the issues down. It was like are you for or against whatever. They also allowed for slightly, greatly, maintain options for some issues.
The fact that many of the more weasely Dems decided not to answer this go round only reafirms my disgust with they way they campaign. They spin their platform depending on what crowd they're in front of or which state they're in. They also have a knack for running as liberals then working as Republicans once in office. This questionaire is a way to get them to actually put down what they think for us all to see. Dems have become notorious for running on whatever suits the situation at the moment, nobody knows what they even stand for most of the time. It's dishonest and it's the reason so many choose third party options. hell, I'd almost rather vote for a Republican who at least owns up to where she/he stands than a Dem who wants to have his cake and eat it, too. At least the Republican wasn't trying to put on a front and be something he's not. It looks like, if Kucinich doesn't get the nod, I'm voting third party out of no faith at all in the Democratic party.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
not only were the questions pretty detailed but they all ended w/ an 'other' option where they could write out in greater detail their thoughts on the particular issue...newt did this a lot in his even tho he still filled it out
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Ron Paul
http://www.vote-smart.org/npat.php?can_id=BC031929
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
The big thing I disagree with Paul is about oil. In order to maintain self-reliance, and get away from foreign dependence on oil, he would drill in Alaska. I don't know that he knows all the facts, and it seems to me like he would be the kind of guy to get his facts straight on something like that. I'm talking about the paltry offerings and the cost it would entail to drill there for a very short term benefit.
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you mean like increasing the fuel efficency standard just 3 more miles ot the gallon would save even more oil than even the best estimates of alaska?
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
You'll have to talk to the Ford and GM CEO's about that.
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well dick cheney did say it would be unfair to ask of the auto industry....how dare we even think of them making such a sacrifice!?
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Well, his lips move one way, his eyes don't blink, and his jarvik is equipped with a microchip that recieves pulses from a satellite in space that was financed by the American people, yet owned by Halliburton. It's all connected.
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And, if you believe him, it's cost-effective, too.
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