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Your Result: Dennis Kucinich
The top priority of Dennis Kucinich is to end the war in Iraq. Kucinich also favors a repeal of the Patriot Act, would fund stem cell research, and create a universal healthcare program. He is liberal on social issues, and favors eliminating Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy. Kucinich is also concerned about global warming. |
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Yeah, sure, but I’m still not voting for him.
Out of curiosity, why not?
Because it’s a throwaway vote. He’s the Democratic equivalent of Nader.
Ewwww… Okay, I get it now.
The really telling thing in that graphic is the vast difference between all three Democrats and all four Republicans–and how insignificant the internal party differences are relative to that.
Tom, I think a better-constructed quiz might do a better job fine-tuning. This one was broad and basic.
De, that wasn’t a criticism of the quiz–the point is that the Republicans really are all way off the deep end, and any internal party differences really are insignificant in that light.
I don’t know…internal party differences really are significant. Playing down party differences in the general just doesn’t work during a primary.
I like my guy Edwards. 🙂
He’s the Democratic equivalent of Nader.
I… it… when… they… it… twitch twitch twitch.
Somewhere in a box in the back of my closet, I still have my “Queers for Nader” button. And, make no mistake, I believed. And then the Green Party was all “Screw Nader for not giving us enough of the attention we couldn’t be bothered to garner for ourselves!”
Grrrr.
And, now that I’ve typed this out… um, yeah. Let’s never speak of it again.
I just meant, if you are trying to choose between Dem candidates, you want a wider array of questions with more specific answers.
I want to vote for someone who might, just might, get the nomination; hence my criticism of Kucinich and my comparison to Nader. Edwards is, IMO, the best candidate, the most honest and purposeful candidate, with a real shot. Kucinich is a vote on principal and not with an eye on the prize.
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