April 3, 2008

  • I don't like political debate. I don't feel I'm well enough informed to state my opinion on something I don't know ALL the facts about. I feel very uncomfortable and usually refrain from comment or disengage myself from the conversation alltogether. My husband, on the otherhand, loves it and will raise his soapbox 10 stories high to let you know how he feels about a certain subject. Now marriage is a 50-50 give and take and more in some areas. After extreme coersion on his half and out of fairness to give and take (afterall you'll NEVER find me in the kitchen) I took this survey at THIS website to satisfy his curiosity.


    I must say I was very surprised at the results. I meshed most highly with Hilary Clinton who I never would have voted for otherwise. Obama came in second and is who I had planned on voting for. The following candidates are in order of how my viewpoints meshed with their alleged proposals.


    Huckabee
    Paul
    Romney
    Gravel
    McCain (who scares the shit out of me. All we need is a prisoner of war who has a flashback in the middle of a crisis and screws the whole country. Too much of  loose cannon in my opinion.)


    I didn't go into the rights and wrongs and debate the different bills here for a reason; I'm still uncomfortable discussing political viewpoints that I'm not 100% sure I know everything about but I will think a bit more closely about who I vote for and I'm still not certain I want Clinton in office..........yeah, I know some of you girls want to stone me after that but I have my reasons. There was only a 4% difference between Clinton and Obama in my survey results, I may stick with him.............who knows.


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    Doug's only comment upon reading this, "You wouldn't SERIOUSLY vote for Hilary Clinton would you?"..............another reason I usually keep my political viewpoints to myself!

Comments (2)

  • You don't have to understand politics to know that *this* candidate prefers to continue the death penalty, or *that* candidate wants to make you pay more in taxes... or that another wants to make a particular religious doctrine drive government policy. You don't need to understand politics to see that *this* policy will make it harder to get healthcare for your kids or your ageing relative; or *that* policy will marginalise a particular group of our fellow humans.

    It's not about understanding politics; it's about understanding what these people want for us, the voters. If you find yourself wanting the same as the politician and they don't want anything you seriously object to... vote for them. Personality is less important than the US media would have you believe; the media want you all to be Homer Simpson and vote for the guy who drinks the same beer as you. Forget outward personality and look at policies and pledges. Think about what those policies and pledges might mean to you in your day-to-day life. You don't have to LIKE your President... you have to like what they're going to do for you.

  • p.s. don't allow yourself to be swayed even by the views of a much loved partner. You're voting for what YOU want, what YOU believe.

    If you want Hills, vote for her.

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