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How do you rate the following Presidential candidates so far?

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imported_Lothar

Diamond Member
Yes, I purposely left it in a "Yes/No" "Positive/Negative" response type format.
No in between the lines, neutral or "don't know" options given.

*EDIT*
Bill Richardson added.
Dennis Kucinich added.
Stephen Colbert added.
 
Originally posted by: DonVito
Hee hee - who woulda thunk we'd ever see an Internet poll listing Ron Paul as 2/2 unfavorable? It won't last, though . . .
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It's the internet...I forgot Ron Paul always automatically wins.
Could have excluded him but the Ron Paul supporters would cry foul :laugh:
 
I voted unfavorable on everyone but Clinton and Obama. I like some of the other Democrats, but they just seem too...wimpy. Not in the traditional conservative attack ad way, but they just don't seem to bring any weight to the office, they seem like they have some good ideas, but it's hard to tell what the hell they'll get done once they are elected. Edwards especially sounds like he's in a high school debate. Great arguing skills, but I'm not convinced he's going to be anything other than another southern Democrat with an annoying accent and no accomplishments.

The Republican field is even worse, virtually everyone except Ron Paul is like some worse version of GWB (of whom I obviously don't approve). Rudy is essentially even more of a national security hawk than Bush without the (and I can't believe I'm using this word in connection with Dubya) intelligence to not just go blasting around, making even more enemies and not fixing a damn thing. McCain has the wacko conservative religious views without actually believing him, at least I can respect GWB's faith even if I disagree, but McCain obviously doesn't like conservative Christians, yet even more obviously wants their vote. Being on the far right with religion is bad enough, but not having the balls to actually say what you think about the issue is even worse. And Ron Paul, as unique as he seems to be, strikes me as a big crank as much as anything else. He seems a little too "ready, fire, aim" when it comes to the federal government for my comfort. I like the idea of smaller government, but I don't think the best approach is to just start taking a sledge hammer to departments at random.
 
Favorable to Guilani/Thompson/Romney/Huckabee

Unfavorable to all the others. I wish there was a lower ranking for Billary and Ron Paul.
 
Favorable to Paul/Kucinich. I could tolerate Obama as a lesser of two evils.

I can't stand Giuliani and Clinton.
 
I don't understand the inconsistency of Bush and Giuliani. Giuliani = Bush, but more outspoken about "nation building", "global terrorithm" "terroriths", etc. He's also a bit more of an authoritarian. It's Bush pitfalls amplified.
 
Originally posted by: Legend
I don't understand the inconsistency of Bush and Giuliani. Giuliani = Bush, but more outspoken about "nation building", "global terrorithm" "terroriths", etc. He's also a bit more of an authoritarian. It's Bush pitfalls amplified.
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He's a bit more socially liberal then Bush. Of course all the people saying they like him on here probably hate that about him too.... so I dunno.
 
Originally posted by: Lothar
Yes, I purposely left it in a "Yes/No" "Positive/Negative" response type format.
No in between the lines, neutral or "don't know" options given.

*EDIT*
Bill Richardson added.
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It would have been nice to have a 'don't know' on the less known candidates.

I can't really past judgement on Richardson or Huckabee since I don't much beyond what people claim about them.
 
Originally posted by: Legend
I don't understand the inconsistency of Bush and Giuliani. Giuliani = Bush, but more outspoken about "nation building", "global terrorithm" "terroriths", etc. He's also a bit more of an authoritarian. It's Bush pitfalls amplified.
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Two things that suprised me...

1.) How the hell is Fred Thompson batting around 50/50? Are people voting for him based on "law and order"?

2.) I never knew people hated John Edwards THAT much.
I hate him too, but God...He's at the bottom of the list down there next to Bush and Mitt Romney.

...
And whats with the inconsistency on one of my favorite candidate, Bill Richardson?
Pro 2nd amendment, probably the most fiscal politician on this list after Ron Paul, and many other good qualities as well.
This guy has done so much for New Mexico as a Governor.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Originally posted by: Lothar
Yes, I purposely left it in a "Yes/No" "Positive/Negative" response type format.
No in between the lines, neutral or "don't know" options given.

*EDIT*
Bill Richardson added.
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It would have been nice to have a 'don't know' on the less known candidates.

I can't really past judgement on Richardson or Huckabee since I don't much beyond what people claim about them.
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Every candidate listed deserves an "up or down" vote.
 
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: Legend
I don't understand the inconsistency of Bush and Giuliani. Giuliani = Bush, but more outspoken about "nation building", "global terrorithm" "terroriths", etc. He's also a bit more of an authoritarian. It's Bush pitfalls amplified.
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Two things that suprised me...

1.) How the hell is Fred Thompson batting around 50/50? Are people voting for him based on "law and order"?

2.) I never knew people hated John Edwards THAT much.
I hate him too, but God...He's at the bottom of the list down there next to Bush and Mitt Romney.

...
And whats with the inconsistency on one of my favorite candidate, Bill Richardson?
Pro 2nd amendment, probably the most fiscal politician on this list after Ron Paul, and many other good qualities as well.
This guy has done so much for New Mexico as a Governor.
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I abstained on Richardson, don't know enough about him. Same with Biden.
 
HOLY CRAP.

This is great! The only two candidates with a positive score are Obama and Paul.

Good choices, ATOT. Well, most of you.
 
None of the candidates have really garnered my "favor" thus far. Hilary is a bit to socialist in her ideals and doesn't seem to truly want to end the war. Barack while appealing doesn't seem to have his heart in the race the way some others do. Guiliani has totally ruined his appeal for me with his exploitation of 9/11. McCain seem to be a bush #2 type although he took up some sorta banner to finish out the war but i cant tell if its just a half-assed attempt to garner votes or true feeling. Romney seems more like a vice-president than a presidential candidate. Thompson i haven't heard much from and in that sense like Barack doesn't seem to have the heart to be president. Edwards, richardson, paul, huckabee - if you got the cherrypick ideals from those guys you'd have a really great candidate but alone some of their ideals are a little extreme when it comes to the current climate in the world - I guess thats the way it goes with the rest, a lot of great ideas, but only because they are able to speak out and say what they really think.

just my 2 cents.
 
I am favorable to them all. Whichever one of them wins he will be my President and Commander in Chief and I will be behind him 100%, unlike the rest of you Communist bastards.
 
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I am favorable to them all. Whichever one of them wins he will be my President and Commander in Chief and I will be behind him 100%, unlike the rest of you Communist bastards.
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:laugh: yeah right
 
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