January 3, 2008
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Open Season
It’s time to start hunting again… for a presidential candidate. Don’t let yourself become distracted by shiny spray on tans, glimmering white smiles, patriotic ties and american flag lapel pins. Take a look at the actual issues that mean the most to you in your daily life.
I, personally, am pro-life, I want to finish the war in Iraq and have high hopes for securing the US borders. So here’s how the fifteen candidates hold up to my standards. (I got all my info from http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/#candidates )Abortion:
Prolife: McCain(R), Hunter(R), Huckabee(R), Paul(R),Thompson(R)
Wafflers: Guiliani(R), Romney(R), Richardson(D)
Promurder: Clinton(D), Obama(D), Edwards(D), Gravel(D),Dodd(D), Kucinich(D), Biden(D)Iraq:
Finish the job: Hunter, McCain, Huckabee, Thompson
Turn tail and run: PaulImmigration: (This is a particularly tough issue since there’s more than one side to it.)
Secure the borders: Hunter, McCain, Huckabee, Thompson
Occasional waffling to suit the crowd he’s around: McCain
Flat out deportation: Hunter
(I personally like the idea “earned legalization” by allowing illegal immigrants to apply for legal status by registering with
authorities, paying a fine, getting guest worker permits, learning to speak
English, and paying taxes. Such applicants for legal status must not be allowed
to jump ahead of legal applicants.) I really like/would vote for Hunter and really admire his work regarding the pro-life community, but hardly anyone’s heard of him and it would be a damn miracle if he pulled off a position on the big ballot.
McCain seems to be playing a game to twist his words to suit whatever crowd he’s in…
My top choices based on what we’ve heard so far:1. Hunter(not gonna happen)
2. Huckabee
3. Thompson
4. McCainWhat’s your view?
Comments (3)
Thompson
Huckabee
McCain
Romney is my last resort, no point talking about anyone with even less of a chance of wining.
The Leading Democrats are are all over the place on the war. To the point of putting the finger in the air and testing the winds of public opinion. That a scary type of person to make Commander and Chief
And pro choice with them is so extreme that they support the right to an abortion, for any reason, even in the third trimester. A sick bunch
I’m not sure you really want my opinion, but here goes:
I am still undecided, but my brother, a three time Iraq war veteran, would like to see McCain in because we still have work to do over there. Most of the military people do not want to be brought out of Iraq and see all of their previous hard and dangerous work just all go to waste. There are many more years of work to be done there. The thing about those running and their opinions on the war, they do not have all of the information they need to be able to make any truly accruate statements. They don’t get that info until they are in office because they aren’t the President yet. They waffle a lot because they are just going by what info they are being given, which unfortunately isn’t usually the truth. The public is usually in such an uproar over the war because of the negative info we get. We don’t get any of the good that is being done. I would expect any candidate’s opinion to change after they got into office because they would then have more accurate info to work with. I think it would be a mistake to pull us out like Hillary wants, but she may change her mind after got in office, and that’s O.K.
But, I am also one of those “promurderers”. I am very much prochoice, which actually does not mean proabortion. It really just means it is someone else’s choice, not mine, to make for themselves and their life. There are MANY reasons to make that decision, many really hard decisions, and none of us knows the pain and anguish and heartache that goes along with it until we are there. It is not my place to judge, but to be a loving support to those in need. I do believe there should be A LOT of restrictions, but IT IS NOT MY DECISION TO MAKE FOR OTHERS OR OTHERS TO MAKE FOR ME. I would support a candidate who respected my rights, but also had the common sense to be decent (I agree with the above comment of third trimester being way too late). This will be a topic that will never be settled.
I don’t have much knowledge of the border issue, but what you said above sounds like a good plan to me. I know it is a real problem, but we don’t see much of it up here in Montana, so it is hard to have a solution.
Thanks for the info on the candidates, it clears up a couple of things for me, but probably in the opposite way you wanted. I do plan on learning a lot more about the issues and the candidates as it gets closer. Hopefully there won’t be too much mudslinging along the way.
The only incorrect part of your comment was “You probably don’t wan’t my opinion.” OF COURSE I DO!
Part of writing a controversial post is to get controversial responses. =) I do agree that a candidate shouldn’t have a say in your sexuality/moral choices. But as a person in a modern age, you have to make responsible choices. I personally feel if you don’t want to get pregnant, you don’t have sex. Don’t want a baby? Don’t mess around without protection. I feel that in establishing anti-abortion laws, you haven’t taken away the mother’s choice to kill her child, you’ve instead *given* the choice of life to the baby. There are so many people out there who want a baby so desperately and there’s actually become a shortage of American babies to adopt. (and overseas babies cost a FORTUNE to bring in and legalize) I know about the shortage because I have *several* family members who’ve been trying to adopt without success for more than twenty years now.
I’ve seen the video’s of abortion where the infant is being sucked out limb by limb, and it’s absolutely gruesome. There’s no doubt in my mind that with the squirming and thrashing the baby does, that it’s feeling immense pain. (and they don’t give the baby anesthesia.) After seeing those videos, there’s no choice for me. Abortion is murder in my eyes. Ya’ll can feel free to disagree, but I stand by my convictions.