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View Poll Results: I mostly judge a candidate by: | |
His/her voiced opinions/policies
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Their past performance
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What the people around them do.
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What they do with the people around them
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Party affiliation
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By ____________ (Please explain)
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September 3rd, 2008, 11:43 AM
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| | Sea-Ninja wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Albany, Ga.
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| In politics, I judge a person by. . .
Many stories have come out about each of the candidates. Virtually all of the stories are about the people around the candidates, not the candidates themselves. Its as if the news expects us to change our opinions depending on what the people around the candidates do.
I was wondering, in forming an opinion about a candidate, How do you judge them?? Do you judge her/him depending on the people around them, the policies they claim they will enfoce, what the candidate says, the past performance of the candidate, or what?
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September 3rd, 2008, 12:01 PM
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| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dallas, TX
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How about "all of the above."
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September 3rd, 2008, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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I judge them mostly by how much I believe the lies they are telling in their campaign. No new taxes? Bah... Complete health care reform? Not in my lifetime.. End to global warming? Spare me....
Non-Example: McCain's choice for VP, Palin, has an unmarried pregnant teenage daughter! Who really cares??? And if you do, why???
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September 3rd, 2008, 12:09 PM
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| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: inside the Beltway
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Of course I judge candidates only by important things. Such as the beverages they drink (beer good, wine bad), the leisure activities they practice (skimobiling good, basketball and windsurfing bad), the cars they drive (Cadillac CTS good, hybrid bad), their housing (eight houses good, one "million-dollar mansion" bad), their marriages (multiple marriages good, monogamy bad), the clothes they wear ($520 shoes good, Somali tribal clothes AWFUL). | |
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September 3rd, 2008, 12:20 PM
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| | Indispensable Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Meechigan
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Theophylact  Of course I judge candidates only by important things. Such as the beverages they drink (beer good, wine bad), the leisure activities they practice (skimobiling good, basketball and windsurfing bad), the cars they drive (Cadillac CTS good, hybrid bad), their housing (eight houses good, one "million-dollar mansion" bad), their marriages (multiple marriages good, monogamy bad), the clothes they wear ($520 shoes good, Somali tribal clothes AWFUL). | That's great advice Theo! I'm going to follow your lead!  | |
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September 3rd, 2008, 12:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lugano, Switzerland
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mostly on how they react under pressure in things like interviews
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September 3rd, 2008, 02:01 PM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Plymouth, WI
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How much they lie and flip flop (from a good stand to a bad one).
Obama and McCain are both wretched.
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September 3rd, 2008, 02:19 PM
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| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Australia
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Do they believe in diplomacy, or do they make statements like, "we don't talk to evil." | |
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September 3rd, 2008, 04:10 PM
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| | Green-dildo-riding banana
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: PA, USA
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Sex, religion, race, sexual preference, attractiveness, and how nice their outfits go together.
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September 3rd, 2008, 04:10 PM
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