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| Wino Ph.D. |
 10/06/07 11:47am
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Second Lieutenant  Group: {MOB} Posts: 446 Joined: April 11th 2006 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 1689  |
Cool, I was surprised who the program picked for me. http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html This one cool too. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/elec...0,87,89,120,101 |
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| Major.Pain |
10/06/07 5:43pm
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Major  Group: Forum Member Posts: 639 Joined: October 16th 2006 Member No.: 2087 |
No big surprise for me. The program picked my candidate.
-Spud |
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| Cpt. Snot Rocket |
10/06/07 6:03pm
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 Colonel Group: {MOB} Posts: 1304 Joined: February 26th 2006 From: South Bend, IN Member No.: 1615 |
vajoe did not work for me at all. Gave me candidates that I strongly diasagree with.
the usatoday one is very good and much more indepth. --------------------  "The most terrifying words in the English language are; I'm from the government and I'm here to help." – Ronald Reagan |
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| THE Mechanic |
10/06/07 8:40pm
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 Major  Group: {MOB} Regs Posts: 461 Joined: May 11th 2006 Member No.: 1753 |
QUOTE(Major.Pain @ 10/06/07 6:43pm)  No big surprise for me. The program picked my candidate. -Spud Hey Wino, That was a neat site thanks for posting it, very interesting. I'm in the same boat as "Pain" oops " The Spud man" aaahaa so thats who you are Pain.LOL Funny though i talked my mom through the servey and it picked Hillary bitchbag Clinton for her and she can't stand her.she told me not to tell anyone oops again..LOL. "T.M."  --------------------  |
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| GIJOE |
10/06/07 10:58pm
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 Major Group: {MOB} Posts: 521 Joined: August 14th 2006 From: San Fernando Valley, CA Member No.: 1887 |
LMAO...
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| Wino Ph.D. |
10/07/07 2:47pm
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Second Lieutenant Group: {MOB} Posts: 446 Joined: April 11th 2006 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 1689 |
I also got odd results from vajoe. The question that comes to me is, is that because the program is flawed? I don't have a complete understanding of where everyone is on the issues? I'm biased by personal opinions that have little to do with where a candidate stands on issues? Or I was too drunk when I took it  I always try to be open minded about candidates and try to focus on where they stand on issues instead of falling in to the old Donkey/Elephant trap so I thought that both sites were illuminating for me. |
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| M@ster of Dis@ster |
10/07/07 3:40pm
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 Colonel Group: {MOB} Regs Posts: 1153 Joined: February 16th 2006 Member No.: 1598 Xfire: Master0fDisaster |
QUOTE(Wino Ph.D. @ 10/07/07 4:47pm) I also got odd results from vajoe. The question that comes to me is, is that because the program is flawed? I don't have a complete understanding of where everyone is on the issues? I'm biased by personal opinions that have little to do with where a candidate stands on issues? Or I was too drunk when I took it I always try to be open minded about candidates and try to focus on where they stand on issues instead of falling in to the old Donkey/Elephant trap so I thought that both sites were illuminating for me. I'm not American but I took it for fun. IMO, vajoe should be more accurate because it allows you to weigh the importance of your answer. For example, what if you really don't care what the background of the politician is? For example, does anyone really think it is more important that a candidate be, say, from the Senate than from the House of Reps without having any particular candidate in mind? So I think being able to put a "low" or "high" priority on an answer would allow you to sucessfully filter out questions that mean little to you. Anyway, the poll discovers which candidates STATED views match your own. Of course, it would not reflect whether you trust them to see those views through, whether you think they truely believe in them or are oppotunist, etc. But then again, it might just be surprising to some of you that candidate X actually has a lot of similarily stated views. I think they are neat and in Canada, where an election is coming soon, it'd be fun if we got something similar for our candidates. BTW, I did both and it picked the same candidate for both for my top one. So that indicated both are on the same track. --------------------  |
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| Stryker9 |
10/09/07 1:20pm
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 Second Lieutenant Group: {MOB} Regs Posts: 272 Joined: August 9th 2006 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Member No.: 1867 Xfire: Stryker9 |
I didn't see in the poll my 3 biggest issues with the next president
1. FairTax.org 2. Limit congress to 2 terms like the president 3. Impliment that FREE energy discovery that the oil companies surpressed during the last 50 years.... JIM --------------------  |
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| Genocide Junkie |
10/10/07 6:39pm
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 Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 1912 Joined: July 16th 2006 Member No.: 1843 Xfire: destructionoverdrive |
I have two issues. #1 is Universal Health Care (and every other social program). I will not vote for a candidate who supports it. #2 Immigration. Find me a candidate really willing to deal with it and they get my vote. Pretty simple.
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| Wino Ph.D. |
10/11/07 11:35pm
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Second Lieutenant Group: {MOB} Posts: 446 Joined: April 11th 2006 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 1689 |
Good points Geno. Obiviously a government run universal health care is not the answer here but we could improve the access to healthcare for the under privledged in the usa today.Obiviously we need immigrants for the Mc jobs that normal Americans don't want so we need to find a way to keep track of them and tax then as we are taxed especially for those who are trying to take advantage of point 1. This post has been edited by Wino Ph.D.: 10/11/07 11:37pm |
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