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    Tovenaar Senior Member The Wizard's Avatar
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    Repress. It translates into "gays can't marry."
    Good, good. I chose correctly then.
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    I got obama and clinton (Apparently they hold all the same positions).

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    Tied at 48 points for these four : Edwards, Obama, Clinton, Richardson. I knew I prefered Clinton or Obama, in that order. Never heard of Richardson.


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    I don't know if you guys have seen this before, but there is a similar thing here:

    http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

    Not as well set out and done quite differently to this one, but the idea is still there. I got Kuchinich in that one.

    In the one you posted I got 66 for Dodd, only disagreeing on Immigration and I got 64 with Kucinich, only disagreeing (And then slightly) on Iraq. I had Hillary, Obama and Edwards (Who I prefer out of the three top runners) tied next on 59 - all of whom I disagree with on the Death Penalty. Hunter was last on 7 - only agreed with him on Energy.
    I only disagree with him on immigration, apparently, and the options on that topic all seemed too anti-immigration for my tastes, so I am not sure that counts as I did not want to pick any.
    I was in the same conundrum.
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    Dennis Kucinich - 56
    Chris Dodd - 51
    John Edwards - 46
    Barack Obama - 46
    Hillary Clinton - 46

    Disagreed with all of them on Iraq; Obama and Clinton on Immigration and the Death Penalty.
    #Hillary4prism

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    The immigration question was so hostile to immigrants, it was funny. Why did they not just ask you to choose:

    Quote Originally Posted by US Presidential candidates
    Option 1: Crush illegal immigrates and have them flee before you.
    Option 2: Seize the possessions of illegal immigrants, crush them and have them flee before you.
    Option 3: Hear the wailing of women illegal immigrants, crush them and have them flee before you.
    Option 4: Embrace the wives and daughters of illegal immigrants, hear their women wail, crush them and have them flee before you.
    Seriously, what was wrong with:

    Quote Originally Posted by Emma Lazarus
    "Give me your tired your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
    That was beautiful and also, I think, one reason why America became the greatest nation on earth.

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    Oh please, Econ. We had much stricter immigration laws back when that was put up. And immigration should not be a general opening of our doors to a bunch of people fleeing a crappy country to our south and costing us billions of dollars (illegals cost LA county about $1billion a year. That's one county).

    Anyways, I got:
    John McCain
    Score: 51

    Tom Tancredo
    Score: 50


    Duncan Hunter
    Score: 43

    Fred Thompson
    Score: 43

    Which is odd, since I would much, much rather have Duncan Hunter or Fred Thompson over Tancredo or McCain. Thompson is my choice right now, edging Duncan mainly because of name recognition.

    FYI, I got 8's for Edwards, Obama, and Clinton, and 3's for Dodd, Kucinich, and Gravel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CountArach
    I don't know if you guys have seen this before, but there is a similar thing here:

    http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

    Not as well set out and done quite differently to this one, but the idea is still there. I got Kuchinich in that one.
    Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R)
    90.82% match

    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

    Your Other Top Matches
    Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 85.71%
    Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 84.69%
    Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 84.69%

    Middle of the Pack
    Businessman John Cox (R) - 78.57%
    California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 77.55%
    Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 75.51%
    Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 72.45%
    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 69.39%
    Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 69.39%
    Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 30.61%
    New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 30.61%
    Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 24.49%
    Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 23.47%

    Bottom of the Barrel
    Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 18.37%
    New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 14.29%
    Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 13.27%
    Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 10.20%
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    I'm a sucker for political quizzes. The CountArach one:


    New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 72.31% match

    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Obama seems a bit low, coming in only as fourth Dem. Giuliani comes in as second placed Rep.
    There are lots of unfamiliar presidential hopefuls in these quizzes that I don't know anything about. But the ones I've been rooting for keep coming out on top. So, if one thing, these quizzes have convinced me that I was right in my pick of candidates.
    (And that I have some basic grasp of what the major candidates stand for. )


    Your Other Top Matches
    Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 66.15%
    Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 66.15%
    Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 64.62%

    Middle of the Pack
    Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 64.62%
    New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 64.62%
    Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 63.08%
    Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 54.62%
    Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 48.46%
    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 42.31%
    Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 39.23%
    Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 38.46%
    Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 38.46%
    Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 33.08%

    Bottom of the Barrel
    Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 28.46%
    Businessman John Cox (R) - 21.54%
    California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 20.00%
    Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 18.46%
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    From CA's:

    Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R)
    96.03% match

    You are number 1,043,181 to use the Candidate Calculator.

    Your Other Top Matches
    Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 87.30%
    Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 87.30%
    Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 82.54%

    Middle of the Pack
    Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 79.37%
    California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 77.78%
    Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 71.43%
    Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 65.08%
    Businessman John Cox (R) - 64.29%
    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 52.38%
    New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 31.75%
    Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 19.05%
    New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 15.87%
    Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 15.87%

    Bottom of the Barrel
    Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 12.70%
    Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 9.52%
    Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 9.52%
    Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 6.35%
    CR
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