Friday, August 12, 2011

Would you consider voting for the following people and, briefly, why or why not?

I consider myself a moderate and an independent. I'd consider, at the moment, voting for Ron Paul, Obama, and Clinton in descending order. I would not vote for Giuliani. I'm ok with politicians changing their positions on issues and changing their minds if they can explain it. I think a thoughtful person regularly reevaluates his/her positions. I also neither expect nor care that a politician agree with me on every issue. It's my responsibility as a voter to prioritize my issues and determine what deviation is acceptable. It's not ok to change positions only to get my vote. You may disagree with my order of the bottom two, but I put Giuliani last because he has explained his change in positions a bit less than Senator Clinton. The 3 wives; the lack of support of the firefighters in NY and the animosity of his children bother me. He should have mended fences with his children long ago. He appears, according to the firefighters, to be taking credit for things he did not do on 9/11. I put Senator Clinton slightly above him, but really not a lot. She has some more consistency on why she voted the way she did on certain issues, but is very evasive in general. She's less than honest on any issue that can cost her votes. I put Obama 3rd from the bottom and Paul 4th from the bottom because I see them as more direct and honest. Paul is 1st because of total honesty on the political issues and how/why he voted the way he did. Obama is second generally for the same reasons. Obama lacks the maturity and experience of Ron Paul and Paul really has many, many years on integrity in government. I feel Obama is a good person but lacks seasoning. There was a time I would and did vote for 3rd party candidates who had no chance of winning, but I will not do that 2008. In 2000, if Florida had gone differently, the election would have been decided by my state's measily 5 electoral votes. The candidate who won my state carried it by 800 votes. I do believe that every vote can make a difference. My state had a Consitutional amendment in 2002 that ped by two votes statewide. EDIT: One more thing you hinted at, Giuliani has a long history of vindictiveness and a hot temper. Those are very bad traits for a president. We now have a President who is currently one of the most unpopular in history but I don't see him holding grudges and acting out of anger. I respect him for that trait although I disagree with many of his decisions.

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