Vote For President?

[Troy Spiral (13)]

I've been taking these quizzes that try to match your opinions to the candidates and none of them ever get more than like 20-30%. Although apparently im "supposed" to vote for Obama. Grr. Really need some system that encourages more realistic choices/parties and when I says system I mean election system.

Just for the heck of it if your interested:

USA Today Match Game

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/candidate-match-game

Obama (28%)

Paul (25%

Romney (22%)

(there are a lot of them, haven't really found one i like all that much but that one is the best I've found so far, which isnt saying much) Plus none of them have "investment in science and technology" which is what I'd probably say is most near and dear to me other than the economy.

[Slogo]

If it wasn't for the NDAA I'd be squarely in the Obama camp.

[Fierce Critter]

As usual, since I have precious little confidence in either "most likely to get elected" party, my vote goes for whomever I believe is least likely to make curbing civil liberties a direct agenda.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

As usual, since I have precious little confidence in either "most likely to get elected" party, my vote goes for whomever I believe is least likely to make curbing civil liberties a direct agenda.

Do you mean "assuming I unfortunately have to vote for one of the people that can actually get elected" or "im going to vote for somone that may have no chance, but I think would do what I'd prefer" ?

Of the three Ron Paul would be your guy if civil liberties is your single-ticket issue, but its unlikely he has a serious chance of winning, but the other candidates will have to court his supporters somehow, thus we might get some "ron paul-isms" in their campaigns.

Although bizzarely he is anti-choice and doesn't believe in basic facts of science(the same ones old school fudimentalists don't believe in, you know, the flood killed the dinosaurs, evolution is a hoax, the earth is less than 10,000 years old etc), which, scares me right off as much as I might like many of his other ideas.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

If it wasn't for the NDAA I'd be squarely in the Obama camp.

Had to look it up , spent awhile reading, I read some political news pretty much daily lately, somehow I missed this. Just for others that might not have any idea:

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012

The Act authorizes $662 billion in funding, among other things "for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad." In a signing statement, President Obama described the Act as addressing national security programs, Department of Defense health care costs, counter-terrorism within the U.S. and abroad, and military modernization. The Act also imposes new economic sanctions against Iran (section 1045), commissions appraisals of the military capabilities of countries such as Iran, China, and Russia, and refocuses the strategic goals of NATO towards "energy security."

Its such a huge thing with so many aspects to it, reminds me of the patriot act. God dang i wish there was some rule about limiting how "much stuff" you can put in one bill. No human can realisticly read all these things (let alone really understand them) so annoying.

What about it is particularly troubling?

A federal court issued an order blocking the indefinite detention powers of the NDAA for American citizens on the grounds of unconstitutionality

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[Vater Araignee]

I want to know why people insist on throwing away their vote by claiming to vote for the lest of two evils?

You want the country ruined by sociocomunisum? Keep claiming the 2 parties are the only parties and flip a freaking coin. It doesn't make a difference. Romney is Obama on everything from welfare to healthcare to warfare. You could vote for the candidate from one of the nine other socialist parties and actually make a statement. Of course that statement would be "Stop trying to hide the agenda."

Maybe you want to keep the rights the founders claim that the constitution only reiterates, after all a right is a right, not a privilege. Well then vote for libertarians or constitutionalists.

Perhaps you only care about getting stoned. United States Marijuana Party!

May hap you are an asshole that thinks people don't have the right to decide what they put into their bodies. Prohibition Party.

Realize one thing, Only voting for a candidate who you think is the least evil is a wasted vote, especially when you consider the fact the millions upon millions of Americans are eligible and you have the right to write any one of them in.