Your political stance

[wrag]

I thought Ron Paul would have been a super candidate! and on the dem. side Bill Richardson
but as you say people dont always pick the best choice for the job!

You really think we were given a choice?

That we actually got to pick?

Or were we given certain options by the PARTY's and told who we could vote for?

[Xargos]

Libertarian.

Ron Paul kept warning us that something was wrong with the banking system, but everyone just laughed at him.  And who are we bailing out now with taxpayers money?

[SD67]

Alas, The USA is not going realise it sorely needed Ron Paul until 18months into Billiarys' term.

[bj229r]

Alas, The USA is not going realise it sorely needed Ron Paul until 18months into Billiarys' term.

Fear not! Barack will raise taxes on producers, raise taxes on corporations (in other words, US) tighten up the money supply, end all trade agreements, and give us a proper recession for once

[WWhiskey]

You really think we were given a choice?

That we actually got to pick?

Or were we given certain options by the PARTY's and told who we could vote for?

same outcome    we didnt get those best suited for the job!

[mietla]

Untill the majority of humans can subordinate their nature to logic, the product of national democracy will continue to disappoint.

Yep good thing we don't have one....................

technicality. Should be rephrased as:

"Until the majority of humans can subordinate their nature to logic, the product of what we have (whatever you call it) will continue to disappoint."

[palef]

Politics and Politicians should follow but one rule: Do NOT make anyone else's life worse.

Politics is about the acquisition of power. John McCain, Barak Obama, and Hilary Clinton are just iterations of the same ethos.

[wrag]

Yep good thing we don't have one....................






technicality. Should be rephrased as:

"Until the majority of humans can subordinate their nature to logic, the product of what we have (whatever you call it) will continue to disappoint."

(whatever you call it) = Representative Republic

Note:  from the pledge of allegiance "and to the Republic for which it stands"

The Founders looked at Democracy and didn't want it.

[CAP1]

With all the political threads going around and the debates over who is what (liberal, conservitive) I thought it might be interesting to learn about some of the more vocal people on the boards here. I'd like to know what you belive your political stance is and in addition to that what it is you do for a living, educational background,  where you grew up, and where you live now. Might be interesting to see how the work you do and where you live translates into how you think about political matters.

I would suppose it might be easier to group it in 6 categories.
1. Liberal
2. Liberal with few conservative ideas
3. Liberal with some conservative ideas
4. Conservative with some liberal ideas
5. Conservative with few liberal ideas
6. Conservative

I'm a 5, grew up in SW Oklahoma, live in Virginia now. I'm an Electronic Technician (military trained) I am retired Coast Guard/Army and now work for Mackay Marine Communications as a bench tech, and field service engineer. I'm currently working on my degree in Electronic Engineering.

well, according to my squad co, i'm an F'in liberal........but i'm not that, or a conservitave.......i'm just a man with many many varied opinions.

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[Nilsen]

Depends on the issue

[JBA]

WIDE, but I'm not gay.

[lazs2]

cap.. no one likes to admit they are a liberal it seems.. even that is a gray area with them.

If your many and varied "opinions" are liberal.. you are most likely a liberal.   It is not complex.

lazs

[texasmom]

My husband calls me "liberal" if he seeks to offend me.

[moot]

There's more to it than just a left/right spectrum.  There was a net-based test a while back with another dimension added, it's probably better than this 1-dimensional scaling.

[Xargos]

Take this test to find out what you are.