Who would you vote for, version: fixed

[Gudis]

royh:

"I hope/suspect Obama will clarify his position on guns at some point in the future, and that it will be more reasonable. In any case his only attraction to me is that he seems remarkably intelligent and level-headed for a politician (and I do believe these qualities are vastly undervalued)."

From ontheissues.org :
# Principles that Obama supports on gun issues:Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
# Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
# Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.

He (gag) represents me in the Senate, and I can tell you that he is very much anti-gun (and a socialist too but that's neither here nor there).

Back OT, Fred Thompson and Ron Paul would both be great.

 

[DesertShooter]

You might want to wait awhile before "fixing" your poll again! By the way, Tommy Thompson IS officially in the race, so you need to add him. Fred Thompson is NOT officially in the race, nor is Al Gore.

 

[royh]

From ontheissues.org :
# Principles that Obama supports on gun issues:Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
# Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
# Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.

Right; it's just that ontheissues.org is the only source I've seen for his positions, besides his votes; I can't seem to find anything on him actually talking about guns, and I figure if he just ignorantly jumped on the bandwagon. Then again, that seems to describe all of the anti-gun faction. His votes do look pretty bad though. Oh well.

 

[Autolycus]

Lets just wait until the election.

 

[ETXhiker]

Thompson. Uh, Fred, that is.

I really, really want to help the Libertarian party with my vote, but NOT THIS ELECTION! Stopping Hillary (or Obama) is just too important this time.

 

[News Shooter]

Tom

TANCREDO!!!

 

[only1asterisk]

The Easter Bunny will be here next Sunday and I'm voting for Ron Paul.

The Easter bunny stops at my house too. Putting faith in Ron Paul isn't putting faith in a politician, it’s putting faith in an exceptional man (and a good one if I am any judge).

David

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

Interesting... anti-gun Dems (Clinton, Obama, Gore, Edwards) have one less combined vote than the leading Republicans (Giuliani and McCain). If I were running the RNC, I'd be getting pretty darned nervous right about now.

 

[helpless]

Ron Paul is the Man.

 

[Titan6]

Someo more supporting data for those of you who love taxes...

double post oops

 

[Titan6]

Some more supporting data for those of you who love taxes...

Each year, NTU assigns a grade to each Member of Congress w/r/t his or her votes on legislation related to taxes, debt, regulation, and spending. The NTU looks both at the percentage of the time the legislator voted for the taxpayer, and at the importance of each of those votes, weighing each vote accordingly. This prevents, for example, a congresscritter voting in favor of several small tax credits but against a huge tax cut from earning a higher score than a legislator who did the opposite, thus presenting a more accurate picture of where the candidates stand on fiscal issues than would a raw vote count. According to NTU, here are the ‘08 candidates’ most recent grades:

NTU Congressional Rating (most recent legislative year)

John McCain: A (88%)
Ron Paul: A (84%)
Sam Brownback: A (84%)
Newt Gingrich: A (79%)
Tom Tancredo: A (76%)
Fred Thompson: A (73%)
Chuck Hagel: B+ (82%)
Duncan Hunter: B (62%)
Bill Richardson: F (33%)
John Edwards: F (22%)
Dennis Kucinich: F (22%)
Hillary Clinton: F (17%)
Barack Obama: F (16%)
Joe Biden: F (11%)
Chris Dodd: F (10%)

Two things. First, this explains why Duncan Hunter isn’t gaining any traction; his record on fiscal issues is that of something other than a conservative. Secondly, Bill Richardson appears to be the most fiscally conservative Democrat in the field, though that’s not saying much. In order to avoid making inferences based on what may be an anomalous year on the part of some candidates, let’s now take a look at the percentage of legislative years during which each candidate received an “A” grade from the NTU:

Percent of “A” Grades

Ron Paul: 100%
Tom Tancredo: 100%
Fred Thompson: 88%
John McCain: 67%
Newt Gingrich: 57%
Sam Brownback: 50%
Chuck Hagel: 30%
Duncan Hunter: 6%
All Democrats: 0%

 

[Biker]

I say again:

Paul/Tancredo in 2008!

Biker

 

[ConfuseUs]

I think Fred Thompson has a better shot than Ron Paul does since he has been a Republican for decades while Ron Paul is a newcomer. It boils down to political connections in the party and I think Ron Paul doesn't have enough of them. If Fred Thompson runs he has a good chance of knocking McCain and Giuliani off the ticket in the primaries. As far as Tom Tancredo, well, demographics guarantee he loses. The reality is that Republicans need Hispanic votes to win future elections. Ranting about illegal immigration ala Tancredo is seen as racist by many Hispanics. Tancredo is the hisPANIC attack candidate of choice.

 

[Malone LaVeigh]

I voted for the only one who ever actually won a plurality of the vote in a presidential election.

 

[Titan6]

I voted for the only one who ever actually won a plurality of the vote in a presidential election.

Is Edwards one of those "I shoot ducks and bunnies so I am okay" guys?

 

[Sam Adams]

I'm still voting for Fred. Ron Paul has no chance to win on the national level, so that leaves him out for me. Besides, he's a bit too isolationist for me at a time when outside forces want to destroy our society and kill as many of us as possible. IMHO, it is better to fight people like that in THEIR backyard, not ours.