Terrapin Tables

I scored 45 each to Hillary and Obama. Thompson, Brownback, Huckabee, and McCain all scored 10s with me.

Notice they don't even have an official-looking graphic for Thompson, just some screencap from a speech. And it was probably a speech to DA McCoy.

I had Obama, Clinton, and Biden tied at 33. Giuliani was my top-rated Republican at 25, and Huckabee and Paul as 5s. I'm hoping for an Obama-Biden ticket, though its unlikely that we'll get it. Katie has already asked if we could emigrate if Hillary gets elected, to which I responded, "Only if we can also emigrate if one of those damn-fool Republican gasbags that you'll undoubtably vote for gets elected"

The other problem will be, as a friend of mine from work pointed out, thanks to George W., its entirely possible that no other country would accept us.

I also had Giuliani as my top Republican. 9/11.

I don't understand the knee-jerk anti-Hillary sentiment. I'm not a supporter (of any candidate, really) but there are certainly much, much worse options. If nothing else, her husband was a great president, so maybe that trait is sexually transmitted. Except Hillary is probably the only female in DC Bill hasn't slept with.

Look at me, still a class act after all these years.

In all honesty, based on the qualities that I perceive as common sense, and the role I think the government needs to play in times like these, I'm probably leaning heaviest towards Kucinich. Which I probably spelled wrong. I like a man that carries a ton of shit in his pockets.

My highest are Kucinich, Dodd, and Edwards (44/41/41). Giuliani is my highest GOP guy as well.

I don't like seeing McCain above Ron Paul (13) as I like Ron Paul. But I guess my support of health care and stem-cell research means gov't spending, so I can understand. Still, I like the crazies. With Ron Paul and Mike Gravel running, the cranky-old-man candidates make Kucinich look downright normal.

Rick and I talked about this, but I agree that Hillary, as a candidate, it treated with a bit more vitriol than anyone else. I think it has a lot to do with her personality, and I think Republicans are afraid of her. Just about every Democrat that I can recall has been a sort of mellow, laid-back guy: Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, Carter. At times, Hillary can come across as almost militant. I would imagine that, as a woman, you have to project strength at most times to reach the level she has achieved. Any weakness you display might be attributed to your feminity. I think Republicans fear Hillary because if she is elected, she will be a hard-ass.

I had Rudy as my top rated out of all of them, though most were clumped together. I didn't have anyone crack 40 or beneath 10.

I have no idea who I prefer at this point.

You can just write in Jimmy Buffett.

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/adeangelo165/Buffett2004/Buffett4President2004.html

Dennis Kucinich, 41
Chris Dodd, 36
John Edwards, 36
Bill Richardson, 34
Mike Gravel, 33
Barack Obama, 31
Hillary Clinton, 31
Joe Biden, 29
Rudy Giuliani, 28
Mitt Romney, 17
Ron Paul, 12
John McCain, 11
Jim Gilmore, 9
Sam Brownback, 9
Duncan Hunter, 7
Mike Huckabee, 6
Fred Thompson, 4
Tom Tancredo, 1

I would have liked to have seen more environmental issues on there, since I think that's one of the biggest problems we're facing right now. The only thing they had was ethanol - do they mean corn, sugar cane, cellulose, or some other ethanol, because that would change my answer (no to corn-based ethanol, yes to research on other ethanols). What about other government funding of alternative energy, carbon capping, what to do when Kyoto expires & how the U.S. should get involved, etc?

What about general science spending & science oversight? After the Bush administration, the next president is going to have to do a lot to improve the way the executive branch handles science.

Oh well, I guess I have to go do some real research, and not just trust an online poll to pick my candidate for me.

We just ran these guys' first press release - if they fail, they might join Roy with the Vote Buffett people.