Whooo should you vote for? Who who? Who who?

[devi]

Well, this quiz by hatmandu and friends has certainly fulfilled its stated goal of making me want to find out more. I don't know nearly enough about Kucinich, or indeed Gravel.

Who should you vote for?

Dennis Kucinich				120
Mike Gravel				108
Barack Obama				101
John Edwards				91
Hillary Clinton				87
Rudy Giuliani	-15
Ron Paul	-27
John McCain	-36
Fred Thompson	-72
Mitt Romney	-117
Duncan Hunter	-132
Mike Huckabee	-138

You expected: Barack Obama
Your recommendation: Dennis Kucinich

Party: Democratic


Born: 1946, Cleveland, Ohio


Family: Married three times; one daughter


Career: Radio talk-show host, lecturer, consultant


Political career: Cleveland City Council (1969); Mayor of Cleveland (1977-79); Incumbent Member of the US House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th district


Hot topic: Federally funded healthcare to all citizens


Did you know? When Kucinich refused to sell Muni Light, Cleveland's publicly owned electric utility, the Cleveland mafia put a hit on him. A hitman from Maryland planned to shoot him in the head during the Columbus Day Parade, but the plot fell apart when Kucinich was hospitalized and missed the event.


Supported by: Viggo Mortensen, Sean Penn


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There are Obama posters popping up in Oxford already and it isn't even our election. Last night Dan and I found ourselves watching The Manchurian Candidate - the remake, that is - which I'd somehow thought was a running-and-shouting-and-exploding standard thriller. Instead it was a paranoia-filled conspiracy theory drama happening around a US election, clearly scripted by people who'd watched an awful lot of The West Wing. All the fake news footage with its clunky graphic design took me back to our all-night election party of 2004. Hey, party round mine this November! With donuts! And hopefully this one won't end in despair!

Comments

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

I believe both the Democrats elect delegates to their conference on their overseas constituency (7 according to wikipedia which is spit in the ocean, but every delegate will count).

Interesting I got Mike Gravel. Both him and Kucinich are pretty much out of the running, but as pointed out by a few people here, running is often to a) gain experience b) push an agenda c) make some waves.

Merely mentioning universal health care and reformation of tax structures brings a debate in that wouldn't have otherwise existed. Same with Ron Paul. He'd not win, but he's creating enough of stir to be taken notice off.

Bateleur's argument is specious in a primary election. It's not about voting for who you like best who you think might win. In fact that's a daft way to decide your vote in any election. You don't get a prize for picking the winning or second placed candidate....