2008 Presidential CANDIDATES OF THE WEEK #2 (3/8/05 - 3/15/05)Democrat: Senator Joe Biden (Delaware) Bio: Joe Biden's Senate responsibilities are primarily in Washington, D.C, but at night he comes home to his family in Delaware. Throughout his career as our Senator he has made his home in Delaware, he has raised his children here, and now he has the pleasure of seeing his grandchildren grow and thrive in the same down-home Delaware environment.
So it is no accident that so much of Joe Biden's work as a Senator focuses on family — a prescription drug program for older Delawareans; a Patients' Bill of Rights to enable all of us to receive the health care we need when we need it; laws to make corporations that pollute our air and water pay a stiff penalty; a $12,000 tuition tax deduction to help families send their children to college for the education the 21st century demands; pension reform to make sure our retirement savings are there when we need them; and, privacy laws to give us the last word about who is to share our families' most personal, most confidential information concerning medical care and family finances.
(rest of bio:
http://www.joebiden.com/aboutJoe.php )
HOTTT Button Issues:Abortion: Pro-Choice (Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions.)
(
http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Joe_Biden.htm )
Gun Control: Pro-Gun Control. Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (
http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Joe_Biden.htm )
Tax Cuts: Against Bush’s cuts. (
http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Joe_Biden.htm )
War in Iraq: Voted YES on $86.5 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003), Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. Now opposes the way the Bush administration has handled the War in Iraq. (
http://www.issues2000.org/2004/Wesley_Clark_War_+_Peace... )
(more issues:
http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Joe_Biden.htm )
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Republican: Governor George Pataki (New York)Bio: Gov. George E. Pataki has had a life of diverse experiences that have led him from a small farm nestled along the Hudson River to the tumultuous Yale campus of the 1960s to the Governor's Mansion in Albany.
During his nearly eight year tenure as New York's 53rd chief executive, Governor Pataki has spoken often of the inherent greatness of the individual. Indeed, the policies he has fought for are all based on the fundamental principle that a strong society is built upon a spirit that springs to life when men and women enjoy, embrace, and exercise freedom in the pursuit of personal greatness - individually, but not independently of one another.
(rest of bio:
http://georgepataki.com/gp_docs/about/ )
HOTTT Button Issues:Abortion: Claims to be Pro-Choice, but record states otherwise. (
http://www.wcla.org/articles/pataki.html )
Gun Control: Pro-Gun Control (
http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/3/16/164436 )
Tax Cuts: Pro-Tax Cuts. Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts. Sep 1998. (
http://ontheissues.org/George_Pataki.htm )
War in Iraq: Pro-War (
http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/03gop1.htm )
(more issues:
http://ontheissues.org/George_Pataki.htm )
