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Question: Democrats and left-wingers only: Choose which five of the following positions you find least objectionable in a presidential candidate.
#1
Supports retaining the Bush tax cuts in full.		  
#2
Supports a cut in corporate taxes.		  
#3
Supports revenue-neutral tax reform (eliminating deductions and lowering rates).		  
#4
Supports additional free trade agreements.		  
#5
Supports a balanced budget amendment.		  
#6
Opposes a "public option" in health insurance.		  
#7
Supports promoting charter schools and school voucher programs.		  
#8
Willing to consider cuts or changes to Social Security or Medicare to reduce the deficit.		  
#9
Opposes "cap and trade"		  
#10
Supports ANWR and offshore oil drilling.		  
#11
Supports SOPA.		  
#12
Supports the PATRIOT Act, NDAA, and warrantless wiretapping.		  
#13
Supports indefinite military presence in Afghanistan.		  
#14
Supports military intervention against Iran.		  
#15
Opposes cuts in the military budget.		  
#16
Opposes gay marriage.		  
#17
Is pro-life.		  
#18
Opposes gun control.		  
#19
Supports federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries.		  
#20
Opposes amnesty for illegal aliens.		  
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Total Voters: 38

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Author Topic: Democrats: Moderate Your Candidate!  (Read 1269 times)
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« on: March 16, 2012, 08:01:25 PM »
This should be interesting.
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« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2012, 08:17:51 PM »
Charter schools, anti-cap and trade, pro-life, anti-gun control, anti-gay marriage. Social issues, basically, though not entirely.
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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2012, 08:55:16 PM »
Of those listed, the least objectionable to me are:

Supports a cut in corporate taxes.
Supports revenue-neutral tax reform
Supports additional free trade agreements.
Supports a balanced budget amendment.
Opposes gun control.
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« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2012, 09:30:47 PM »
I picked options 4, 5, 7, and 8.
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« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2012, 10:06:28 PM »
Options 4, 5, 9, 18, and 20
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2012, 03:55:26 AM »
3, 4, 8, 10 and 18
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2012, 05:15:42 AM »
Tax reform (if it's really revenue-neutral), Free Trade, Changes in Medicare, SOPA, Gay marriage (as long as he supports civil unions with the same rights as marriage).
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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2012, 07:18:40 AM »
3, 4, 5, 7, 8.

Probably could've said gun control ahead of one of those though.
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2012, 07:49:00 AM »
3, 8, and 3rd (as long as we're not talking using the crass gun rhetoric here) and 4th from bottom.
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« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2012, 08:22:59 AM »
Supports revenue-neutral tax reform (eliminating deductions and lowering rates).   
Supports additional free trade agreements.   
Supports a balanced budget amendment.
Supports promoting charter schools and school voucher programs.
Opposes gun control.
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2012, 08:35:02 AM »
In the US I guess I might be a blue dog, so here goes...

Supports retaining the Bush tax cuts in full.       
Supports a cut in corporate taxes.   
Supports revenue-neutral tax reform (eliminating deductions and lowering rates)
Supports a balanced budget amendment.
Supports military intervention against Iran
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2012, 09:38:30 AM »
Supports retaining the Bush tax cuts

Cut corporate taxes

Supports revenue neutral tax reform

Supports additional Free Trade agreements

Opposes Public Option

Supports balanced budget amendment

Supports promoting charter schools/voucher program

Cuts or changes to social security or medicare to reduce deficit

Supports ANWR and offshore drilling

Opposes gun control
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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2012, 09:39:17 PM »
« Edited: March 18, 2012, 10:06:41 AM by thermal treasure »
-Supports Bush tax cuts (voted revenue neutral assuming those were kept, sorry)
-Willing to consider cuts or changes to social security or medicare to reduce the deficit
-Is pro life
-Opposes gun control
-Opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants.
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« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2012, 11:50:01 PM »
-Supports revenue-neutral tax reform.
-Supports additional free trade agreements.
-Supports promoting charter schools and school voucher programs.
-Opposes cap and trade.
-Supports ANWR and offshore oil drilling.
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2012, 06:48:51 PM »
10, 13, 14, 15, 18
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