Who is your match. . .

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Yeah, I know it's a political thread. . . But what you do here is up to you. I simply found this interesting. lol...

I was watching Good Morning America and they had a segment on this site:

ABCs Match-o-Matic. I took the quiz and I was surprised by the results. Will it change my voting decision? Guess I won't know till I reach the polls in the next 20 min. I'm out the door guys. Enjoy or don't enjoy ~ but play nice.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yuck! Fred Thompson.

 

[rgraham666]

I love doing these things.

1. Dennis Kucinich
2. Mike Gravel
3. Ron Paul.

Although I notice I match with Paul on very few things. Iraq and the U.S. needs a new tax system.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

*chuckles* See, I knew I was ill-informed. . . My town has no elections today. So I didn't get to cast a vote for any party. *sighs*

My quiz though told me I best matched up with Gulliani. I don't see me voting for him.

 

[JamesSD]

3. Barrack Obama
2. Hillary Clinton
1. Chris Dodd. Really? Wait a minute...

Some of these questions were rather simplistic, and many I wanted to choose more than one answer for. Others I wanted to put "indifferent".

Oh well, it agrees with my general feeling that I want a Democrat, and see pros and cons to all the major candidates.

 

[Remec]

I love doing these things.

1. Dennis Kucinich
2. Mike Gravel
3. Ron Paul.

Although I notice I match with Paul on very few things. Iraq and the U.S. needs a new tax system.

That's the same line-up I got. Nice to see I'm in good company.

 

[buxxxom]

3. Barrack Obama
2. Hillary Clinton
1. Chris Dodd. Really? Wait a minute...

Some of these questions were rather simplistic, and many I wanted to choose more than one answer for. Others I wanted to put "indifferent".

Oh well, it agrees with my general feeling that I want a Democrat, and see pros and cons to all the major candidates.

Same candidates for me, but different order.

1. Chris Dodd
2. Hilary Clinton
3. Barack Obama

I needed other options to the questions, because my thoughts weren't really represented by some of the choices.

 

[starrkers]

That was fun. Some of the questions were over-simplistic. And I know sod all about the US tax system My picks were

1. Dennis Kucinich
2. Mike Gravel
3. Chris Dodd

and I've never heard of any of them.

 

[matriarch]

I love doing these things.

1. Dennis Kucinich
2. Mike Gravel
3. Ron Paul.

Although I notice I match with Paul on very few things. Iraq and the U.S. needs a new tax system.

Snap!!
Great minds and hearts think alike. Min came out with the same result as well.

 

[3113]

I needed other options to the questions, because my thoughts weren't really represented by some of the choices.

I agree. I also think there should have been a rating system on the questions. Some things matter to me more than others. For example, as dissatisfied as I am with the current tax system, I don't rate it as high in importance as, say, the war in Iraq. So questions on Iraq should, in my case, have been weighed heavier than those on the tax system.

I got Mitt Romney as my third choice and I know I'd never vote for him. I may agree with him on this or that, but on the things that are MOST important to me, I'm not in agreement with him at all. I think we're all aware that few candidates will share every value we've got and do exactly what we want them to do in every instance. In the end, it always comes down to picking the candidate who does pretty much what you'd like them to do in regards to those things that matter most to you. So we ought to have been able to rate the questions so the test knew which things mattered most to us.

 

[slyc_willie]

This was certainly interesting.

1. Chris Dodd
2. Dennis Kucinich
3. Matt Romney

I figure it was my answers concerning healthcare and income tax that did it.

 

[rgraham666]

Snap!!
Great minds and hearts think alike. Min came out with the same result as well.

Which is one of the reasons she's probably living in the UK now.

But not the major one.

I'm like 3113 on Ron Paul. I watched one of his speeches on YouTube a couple of months ago and he used the word 'statist' in it.

I hate that word. Hate it, hate it, hate it. It's a code word for anarchists, sorry, libertarians meaning 'ebil govuhment'.

Thpppt!

Government, like business, is neither good nor evil. They're just tools, with no ethical qualities at all. If either does evil it's the fault of the users, not the tool.

 

[JamesSD]

This was certainly interesting.

1. Chris Dodd
2. Dennis Kucinich
3. Matt Romney

I figure it was my answers concerning healthcare and income tax that did it.

That's interesting that you managed to get both Kucinich and Romney. To me, they're almost polar opposites.

 

[slyc_willie]

That's interesting that you managed to get both Kucinich and Romney. To me, they're almost polar opposites.

Dodd and Romney I know. Kucinich . . . not so much.

I know I was pretty conservative on the Iraq issues, middle of the road on immigration, and moderately liberal about health care and taxation. Make any sense?

I found it interesting that there weren't any questions specific to the war on terror.

 

[rgraham666]

There's a war on terror?

Damn, I'm so out of touch.

 

[slyc_willie]

There's a war on terror?

Damn, I'm so out of touch.

Uh-oh, Rob, now you're getting political.

 

[rgraham666]

Uh-oh, Rob, now you're getting political.

I'm dense enough to be good at it.

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm dense enough to be good at it.

LOL

If you weren't Canadian, I'd write you in. Dense is good. The last seven years have proved that's what it takes to lead a country.

 

[rgraham666]

LOL

If you weren't Canadian, I'd write you in. Dense is good. The last seven years have proved that's what it takes to lead a country.

I'll make sure all my clothes have this on them.

http://www.practicespot.com/images/photos/bullseye.gif

 

[slyc_willie]

I'll make sure all my clothes have this on them.

http://www.practicespot.com/images/photos/bullseye.gif

Smart thinking. The obvious target never gets hit.

 

[TE999]

Hmmmmm...

Romney

Guliani

Huckabee

As a card carrying Libertarian I find this trio attributed to me a bit odd.

Either they are more to the center than I realized, or that lil' test I took is skewed in some way.

Oh well. It's a loooong time 'till 08.

Many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Oh well. It's a loooong time 'till 08.

Many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

Yes, it is. . .I wonder if the site will be maintained through the year with new questions or not? Hmm... Interesting indeed. If we come back in six months, will our opinions change enough to change the choices it made for us?

 

[keeblercrumb]

Okay... this was interesting.....

3. Joe Biden (How did this know I was from Delaware???)
2. Dennis Kucinich (How did this know I have an Ohio Mailing address??)
1. Bill Richardson

I admit it. I had no idea who he was when his picture popped up. But the results were interesting..... So.... How are things in New Mexico anyway? Is he really governor there? How is he doing? Drove across it a couple times....a long time ago, that's about it.

I agree that the questions were a little vague as were the "matches" when I read their positions.... not what I was thinking of as a "match" in some cases.

But I actually do favor candidates who have actually served in some administrative capacity... and I like that question.

I am reminded of Mario Cuomo when he was asked about "debates" in Presidential elections... to paraphrase, he said something like...

"I like debates... And I am pretty good at them.. But I think it is a lousy way to judge a candidate on how he/she will do as President. What you should do is ask some judgmental program specific question of each candidate and then give them exactly one week to come up with the answer/solution... That is how the system actually works.... Finding experts, sifting through the b.s. and coming to a conclusion on what the best way forward is. It is very rare that it comes down to a "decide right now" question with no advance notice."

Anyway..... Bill Richardson?

-KC

 

[keeblercrumb]

In reality, I do not weight all these issues equally. To bad there is not an easy way to weight the questions in order of their importance to you.... I wonder how much it would change the results?

May have to get Excel fired up for this....

-KC

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

SLICK

I intend to win the 2008 election and Rob will be an American before he knows it. I'm changing the name of Canada to Norte Mexico or West India, I havent thought that far ahead. But Canada will be America's new Immigrant Welcome Station.