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Old 01-09-2008, 03:06 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Actually, I kinda know where Ustwo is coming from on this. Part of it has to do with setting priorities: which aspects of the person who is running are most important? So I was running hypothetical matchups in my head: I'd vote for Hillary over Giuliani, Obama over Huckabee, McCain over Hillary, etc etc etc.....

I suspect from his post that Ustwo's priority is national security ahead of social issues, so he would vote for Lieberman despite disagreements on certain issues. So would I. See, Lieberman has no discernible authoritarian tendencies, so far as I can tell, whereas Hillary and Giuliani both do. So if you like national security and you want it without sacrificing your liberty, Lieberman is a good choice and so is McCain. If you want national security and dont' care about civil liberties so long as you're safe, choose Giuliani or Romney. If you don't think national security is all that big a deal, but you like redistribution, you have plenty of choices.

No candidate is perfect. We're stuck with what we have.
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