Honestly Curious

[jackofallgeeks]

I'm fairly certain that pretty much no one out there on my friends' list has much good to say about the Republican candidates, but I also know that most of you tend to be well-reasoned and intelligent, so: I'm curious what any of you might have to offer as far as thoughts on these presidential hopefuls. What sounds good, what sounds bad, that sort of thing. I'll accept commentary on the Democrat (or Independent) hopefuls as well, but a lot of what I do know about Them makes me rather uncomfortable as it is. Be that as it may, I'd be curious if you know of things I might particularly like (or dislike) about them.

Comments

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

I join the chorus of underwhelmed voters when I look at both sides of the field.

Unfortunately, this includes my take on Mitt Romney, who I really wanted to like. He's been trying too hard to be like the other candidates and hasn't come out enough against things like, oh... torture. If we prosecuted the japanese for waterboarding in WWII as a war crime, we've got no place doing it ourselves to anybody. He's also not solid enough for my tastes.

I don't remotely like Giuliani, who seems to be a> just another politician fighting for a vote rather than his own real views, and b> pretty ethically bankrupt. I can't vote for him.

I used to quite like McCain (I voted for him in the republican primary against Bush II in the campaign that ended up being Al Gore vs. The State of Florida) but I think he's rather lost his touch, which is sad.

I'll be really unhappy if this goes Hillary versus Giuliani. I loathe loathe loathe her, and have nothing good to say about him either. While my political views are highly incompatible with Obama (other than being basically positive), if it's him versus Giuliani I may actually vote Democrat. Never thought I'd say that.

But then, the Republican Party and I have a pretty uneasy relationship anyhow. Most of its contemporary policymakers don't really value the things that I value, though they do pay them the occasional bit of lipservice (things like small government and protection of individual rights... that last being something that most of them seem to be assailing right now).