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| # Posted 2008-04-22 23:56:43 | |
| jtorranc: | That's my interpretation, at least. From where I'm standing, If any of the Democratic or Republican candidates who are still campaigning can be voted for without compromising any principles at all, the acquisition of some more principles is probably in order |
| # Posted 2008-04-23 01:38:09 | |
| j-man: | To clarify my actions: in PA, there remain two people on the Democratic ballot and three on the Repulican ballot. I'd say the odds of either of the Democrats being the nominee and ultimately elected is at least in the double digits. The odds of any Republican besides McCain being elected may not be more than a proper fraction. |
| # Posted 2008-04-23 03:05:11 | |
| Cristina: | And note that the j-man said he didn't have to compromise *his* principles. Such a vote would compromise mine (and perhaps yours), but it's not possible to hold that against j-man. |
| # Posted 2008-04-23 03:57:23 | |
| j-man: | True, and principles are tricky things-they differ in scope, nature, degree, etc.
One might evaluate candidates by gauging their positions' proximity to one's own priorities/values/etc. Some people may share the criteria but disagree on what they think regarding them, i.e., for or against capital punishment. That would be a reflection of personal principles. On the other hand, an elector's principles may just be that "I only vote for candidates whose personality I like." The whole scorecard idea has no traction here. There is a lot in between. Sometimes I am surprised by the preponderance of personality-based "principles" in our electorate-but then again, I really am not. |
| # Posted 2008-04-23 04:02:20 | |
| jtorranc: | I was mostly alluding to none of the remaining active candidates being perfect - I believe just about anyone would find something they'd have to hold their nose at if they dug deeply enough into any of the candidates positions and past actions, though one can always hope a lot of the objectionable stuff is pandering they wouldn't work very hard to implement once elected. Not that it's particularly inspiring to hope that they don't always really mean what they say. |
| # Posted 2008-04-24 10:38:47 | |
| Wyatt: | Jon wrote "I believe just about anyone would find something they'd have to hold their nose at if they dug deeply enough into any of the candidates positions and past actions". Wouldn't that apply to just about anyone, from a presidential candidate to more or less every other person in the world? With anyone but a presidential candidate, we're generally polite enough to not dig too deeply. |
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