Comments on: US 08: Which Presidential candidate should you support?

By: simon wilkins

simon wilkins — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

If you enter ‘no opinion’ for all of the questions in the test, you also get Ron Paul. Sounds more like he is keeping his political cards close to his chest, rather than a libertarian.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“Strongly disagree” for all also gets you Ron Paul, adding further evidence to the theory that he is mostly just a contrarian crank. But no matter what answers I input, I’m always furthest from Fred Thompson, which casts doubt on his exact constituency.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Christian, that’s presumably because there’s no question along the lines of “Do you, or have you ever, thought that blacks are a bunch of lazy crack-dealing good-for-nothings?” Me, I’m touched that Giuliani and I have found common ground (on “family”).

By: Passy

Passy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Ron Paul is an extreme right winger, not a libertarian. My closest was Obama. But really, the US Presidential election campaign is like a power struggle in the right of the Liberal party. Whoever wins will govern for business and profit, not people.

By: Dot

Dot — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Ron Paul may have these official positions now, but in the past he’s been a raving anti-Semite, and extreme right wing nutjob. He’d promise anything to get elected, but heaven help us if he does. Fortunately there appears to be no chance of this.

By: Mike Mudd

Mike Mudd — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

It’s interesting to note that all bar Ron Paul fall into diametrically opposed quadrants. Based on the two axes chosen, there are no consensus candidates appealing to a broad cross-section of voters ((Ron Paul is not really a candidate). I get Obama btw.