News What political inclination would you describe yourself as?

[Char. Limit]

Thanks for the explanation, Statu.

I am right on the Bill Ayers thing, right?

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Thanks for the explanation, Statu.

I am right on the Bill Ayers thing, right?

I am pretty sure I remember McCain bringing up Bill Ayers. I mostly listened to commentary and not so much actual interviews.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...d=1&ved=0CAUQBSgA&q=mccain+bill+ayers&spell=1
A quick google seems to confirm that McCain came down hard on the Ayers connection.

 

[Char. Limit]

Thank God I'm right at something, at least.

 

[Nebula815]

McCain went after Obama on Ayes, he wouldn't touch the Reverand Wright issue. As for him declaring Obama a Muslim, a woman asked McCain specifically if he thought Obama a Muslim, he said no and that he thought Obama was a good man.

 

[Char. Limit]

McCain went after Obama on Ayes, he wouldn't touch the Reverand Wright issue. As for him declaring Obama a Muslim, a woman asked McCain specifically if he thought Obama a Muslim, he said no and that he thought Obama was a good man.

Wait, what?

Why would being a Muslim impede Obama's ability to be a good man?

 

[Nebula815]

In and of itself it wouldn't, but in conjunction with some of the other people in his background, if Obama was a Muslim, it probably would have raised some questions. Also I think McCain just was sort of "on-the-spot" with that question and just threw that in.

 

[jacksonwalter]

Ron Paul has a history of being tied into conspiracy theories and also his campaign took money from a white supremacist organization, Stormfront. There is a picture somewhere on the Internet of him with the founder of Stormfront.

Paul likes to present himself as just a plain-spoken Texan who is against big-government and for a more isolationist foreign policy, but he is a lot more radical than that, at least from what I can tell, if you start looking into his background.

Unfortunately, he does tend to go along with conspiracy theories a little more than I'm comfortable with in the background (he believes in the NAU), though I've never heard him support those claims outright outright while he's campaigning. Actually, he takes a formal position http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v60TWZNVgtk" multiple times. I think Don Black showed up to one of his campaign events and had a picture taken with him, which I can't really see how Mr. Paul could have avoided unless he knew what the guy looked like before he came, etc. The main reason for not returning the money was his staunch belief that you don't necessarily support every viewpoint from every supporter that gives you money over the internet. If you looked into every donation to the Obama campaign, I'd be completely surprised if you didn't find the occasional extremist liberal. Anyways, Ron Paul doesn't come off as crazy as most libertarians, and his son Rand even less so.

 

[Nuno Amiar]

Humanist.

 

[zakbrown0308]

What about independent?

Independent separates you from the demarcation of a "party." But if you can't even say where on the political spectrum you fall, then you just don't have an opinion.

 

[Char. Limit]

Actually, if you are independent, you still have opinions. They just don't fall into place on a party line.

Also, haven't you been looking at Massachusetts? There were three times as many Democrats as Republicans, but Independents outnumbered them both, and Independents were responsible for the Republican victory.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Actually, if you are independent, you still have opinions. They just don't fall into place on a party line.

Also, haven't you been looking at Massachusetts? There were three times as many Democrats as Republicans, but Independents outnumbered them both, and Independents were responsible for the Republican victory.

"Independent" does not describe any sort of political philosophy/inclination other than, perhaps, an aversion to party politics. For the question in your OP it is not a very useful descriptor.

 

[Char. Limit]

That's true.

I just wanted to defend the idea that Independents have opinions and power.

 

[Nuno Amiar]

That's true.

I just wanted to defend the idea that Independents have opinions and power.

Isn't independence an assumption when talking about political views? In other words, how do you define politically dependent.

 

[aquitaine]

I would best describe myself as an outcast.

 

[mikhailpavel]

Personally i support neo marxist theory...

 

[DR13]

I would sum up my ideology this way:

Fiscally and foreign policy wise, I am conservative.
Socially, I am liberal.
Mainly I just want government to be involved in as little as possible (within reason).

 

[Char. Limit]

I think a synonym for that is "libertarian".

 

[Proton Soup]

Discouraged.

that's pretty much where i am these days. I've come to realize that politics comes from the Greek poly and ticks meaning many parasites.

the only party i ever registered as was Libertarian, but over time i came to realize that they were simply parasites of the sociopathic persuasion.

 

[DR13]

I think a synonym for that is "libertarian".

Yeah, kinda.

I guess that I could be labeled that but I do differ from the libertarians on some things. First off, I am not as "radical" as some libertarians are. Some want to abolish taxes and privatize the school system. I do not want this. Also, many libertarians believe in conspiracy theories because they distrust the government. I hate conspiracy theories and, though I do want minimal government involvement, I do not think that the government is some sort of "evil empire". I follow a libertarian ideology but like to think of myself as more reasonable. Also, I simply do not like labeling myself as a single party. My beliefs encompass more than one party's beliefs.