(no subject)

[geekchick]

What's Your Political Philosophy? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Old School Democrat Old school Democrats emphasize economic justice and opportunity. The Democratic ideal is best summarized by the Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Old School Democrat 85% New Democrat 80% Green 70% Libertarian 50% Pro Business Republican 30% Foreign Policy Hawk 10% Socially Conservative Republican 10%

Comments

Re: rational vs emotional?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(nods) I have met a few people who have settled on Obama for position/policy reasons, and I respect that (even when we disagree on the specific issues). What worries me is that no politician is worth being trusted, IMO, and if trust and hopefulness is the basis of someone's decision, that's going to crash eventually when cold reality manifests itself. The Newsweek article did a good job of describing that phenomenon.

Hope/faith-based politics got us into Iraq in the first place... as well as Katrina... simply hoping or asserting that the natives will welcome you as liberators, or that the levees won't break, didn't work out for Bush. I doubt it would work any differently for Obama. Politics will be the same... just with another round of inevitable disillusionment, this time on the left.

I see both candidates as equally weaselly... if anything, Obama does better with false-fronts and forced smiles, he's a talented politician.

And, well, likewise Obama's disliked by lots of people within his own party, and the party isn't whole-heartedly behind him either. And his negatives will only increase over time, once the honeymoon wears off, while HRC's baggage is well-worn and a known quantity.

Re: rational vs emotional?

[geekchick]

if anything, Obama does better with false-fronts and forced smiles, he's a talented politician.

And here's where the emotional element/gut feeling thing comes into play for you. ;)

Re: rational vs emotional?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Eh? Although I'm not claiming that HRC is nonweaselly, simply that they're both politicians and hence neither is trustworthy?