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EastcoastAR5
Posts: 2721 - Karma: 15
Alright america, please go to this site and actually LEARN about the candidates for the 08 election.
It provides voting records in congress and all statements in the last 10 or so years.
Select a candidate and scroll to the bottom of analysis at the bottom for each hot button issue.
Thank you.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Candidates.htm
Feb 18 2008 11:35AM
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hendriab
Posts: 990 - Karma: 404
this sounds boring
Feb 18 2008 5:34PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
no. that sounds like it will take forfuckingever, and i am way too lazy to even start to copy and paste the address into the address bar.

also i have no reason to bother with this.
Feb 18 2008 7:53PM
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saucer_boy_lives
Posts: 498 - Karma: 39
good thing its a link then.
Feb 18 2008 7:56PM
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Capt.Flannel
Posts: 10928 - Karma: 36
at least take the quiz:

http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008
Feb 18 2008 7:57PM
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parkerhouse
Posts: 2087 - Karma: 11
as some tru g's once said "Do ya homework next time, Make yaselfs look crazy...It's me, the rapper eater, feed me, feed me...suck a dick no homo..Caus we takin ovaaaah"
Feb 18 2008 7:58PM
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Yauch
Posts: 1685 - Karma: 62
hey fuck you mccain, your views suck

  • Mexico should extradite drug dealers to the US. (Mar 2007)
  • Administration is AWOL on the war on drugs. (Mar 2000)
  • Public/private partnerships for drug treatment. (Jan 2000)
  • Prevention & education apply to alcohol as well as marijuana. (Oct 1999)
  • We’re losing drug war - just say no. (Oct 1999)
  • $1B for detection equipment for more border interdiction. (Mar 1999)
  • Mexico: balancing act between free trade & stopping drugs. (Mar 1999)
  • Restrict methadone treatment programs. (Feb 1999)
  • Stricter penalties; stricter enforcement. (Jul 1998)
  • Voted YES on spending international development funds on drug control. (Jul 1996)

Feb 18 2008 8:53PM
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Yauch
Posts: 1685 - Karma: 62
obama and hillary both have good views on drugs

for obama

  • Fight to rid our communities of meth. (Feb 2008)
  • Expand drug courts; help prisoners with substance abuse. (Feb 2008)
  • 2001: questions harsh penalties for drug dealing. (Oct 2007)
  • Not first candidate to use drugs, but first honest about it. (Oct 2007)
  • Do not lower drinking age from 21 to 18. (Sep 2007)
  • Smokes cigarettes now; smoked some pot in high school. (Feb 2007)
  • Admitted marijuana use in high school & college. (Jan 2007)
  • Deal with street-level drug dealing as minimum-wage affair. (Oct 2006)
  • Understand why youngsters want to use drugs. (Aug 1996)

Feb 18 2008 8:58PM
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Yauch
Posts: 1685 - Karma: 62
ron paul even better

Click here for 13 full quotes by Ron Paul OR click here for Ron Paul on other issues.
  • War on drugs is out of control; revert control to states. (Dec 2007)
  • Repeal most federal drug laws; blacks are treated unfairly. (Sep 2007)
  • Inner-city minorities are punished unfairly in war on drugs. (Sep 2007)
  • $500B on War on Drugs since 1970s has been a total failure. (Sep 2007)
  • Legalize industrial hemp. (Jan 2007)
  • Drug War fosters violence at home & breeds resentment abroad. (Oct 2001)
  • Societal inconsistency on alcohol contributes to drug use. (Dec 1987)
  • Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
  • Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
  • War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights . (Dec 2000)
  • Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
  • Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)

Feb 18 2008 9:10PM
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Shpadoinkle
Posts: 10437 - Karma: 84
Why did Mit have to leave? I'm so sad.
Feb 18 2008 9:30PM
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Celone
Posts: 1998 - Karma: 114
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Feb 18 2008 9:39PM
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saucer_boy_lives
Posts: 498 - Karma: 39
he has no chance of winning... or even becoming a front runner. face the facts kiddos, been said since the beginning.
Feb 18 2008 9:41PM
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Yauch
Posts: 1685 - Karma: 62
i know, but obamas views are good too so im not too upset
Feb 18 2008 9:42PM
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Yauch
Posts: 1685 - Karma: 62
this is a great thread by the way, i never really knew xactly what their positions were on the drug war
Feb 18 2008 10:43PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,086
Yes, the drug war is the only important issue in this campaign.

Thanks for the sight, I will definitely use it.
Feb 19 2008 12:01AM
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skierdudeguy
Posts: 6574 - Karma: 81
mythreads
Feb 19 2008 12:15AM
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parkerhouse
Posts: 2087 - Karma: 11
yeah just learned lotsa new stuff that i would never have known.  apparently i'm a good match with hillary
Feb 19 2008 4:30PM
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