McCain is the closest I could come up with, Clarke second. Either of them I would have been quite happy with. Them on the same ticket would have gotten my panties in whirl.
But please, can we drop the 100%, no-single-issue-difference straw man? I'm not sure why you felt the need to run this into absurdities, but there you have it. Please drop it. It's only muddying the issue.
The folks that I know that are definitely left-leaning can't possibly be thrilled about voting *for* a candidate that is against gay marriage, or civil unions, or what have you. That was my point. It truly highlights that what we have is not a selection of choice, but a selection between lesser evils... and frankly, they're getting more evil every year, and farther away from what the vast majority of my friends, family, and acquaintances truly believe and stand for.
The longer we have a system of voting and candidate selection that emphasizes only *two* choices, they are going to get farther to the extreme edges of the political spectrum in the emotional hotbutton issues that are guaranteed to get media attention and fanatics, and closer together in the issues that truly matter for the long term health of this society... and that position isn't healthy.
I think it's interesting that even in the primaries, your selection criteria was one based on strategic voting, and not personal preference. That should be a big red flag that the system is borked.
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Date: 2004-11-02 06:59 pm (UTC)But please, can we drop the 100%, no-single-issue-difference straw man? I'm not sure why you felt the need to run this into absurdities, but there you have it. Please drop it. It's only muddying the issue.
The folks that I know that are definitely left-leaning can't possibly be thrilled about voting *for* a candidate that is against gay marriage, or civil unions, or what have you. That was my point. It truly highlights that what we have is not a selection of choice, but a selection between lesser evils... and frankly, they're getting more evil every year, and farther away from what the vast majority of my friends, family, and acquaintances truly believe and stand for.
The longer we have a system of voting and candidate selection that emphasizes only *two* choices, they are going to get farther to the extreme edges of the political spectrum in the emotional hotbutton issues that are guaranteed to get media attention and fanatics, and closer together in the issues that truly matter for the long term health of this society... and that position isn't healthy.
I think it's interesting that even in the primaries, your selection criteria was one based on strategic voting, and not personal preference. That should be a big red flag that the system is borked.