Saturday, December 29, 2007

Sizing Up The Presidential Candidates (Part 1)

You are probably going to disagree with some of the views presented here. What I am going to do is identify an issue, present to you the Catholic voters guide to voting view on the issue, and then I will give each candidate a percentage. The percentage will indicate how close a candidate's view is to the views presented in the guide. I think that all Catholics should use this invaluable guide in helping them vote in 2008. We make up 30% of the nation's voters!

Abortion
- Abortion is the dominant political issue.
- Being pro-abortion disqualifies a candidate from a Catholic vote.
- Catholics can justly support politicians who advocate incremental means toward eliminating abortion.
- All instances of abortion are morally wrong.
  1. Joe Biden - Democrat - 33% - Disqualified
  2. Hilary Clinton - Democrat - 50% - Disqualified
  3. Chris Dodd - Democrat - 0% - Disqualified
  4. John Edwards - Democrat - 0% - Disqualified
  5. Mike Gravel - Democrat - 0% - Disqualified
  6. Dennis Kucinich - Democrat - 0% - Disqualified
  7. Barack Obama - Democrat - 0% - Disqualified
  8. Bill Richardson - Democrat - 0% - Disqualified
  9. Rudy Guiliani - Republican - 44% - Disqualified
  10. Mike Huckabee - Republican - 90%
  11. Duncan Hunter - Republican - 100%
  12. John McCain - Republican - 100%
  13. Ron Paul - Republican - 90%
  14. Mitt Romney - Republican - 66% - Disqualified
  15. Fred Thompson - Republican - 85%
  16. Alan Keyes - Republican - 100%
  17. William Koenig - Republican - 100%
  18. Don Grundmann - Constitution Party - 100%
  19. Jared Ball - Green Party - 0% - Disqualified
  20. Cynthia McKinney - Green Party - 0% - Disqualified
  21. Kent Mesplay - Green Party - 0% - Disqualified
  22. Kat Swift - Green Party - 10% - Disqualified
  23. Dan Imperato - Libertarian Party - 100%
* Please note that there are many other candidates running!
* All "Disqualified" Candidates will not be included in future "Sizing Up" parts
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8 comments:

  1. Ben TanTuesday, January 1, 2008 at 12:10:00 AM EST

    Haha, yeah, Glen's making a much bigger deal about abortion than he ought to be...I'll be writing my own piece about the candidates real soon...

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  2. mogchrTuesday, January 1, 2008 at 12:25:00 PM EST

    I can't get impregnated, so abortion doesn't really concern me.

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  3. Glen MaganziniTuesday, January 1, 2008 at 3:27:00 PM EST

    Murder is murder, guys.

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  4. mogchrTuesday, January 1, 2008 at 4:39:00 PM EST

    Murder is necessary in some cases. Just let people do what they want to do. I don't think I'd ever be able to abort a baby, but that doesn't mean some other people would. Let them make their own choice, when you start limiting them then you are just being a completely jerko.

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  5. mogchrTuesday, January 1, 2008 at 9:58:00 PM EST

    I like killing

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  6. mogchrThursday, January 3, 2008 at 3:54:00 PM EST

    Caedeamus igitur.

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  7. Matt HurtonSaturday, January 5, 2008 at 1:42:00 PM EST

    Glen, technically you've gone against the Bible murder thing numerous times. ie...well.. "spilling your seed upon the earth".

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  8. Matt HurtonSaturday, January 5, 2008 at 1:43:00 PM EST

    Sorry, not murder, but you do go against the Bible sometimes, so you appear a tad selective.

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