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21 September 2008

Choose your candidate on the Match-o-Matic [More:]
I'm an Obama girl. Or I would be, if I was able to vote for him.
Yay! I got Obama too - not that my vote counts either.
posted by jonathanstrange 21 September | 07:47
I love the graphics, so cute.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 21 September | 07:49
It's McCain!

2/2 economy
2/2 iraq
0/2 health
1/2 immigration
2/5 hot topics

Now I just need to find out how to vote when I'm not a US citizen.
posted by TheophileEscargot 21 September | 08:42
The seesaw cracks me up to no end.

I got Obama, but I was surprised that I had some McCain picks in there as well. The quotes out of context of the whole platform, though, are odd. I did select some McCain quotes, which really underscores my lack of knowledge with regards to what these soundbites actually *mean*. It's almost like code. I didn't immediately equate "payroll" tax with "income" tax, for some reason.

And what's with Obama saying immigrants need to learn English? Immigrants *do* learn English, but not necessarily the first generation. It's not like you can turn a switch and SHAZAM! ENGLISH! Ah well.
posted by Stewriffic 21 September | 10:35
I got Obama, but had two McCain picks in there as well. They were on global warming and gay marriage, amazingly, but those were both quotes that pretty much said the exact same thing for both candidates. I wouldn't really use this as a way to decide who to vote for if you're undecided, but it was a fun diversion.
posted by CitrusFreak12 21 September | 10:52
Obama *duh* here, BUT oddly, my two McCain picks were both for the economy. Weird.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 21 September | 11:05
Funzy! Another Obama duh here, but it was good to see that McCain had some talking points that I agreed with. I also chose the McCain gay marriage quote, even though he said he was against it, because I think all marriages should be essentially forms of contracts. I also liked his quote on the supreme court - the Obama one there was pretty bad - but at the same time, I know I'd rather see Obama appointees.
posted by rainbaby 21 September | 11:35
Well, in all fairness. McCain's statements on the economy aren't even consistent from day to day, much less throughout the campaign, so he's bound to hit the mark once in a while... before he says the opposite a few days later.
posted by kellydamnit 21 September | 11:48
. The quotes out of context of the whole platform, though, are odd.

Agreed. There were definitely some questions where I agreed with one statement (outside of any context) more than the other, but I could tell it was from McCain and not Obama, so I picked the Obama quote just so I could have the desired outcome.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 21 September | 11:57
Obama, which is interesting. I've been avoiding most of these matchy-match things just because they bother at some strange level, but I've been following the campaigning. (It's hard not to here.)
posted by sperose 21 September | 12:26
Obama, with 2 McCain picks on immigration and on gay marriage.

But I wouldn't set too much store by these. Quotes without context are just quotes, and the candidates use the language of their audience when speaking. The platforms themselves, policy plans, are much more important and reliable indicators of the problem-solving approach each will take.
posted by Miko 21 September | 12:31
Obama, but it was really close, with 6 McCain picks (2/2 on economy, 1/2 on health, Iraq and immigration, 1/5 on hot topics).

In many cases, I found it hard to agree with either of them, though, since some of these statements hardly meant (or stated) anything for me. I guess this is due to my coming from a different political-cultural context.

I'm not a US citizen, either.
posted by Daniel Charms 21 September | 14:23
In many cases, I found it hard to agree with either of them, though, since some of these statements hardly meant (or stated) anything for me. I guess this is due to my coming from a different political-cultural context.

I had the same reaction to most of them, and I'm in their political-cultural context. I felt like I didn't agree with either statement most of the time, so it was more like, "Which statement makes you less twitchy?"
posted by occhiblu 21 September | 14:40
80% Obama, and 100% irritation at the 'There are two candidates' thing.
posted by box 21 September | 17:11
real life Bambi and Thumper || THIS IS A BRIDEZILLA SHOUTING THREAD

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