"Who the Hell Should I Vote For?"
...or "Look, Ma, I'm political!"
Come election time, I typically have no idea where the candidates
stand...I'll be lucky to spell their names correctly. However, thanks
to the glory that is the web, that information is now right at
my idle fingertips. So, here are a few facts I've dug
up...granted, positions on this issues may change once voting day 2000
rolls around, but they're relatively current as of early December
'99. The candidates aren't in any real particular order, though the
three or four who seem relatively rational to me are near the top,
just for my convenience. Also, I've only noted those issues which
matter to me and have thrown my biases in here and there...be warned.
Harry Browne - libertarian
takes the gov't out of everything.
end war on drugs, oppose gun cntrl, pro-defense (not offense)
Ralph Nader - green party
pro-choice, non-interventionist, ok gun cont (thoughtful,
careful considered gun cont), community service for first time
drug offenders, supports gay rights, strong environmental
protection
John Hagelin - natural law party
favors current level of gun cont, interventionist, favors strong
penal code, opposed to legalization of drugs but favors
prevention through education, supports lifting trade embargo on
Cuba, seems relatively reasonable about trade & environmental
issues
Bill Bradley - democrat
pro-choice, kinda 'eh' gun control, might be ok
Al Gore - democrat
pro-choice, favors evolution, ban assualt weapons
Pat Buchanan - reform
pro-life, isolationist, opposes gun cntrl, religious nut
Gary Bauer - republican
staunch pro-life, doesn't believe in evolution, opposes gambling,
in favor of capital punishment for "horrendous crimes", opposes
gun control, increase defense budget, increase penalties on
drugs...firmly resist legalizing "soft drugs"
Georgey W. Bush - republican
pro-life (will appoint opposing running mate), war monger,
opposes gun cont yet ban auto weapons, strengthen penalties and
sentences for drug crimes, opposes same sex marriages
Donald Trump - reform
isolationist, no strong stance on any issues
Malcolm Forbes - republican
pro-life, doesn't believe in evolution, isolationist, ok gun
cont, eh on environment
Warren Beatty - ?
liberal but doesn't have much of a stance on anything, bad
actor
Orrin Hatch - republican
religious nut
Alan Keyes - republican
black religious nut
David McReynolds - socialist
outlaw the production and sale of ammo, cut defense budget 50%,
pacifist
John McCain - republican
pro-life, isolationist, good stance on gun cont, increase defense
spending, increase war on drugs, supports christian coalition
Howard Phillips - the constitution party
"abortion is illegal", re: homosexuality "Under no
circumstances should the federal government continue to
subsidize activities which have the effect of encouraging
perverted or promiscuous sexual conduct."