The next U.S. President (for non-US members only)

G.W. probably doesn't care, but considering about 99% of this country consists of people with ties to some other nation, I'm curious who the people of those countries think should be our next U.S. president.

It would also be nice to know why you chose the candidate you voted for.

Edited January 22nd to remove Biden, Dodd, Tancredo and Thompson who have all now officially dropped out.

Kucinich dropped out January 23rd.  Giuliani announced he's dropping out and endorsing McCain January 29th.

Edwards announced January 30th he is dropping out but will not immediately endorse another candidate.

Edited by ClemofNazareth - June 07 2008 at 23:40

It's the Democrats' turn. 

Not voting because I live in the States, but hasn't Chris Dodd dropped out?

Hirgwath wrote: Yes: Dodd, Biden, and Tancredo are already out. Not that anyone cares.

You're right.  I left Biden and Dodd on the list because they haven't officially endorsed anyone (that I'm aware of),
and they are still accepting campaign funds.  I missed the Tancredo annoncement but you're right on 
that one too IMHO -- who cares .

Easy Livin wrote: I'd be interested to hear how much our US members feel this is a vote for the person, and how much the candidate's political allegiance and policies matter.

For me the leading candidates' stated policies don't matter all that much in today's environment.  Our past three 
presidents have done very little to follow up on most of their campaign promises anyway, and those who
ran and lost and ended up in the Senate have been largely silent as well so I think you can't give much
credence to specific proposals or promises.  Much of what a president accomplishes ends up being about how well they can work with Congress anyway.

I think this election is about making a definitive statement on what direction we want for our country. More of the same most likely means a continuing erosion of the middle class, an increased polarization of the country's citizenship between those who are progressive and socially-conscious, and those whose primary focus is on continuing to promote capitalism and strengthening our 'moral authority'.  

IMHO I think we should also consider our global standing, which has eroded more in the past seven years than at any time in our history (and which is why I asked the question in the first place).  Electing someone who will continue to act unilaterally in world affairs and show open disdain for the opinions and priorities of other nations will only further damage the reputation of all Americans world-wide.  On the upside states like mine that rely on tourism for much of their revenue will benefit since Americans will continue to forego foreign vacation travel for domestic since we will become even greater targets outside our own borders.

So there's that at least....

They all suck, but I doubt they're realy gonna F*ck up anything.

Vander isn't a US citizen, so he isn't eligible.

JOHN ZORN 2008!

Dude, I would totally vote for the Zorn/Frith ticket.  Their motto would be like "We'll make every city Naked City."  

Before voting, check this out:

http://www.dehp.net/candidate/

Not 100% accurate but is much more informative than voting based off of TV snippets.  I matched closest to Kucinch and Gravel (both have little chance to put it lightly), with the other dems all similar and behind.  The only republican that I didn't get a negative score with was Ron Paul, go figure.  Giuiliani still makes me cringe, he uses the words "terrorism" and "9/11" more than dizty, stereotypical girls use the word "like."

markosherrera wrote: Whe Clinton was President the USA economy was better.

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