Political discussion thread

King of Loss wrote: smartpatrol wrote: King of Loss wrote: smartpatrol wrote: I'm talking about the Stien-Johnson debate Oh sorry, my mistake! I think that it's great that they're going to the extremes, even though Stein is slightly left of center in ideology. I find Stien to be pretty left whereas I find Johnson (my favorite candidate) to be more of Center-Right Not on economics. Stein reminds of a stereotypical Green Social democrat that I see on my alumni's campus. Johnson is similar to Milton Friedman's economic policies. Both are center left on social issues.

Out of curiosity, what would you consider to be far left? I consider Steins "free higher education for everyone!" position pretty far left. If you don't, what would it take to get you to call someone far left?

thellama73 wrote: King of Loss wrote: smartpatrol wrote: King of Loss wrote: smartpatrol wrote: I'm talking about the Stien-Johnson debate Oh sorry, my mistake! I think that it's great that they're going to the extremes, even though Stein is slightly left of center in ideology. I find Stien to be pretty left whereas I find Johnson (my favorite candidate) to be more of Center-Right Not on economics. Stein reminds of a stereotypical Green Social democrat that I see on my alumni's campus. Johnson is similar to Milton Friedman's economic policies. Both are center left on social issues. Out of curiosity, what would you consider to be far left? I consider Steins "free higher education for everyone!" position pretty far left. If you don't, what would it take to get you to call someone far left?

smartpatrol wrote: King of Loss wrote: smartpatrol wrote: King of Loss wrote: smartpatrol wrote: I'm talking about the Stien-Johnson debate Oh sorry, my mistake! I think that it's great that they're going to the extremes, even though Stein is slightly left of center in ideology. I find Stien to be pretty left whereas I find Johnson (my favorite candidate) to be more of Center-Right Not on economics. Stein reminds of a stereotypical Green Social democrat that I see on my alumni's campus. Johnson is similar to Milton Friedman's economic policies. Both are center left on social issues. True, but overall, Left and Center, respectively, at least how I see it

King of Loss wrote: She's not left of Trotsky that's for sure.

And Paul Ryan is not right of Mussolini, but everyone calls him far right.

Pretty good debate. The more I hear from/about Johnson, the more I'm in favor of him. I really like the guy; he's smart and has some great policies. Stien is pretty good, but too Left-wing for my tastes. Moderation was much better than the last third-party debate.

JJLehto wrote: One last shot before I go to bed

What are you drinking shots of? Can I have one?

I saw a Romney one at the store. lol

I'm in between tomorrow night being down to 2 possibilities:

1) About 24 hours from now, the election will be too close to call, and we won't be any closer to knowing who won.

2) Romney wins in a landslide. Although since that article, they've updated it to Romney getting 333 electoral votes (or was it 330?) instead of the original 320.

Nevermind, it is indeed 330.

And while both professors point out the potential flaws in their polling, they haven't been wrong since 1980, so they might be on to something.

That being said, I'm still voting for Johnson tomorrow. Kentucky is a state that is as red as can be, so I might as well vote for the person I feel the most principled about.

Edit: The most interesting aspect of the model to me is that Romney wins every state that is currently viewed as a "swing" state.


Edited by horsewithteeth11 - November 05 2012 at 22:12

thellama73 wrote: JJLehto wrote: One last shot before I go to bed What are you drinking shots of? Can I have one?

Double shot of liberty and peace?

smartpatrol wrote: JJLehto wrote: thellama73 wrote: JJLehto wrote: One last shot before I go to bed What are you drinking shots of? Can I have one? Double shot of liberty and peace? Where did you find Gary Johnson juice? Do they sell it somewhere?