I'm a 31 year old American expat living in Oslo, Norway, with my bulldog, Ada, and my husband, Johannes. My interests include interaction design, especially information architecture, philosophy of mind and ethics, cognitive psychology, sociobiology, feminism, yoga, fat acceptance, knitting, pottery, and cooking.The moment of truth has now arrived.
I just got my absentee ballot for the Pennsylvania Primary in the mail. I haven’t decided yet who I want to vote for. Who do you think is the best candidate? I’m especially interested in hearing what non-Americans think.
Posted at 22:49
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Hey Sarah, vote for Ron Paul!
I like Obama better than Clinton, although I disagree fundamentally with him on some issues. I particularly like that he is calling for a doubling of our budgeted aid for remediation of extreme poverty. Also, at a more general level, I like the fact that he seems more authentic, less fearful of speaking his mind on divisive subjects, and more willing to reach out to those with differing political views.
So I vote that you vote for Obama.
I agree with you, Kevin. I am still undecided, though, because while Clinton and Obama are nearly identical on policy issues, I think Clinton comes across as more competent and knowledgeable. Plus there are a few comments Obama has made that have tripped my sexism detector. I just don’t know. Thankfully I still have a week or two to decide.
And Bethany, you can rest assured that if I vote Republican, I will vote for Ron Paul.
If I had to vote for someone from a party whose policies I generally disagree with, I guess it would make sense to vote small-government and not big-government. Paul is an interesting guy, though, I have to give him that. I kinda like him.
Sorry to take so long to get back to you–Gmail thought my comment notifications were spam. Surely that can’t have been my fault…
I actually don’t think I’m going to bother voting. Is that bad?
Bethany
They’re identical on policy, but there’s more than a few hints that it’s just a temporary thing for the general; Obama’s advisors are way more liberal on everything than Clinton’s.
No, Bethany…I think that people who don’t feel like voting shouldn’t vote. If you don’t care who wins, then I don’t see any reason to bother.
And Jason: good to know. Where are you getting your election news coverage? I would like to do a little more reading but don’t know what sources to trust.
Was that a request for a link dump? Why yes!
http://delong.typepad.com/
http://crookedtimber.org/
http://atrios.blogspot.com/
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
That’s about it, other than the endless arguing I do about politics on a gaming forum.
Thanks, Jason. That’s exactly what I was looking for.
Now, Kevin: do you have any resources you can recommend?
I read some of the same things Jason mentioned above. I would also recommend Real Clear Politics (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/). They have all the latest polls, running poll averages, and a round-up of a lot of the latest commentary and news.
P.S. Tell your comment validation software that I *did* pass math, that it didn’t, and that 7 + 0 really does equal 7!
Thanks, Kevin. Do you know if that site has a news feed for anything other than the blog? I couldn’t find one.
As for the plugin–I guess it’s time for me to learn PHP?