New Rankings After Youtube CNN Spat
The Republicans had a "debate" Wednesday evening and have either short-term memories or are terminally stupid or suspect us of having both maladies.
McCain, who seems to hate a demagogue when it's Romney, demagogued Ron Paul's foreign policy notions as "isolationist" and accused the United States of causing WWII by being isolationist. Some historians might attribute WWII to the awful armistice that ended WWI, to Japanese militarism, or to the end of colonialism as an effective political tool. You might not have to know any history to question McCain calling Ron Paul's notion of respect for the autonomy of other nations isolationist. Not being a bully nation does not mean being isolationist.
Some youtube questioner asked our Conservative darlings about agricultural subsidies, but was regrettably better informed on the issue than our candidates and Gloria Vanderbilt's son, Anderson. It is shocking that our fiscal conservative party acted as though they had never heard of the Grassley-Dornan amendment to the subsidy bill capping subsidies at $250,000.
The newsies are more interested in heat than light and most of the news from the encounter had to do with heat.
These are my updated rankings. I added a column for authenticity, since the only one of these guys that seemed not to be pandering was the mostly inarticulate Ron Paul and there are some concerns about the Dems in that domain. Jela of Yahoo suggested that I add zero as a possible score to more fully express the strengths of candidates, so I did so and she was right!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Au 11 totals
John Edwards 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 53
Barack Obama 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 48
Hillary Clinton 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 5 40
Bill Richardson 5 3 5 3 5 2 4 5 4 3 3 5 47
Dennis Kucinich 5 2 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 53
Chris Dodd 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 45
Joe Biden 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 3 4 5 5 44
0
Rudy Giuliani 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
John McCain 0 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 16
Mitt Romney 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Huckabee 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 14
Fred Thompson 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 9
Tom Tancredo 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
Ron Paul 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 26
McCain, who seems to hate a demagogue when it's Romney, demagogued Ron Paul's foreign policy notions as "isolationist" and accused the United States of causing WWII by being isolationist. Some historians might attribute WWII to the awful armistice that ended WWI, to Japanese militarism, or to the end of colonialism as an effective political tool. You might not have to know any history to question McCain calling Ron Paul's notion of respect for the autonomy of other nations isolationist. Not being a bully nation does not mean being isolationist.
Some youtube questioner asked our Conservative darlings about agricultural subsidies, but was regrettably better informed on the issue than our candidates and Gloria Vanderbilt's son, Anderson. It is shocking that our fiscal conservative party acted as though they had never heard of the Grassley-Dornan amendment to the subsidy bill capping subsidies at $250,000.
The newsies are more interested in heat than light and most of the news from the encounter had to do with heat.
These are my updated rankings. I added a column for authenticity, since the only one of these guys that seemed not to be pandering was the mostly inarticulate Ron Paul and there are some concerns about the Dems in that domain. Jela of Yahoo suggested that I add zero as a possible score to more fully express the strengths of candidates, so I did so and she was right!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Au 11 totals
John Edwards 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 53
Barack Obama 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 48
Hillary Clinton 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 5 40
Bill Richardson 5 3 5 3 5 2 4 5 4 3 3 5 47
Dennis Kucinich 5 2 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 53
Chris Dodd 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 45
Joe Biden 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 3 4 5 5 44
0
Rudy Giuliani 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
John McCain 0 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 16
Mitt Romney 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Huckabee 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 14
Fred Thompson 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 9
Tom Tancredo 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
Ron Paul 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 26
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