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For all the Worker Bees who have not taken off for the long President's Day wekkend in USA, and who are here at the Board where they really belong  you may enjoy a visit to : www.Speakout.com/VoteMatch where you can take a test to see which of the US presidential candidates most closely matches your views. This might be fun for those living in other countries. I just checked and it's still in operation. It will also give you your political philosophy category a la US! Have fun. wow
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I had a play with this a few weeks ago (thanks Wow), and it told me that I would be voting for Ralph Nader. I guess, in American terms, that puts me firmly with what is known as the Loony Left. Interestingly enough in Zild political terms I'm slighty right of centre. What does that make our left, then? 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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>I guess, in American terms, that puts me firmly with what is known as the Loony Left. Interestingly enough in Zild political terms I'm slighty right of centre.
My point precisely! [grin] I think that the same would be true in Australia, Britain and certainly the vast majority of Europe! This is one of the reasons why I think "liberal" means left in the US and to me (I won't speak for others) it means MOR.
PS My results were not surprising - 89% Ralph Nader, Joseph Leiberman 66%, Al Gore 62%, George W Bush 16% (worrying that one!) and I didn't even express a preference on some domestic issues that I didn't know enough about, eg "the three strikes rule". In the UK, I'd describe myself as a little to the left of centre, where does that put those who are more left wing than me! I just hope that this is enough to put me on someone's "worrying troublemaker" list - I'll never get a visa again!
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>who have not taken off for the long President's Day weekend in USA
Wot, another holiday!? It really is very, very quiet around here!
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Dear jmh, Yes, and we really look forward to it here in North East USA ... a long weekend in middle of winter to do what you like. It's Presidents Day ... which is a combined celebration. We used to have Lincoln on Feb 12 (some observed with day off, some didn't) and Washington's birthday (everyone observed) on Feb. 22. There was a hullabaloo some years ago about holidays falling on inconvenient (mid-week) days so a lot were mooshed together so we have more long weekends. (They haven't had the nerve to mess with the Fourth of July or Christmas yet but I'm keeping an eagle eye on them!) I miss everybody too. If they don't come back soon I may have to do some work or vacuum the house (HORRORS ) wow
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the long President's DayThanks for your explanation for non-US'ns, wow. Had me worried earlier - figured it must be something to do with Big Bill Clinton
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The Green Party got Nader to run partly because of his name recognition. The GP would be eligible for federal "matching funds" for campaigning if they got a certain percentage of the popular vote. Don't ask .. I've forgotten the % and whether not they made it.
Three Strikes rule ... if someone is convicted of three felonies they MUST go to prison for life (I think)
For more info you'll just have to search ... it's a holiday and I ain't agonna get serious.
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wow said: "The Green Party would be eligible for federal "matching funds" for campaigning if they got a certain percentage of the popular vote. Don't ask .. I've forgotten the % and whether not they made it."It was a measly 5%, and matching funds were achieved only in enlightened states like Minnesota and Oregon. Call me the Loony Left, call me a throwaway voter, just don't call me late for dinner!
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enlightened states like Minnesota
Ah yes, where they elect professional wrestlers governor.
And it's a little strange that they would give Nader more than 5% when their governor was in the Reform party, which is generally considered farther right than the Republicans.
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jazz, this chart represents the minnesota political spectrum: wellstone<---------------------------------------->grams |
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