w.t.f. my-it, why kucinich? why kerry? i want bush!

[mcgillianaire]

As most of you are aware, the Democrat primaries are underway and JFK the IInd is running away with it all. He hasn't won the nomination yet, and in fact he needs a further 1,500+ delegate votes in order to achieve such a victory. In the meanwhile, I decided to try my hand @ these two quizzy things related to American politics and the US Presidential Campaign.

Me, a radical left-winger?? Find out more


Where do you fall on the liberal - conservative political spectrum? (United States)
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My PresidentMatch.com score results.

1. Kucinich Score: 100%
2. Kerry Score: 100%
3. Sharpton Score: 99%
4. Dean Score: 97%
5. Edwards Score: 88%
6. Clark Score: 88%
7. Bush Score: 29%

For those who know I want Bush re-elected, it may come as a surprise to you that Bush is @ the bottom of my list with a score of 29%, nearly 60% off from the nearest challenger (Wesley Clark). But it makes sense. I'm not particularly keen on seeing Bush get re-elected because I support his demestic and some of his foreign policy agendas. Need I say he's got issues. =) I just think in terms of the GWOT, Indo-Pak relations, Iraq and BPO of the Service Sector it's better to keep him in to finish off the agenda as far as possible, than have someone like Kerry or worse, Dean come along and reverse the whole process.

Therefore, Bush deserves requires a 2nd term. Be my guest and slur me to death! ;-)

Comments

Re: Deserves?

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

Their foreign policy agenda has been quite remarkable in the past decade or so

And I'm sure their peacekeepers and money are welcome. But if they were large enough to matter significantly on the world stage as one the major players (which, with all due respect they're not, G8 status notwithstanding), would they still be playing their cards this way?

Canada, on the world scene

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Yes, I believe so.

Many people make the terrible mistake of attributing little distinction between Canada and the US. I'm not saying you are, but in general people do.

There are lots of similar traits, norms and common interests but the differences are striking, and it is best seen in the way they approach their foreign policy.


which, with all due respect they're not
Funny you mention that, because for all business and economics purposes, Canada (alongwith the US, Japan and EU) are considered part of the 'Big Four' group of nations. At least that's what N.American university students are made to believe... ;-)

Re: Canada, on the world scene

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do with the US per se.

From my post at http://www.livejournal.com/users/lctrc_gtr_dde/7366.html?thread=5830#t5830 :

...while I strongly hope for a more powerful EU [...] I think that as it gets more powerful, it will slowly become less benign. As with [America], it too will be likely to have powerful vested interests throughout the world, and the means (and very possibly the will) to promote or defend them.

In a similar vein, I think that Canada is good to the world in some part because this is its best way of gaining influence, and a voice. (Sweden punched way above its weight internationally under Olof Palme for similar reasons, even becoming known as the conscience of the world.)

Canada is too small to intervene militarily in Bolivia, or employ trade sanctions to change domestic policies in Myanmar, but aid and peacekeepers can be used to build a good rep and improve the situation on the ground in certain trouble spots. However, these methods aren't nearly as powerful as some of those that the US has at its disposal, and indeed often uses. Who could Canada really influence by being mean?

Re: Canada, on the world scene

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

A better example just occurred to me: India's pre-Rao era relations with countries in its immediate vicinity (SAARC, Iran, China, China) + US / USSR were largely based on interest and therefore hostile more often than not (USSR being the major exception). India's relations with countries besides these, where it had no major interests were largely ethical (e.g. boycott of South Africa, cool relations with Israel).