I took a computerized test that asked my positions, and the weight that I give them, on various political issues. The computer then spat out what presidential candidate my positions mesh with. Who should I vote for? The computer told me Ron Paul. I didn't need some fancy electronic abacus to tell me that, now did I? Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo, and Duncan Hunter followed Paul as candidates I have similarities with on the issues. All of the Democrats came in the "negative" category, meaning I'm more dissimilar than similar. (I feel validated.) Perhaps most interesting to me is the fact that Rudolph Giuliani is the only Republican who reaches that "negative" category, coming in beneath, gasp, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In fact, Giuliani comes in beneath all the candidates save one: Dennis Kucinich. This sounds about right. Computers are smart. We should give them all power. Hey, wait! How'd that get in there? Computer, stop it. Stop it or I'll hit "controlaltdelete." Okay, that's better. Anyhow, take the test here and report back to the readership on who the computer says you should vote for, and who the computer says you shouldn't vote for. And then do exactly as the computer says. Hey! Cut that out!

This is a pretty good test, as far as these things go. I took it a few weeks ago with similar results, which I list along with my thoughts, here:
http://eric.langborgh.com/?p=753

As I wrote there: Not surprisingly, Ron Paul proved the candidate the best fit for me (we differ only on the idea of a same-sex marriage ban amendment, which I could conceivably be in favor of, depending on the wording). Most interesting, though, is the fact that the candidate most opposed to my political preferences is Rudy Giuliani, who scored a negative 33 (that’s -33!) . I have been saying all along that there would be a conservative revolt if the GOP nominates Rudy for its presidential ticket, with lots of us either voting third party or deciding to not cast a ballot at all. My results are anecdotal proof of that, showing that versus Hillary, Barack, or any of the Democratic field, Rudy is not simply the “lesser of two evils,” but the worst of the bunch!

Romney 39
Hunter 37
Tancredo 37
Giuliani 27
Huckabee 22
Thompson 19
McCain 16
Brownback 14
Cox 11
Clinton 1
Biden 1
Dodd 0
Richardson -3
Obama -4
Edwards -4
Paul -8
Gravel -38
Kucinich -39

Paul 48
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Gravel 20
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Universal Healthcare

Brownback 19
No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Iraq War

Kucinich 12
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Universal Healthcare

Biden 5
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase

Thompson 4
Embryonic Stem Cells, Guantanamo, Iraq Troop Surge

Cox 0
Dodd -1
Obama -1
Tancredo -4
Edwards -5
Richardson -5
Clinton -6
McCain -8
Huckabee -12
Hunter -16
Romney -23
Giuliani -27

My God, it says I should vote for Duncan Hunter! Luckily, Mitt is only one point out of Number One, and that's where he stays with me.

I'm proud to note that the rest of the GOP field fall behind them in order, with only Joe Biden getting a '3' at the bottom.

I score highly with Tancredo, Paul and Hunter. No surprise I agree with Ron Paul, he's a Libertarian just like me. But none of these guys will ever occupy the Whitehouse. The first candidate I agree with that has a snowball's chance in hell is Romney.

The computer told me that all the candidates blow, and that I should stay home. I think I'll follow the computer's advice.

Ralph: The computer does not advise. The computer orders. The computer instructs. The computer directs.

Guess I won't be going for the Dems. This is actually pretty accurate right. Smart machine.

Romney 50
Tancredo 43
Hunter 38
Cox 33
Thompson 29
Huckabee 29
Brownback 23
Paul 19
Giuliani 17
McCain 13

Biden -2
Dodd -13
Clinton -18
Edwards -18
Obama -20
Richardson -23
Gravel -43
Kucinich -50

Looks like tancredo for me.

Dan, is that you or the computer talking?

To give you a hint, Ralph: If my comment could talk, its voice would sound like Joshua's from War Games. Does that answer your question?

Obama 0
McCain 0
Kucinich 0
Paul 0
Richardson 0
Thompson 0
Tancredo 0
Romney 0
Hunter 0
Huckabee 0
Cox 0
Clinton 0
Brownback 0
Dodd 0
Edwards 0
Gravel 0
Giuliani 0
Biden 0

Something about marking them all Unknown/Other-meh....

Interesting results:

Paul 70
Brownback 15
Gravel 14
Thompson 12
Biden 8
Tancredo 7
Cox 3
Kucinich 2

Dodd -1
Obama -1
McCain -2
Clinton -6
Richardson -8
Edwards -9
Huckabee -11
Hunter -13
Romney -20
Giuliani -35

Paul is clearly my candidate and Giuliani is the worst of the bunch. Of course, Romney, and Hunter are also worse than the Democrats.

Hunter
Tancredo
Romney
Paul

Interesting...

"Would you like to play a ga-a-ame?"

How is it even possible to have EVERYONE get a score of 0?

Ben: "How is it even possible to have EVERYONE get a score of 0?"

Me: "...marking them all Unknown/Other-meh...."

^^^ I guess it's Obama for all the Gen-X-ers, then.

Rudolph (911) Giuliani is a piece of human feces. God that man makes my skin crawl...
911 911 9111

Gen. Disarray: What if you took the test and discovered the similarities of your own positions with Rudy Giuliani's? Would you shave off your eyebrows and start smashing things in your rent-controlled apartment? I keed. I keed. Anyhow, general, I mean sir, why don't you take the test and report back to us on the findings? I'm interested.

I will take the test when I get home from work and report this evening.

Were still waiting on your results General.

GD: Did you work a nineteen-hour shift? Why not try using the internet at work? The preferred method of nine out of ten FlynnFiles posters.

Still working... lol

Working hard to be the best darn 'Repub' he can be!