Name one thing you DON'T like about your favorite candidate

[Quixote1818]

Even your favorite candidate must have done something you don't care for. Please name one thing you wish your candidate hadn't done or a problem you have with one of their stances.


Be honest now! Don't use this as an opportunity to bash other candidates.

I will start:

I am probably going to vote for either Wes Clark or Al Gore if Al Gore runs. The ONLY problem I have with Wes Clark is his stance on depleted uranium in conventional weapons. He says DU (depleted uranium) is not a hazard but I have talked to Chemistry professors and seen articles that say otherwise. I think the dust from DU when breathed in can be very dangerous and I would like to see it taken out of conventional weapons. I am not happy with the answers Wes Clark has given on this subject and wish he would revisit it.


Please don't turn this into a depleted uranium debate. If you want to debate DU then start another thread.

This is what makes us different than Republicans. We are willing to look at our faults and NOT walk in lock step with our candidate on every issue.

Thanks, your turn!

[BobRossi]

1. Don't have one yet.

Hoping a stronger personality comes forward. If I had to choose right now it would be Barack Obama, however I feel his inexperience is his weakness.

[SoCalDem]

25. I don't have one either

The ones so far, all have plusses & minuses (as eveyone does)

Whomever emerges will get my vote.

[More Than A Feeling]

27. Thirded, there is no clear favorite in my book.

I'm still weighing my options, and waiting to for the field to be set. A hierarchy is starting to emerge though.

[The Count]

2. Same ones as you. Clark - the burning flag thinghie. Gore - dropped out in 2003

and wasn't forthright with the then draft movement (i.e - his people were egging us on, he was saying "what draft?)

[Quixote1818]

9. I forgot about the flag thing. I am with you on that too.

I think as a General it would be hard to be for burning the flag. He is still wrong though.

[jgraz]

3. He's not running

This "not running" thing is probably a big enough flaw that I won't vote for him in the primaries.

[Why Syzygy]

5. Mine isn't running either n/t

[Quixote1818]

6. That bastard! I won't vote for him either over that!

:argh:

[AX10]

4. I too disagree with Clark regarding Depleted Uranium.

I also oppose the "anti flag-burning amendment". It's censorship.

[YvonneCa]

7. He's not running...

...which makes me sad. John Kerry would be an EXCELLENT President. Experience ought to count more than likability and electability.

[mdmc]

8. my guy has a name recognition problem

God Bless Dennis Kucinich!:patriot:

[napi21]

10. Don't really have a favorite yet, butI wanat fire and brimstone in the

campaign, and NOT against the other Dems either! The one who is the most angry with the state of our Country, and proposing things to improveit will win my vote. I don't expect to agree with EVERYTHING any candidate does or says. If I did, they're would be something wrong with ME!

I want to see the fire, like I saw from Dean!! We'll deal with the media Ah's who try to paint them crazy!

[peace13]

11. Alas...mine isn't running either! n/t

[femmocrat]

12. I love Clark, but what is he waiting for?

With so many candidates already raising money and getting tons of press, I am afraid if he does decide to run, it will be too late, like last time.

I really thought he had four years to prepare for a more forceful and aggressive campaign. Hmmm....

[Quixote1818]

13. From what I heard, earlier this week

he is going to announce this week or next week. No more than two weeks though.

[hippiechick]

14. He chose Lieberman as a running mate in 2000

:scared: Al, what were you thinking?? :wow:

[salin]

23. and he's not (yet) running

Come on, Al! With My Bitch Mitch in the Gov.s mansion - you would have a shot at being the first Dem to carry the state since 1964! Why? I have heard a lot of repubs start waxing sentimental about the Clinton/Gore years - and liking... Gore!

[hippiechick]

32. Hi Salin!

:hi: How are you ?!?!

[salin]

Working all the time - but doing ok.

And you? Hope all is well...

Did you ever take that home-owner (and long-time commitment to hoosierland) plunge?

[hippiechick]

35. All is ok ...

... no home, though. The house I made an offer on in May failed inspection ... so I cooled my heels and am now (re)thinking a relocation back to WI. Conseco's stagnant. Personal life is stagnant. HippieKid will be applying to UW schools in about 18 months.

In the meantime, where do all the cool, intellectual, liberal, single (and cute) people in Indy hang out? ;)


:hi:

[salin]

47. No idea...

I still spend most of my weekends down in B-ton - not that I do much socializing down there, either.

Wow - Hippiekid is that close to college - my how time flies!

We aren't good about getting get togethers going - but i will be suicidal (or close to it) if you were to leave before we get to toast, roast and shake our heads at the whole state of affairs again.

Hope you know how much I appreciate you - even if the majority of our interaction is here on the DU Boards. :toast:

[hippiechick]

49. awwww ...

:hug: Such a sweetie you are :loveya:

Yes, we must all get together soon. I'll put a bug in Voltaire's ear this week. :evilgrin:

If I do get to Madison, it'll be a good excuse for the Indy Du contingent to come up to Fighting Bob-fest some summer !!

[salin]

51. I vote not an either or - but a both!

Do put a bug in Voltaire's ear - but my reading is sporadic - so one of you *please* give me a pm ...please :-)

[Adelante]

15. The two mentioned - DU and flag-burning

Some days I would add: Wes, announce already! But he says he has work to do regarding Iran that he does not want politicized. I know he is involved in some big national security conference soon that is part of why he holds back. That's just how he is, though. Still, I get so antsy.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Hmmmm Well, Dennis is...

Hmmmm.. Dennis is.... erm.....

ahm......


I dunno. I really really like him. :^)

I guess I would love to see him really fight for election reform and multi-party politics.

[rug]

17. Oh just admit it. He's too damn short!

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. But I don't dislike him for it.

[Richard D]

19. The two I really like

aren't running (yet).

[skipos]

20. I wish Clark was a governor

he'd have a much better time getting attention.

I wish all of the people seeking the nomination were good governors from flippable red states with military experience.

[MH1]

21. That he's decided not to run for president in 2008.

Other than Kerry, I don't have a favorite.

[Ian David]

22. Carl Sagan is dead, therefore he can't run.

So, I don't think there's much hope for my Carl Sagan / Richard Feynman 2008 ticket.

Perhaps James Randi / Richard Dawkins in 2008?

[Subdivisions]

33. As a young-un, Carl Sagan was my hero. Geez...

What a geek I was!

[Warren DeMontague]

46. That's how I feel about Bill Hicks.

Robert Anton Wilson is still alive, though.

[Marie26]

24. Clark lobbied for Accenture

I keep trying to get over that, but can't quite.

[BlueIris]

26. Evidently, he's not running. That's his only flaw to me. nt

[troubleinwinter]

28. Why would I care to state negatives about a Dem?

[Quixote1818]

30. To show you are a thoughtful thinking human being that questions maybe?

:shrug:

We should always strive to push our candidates to do the right thing no matter how close to perfect they are. I am just trying to get us out of the mindset that our candidates can do no wrong.

[troubleinwinter]

42. Right at this moment

I prefer to offer positive, assertive arguments for various (or certain) Dem candidates.

The shitsmears will be presented by the other side (and obviously by ours too), either way.

I will NOT participate in the shitsmears of our candidates. I WILL present argument in favor of my candidate without shitsmearing the others... because that 'other Dem' may end up being our candidate.

I will not do the GOP's work for them.

[kestrel91316]

37. Correct. Why on earth give the Rove operatives a laundry list of

weaknesses??????

How about we list everything we LIKE about our favorites.

My mother always taught me: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

[phillysuse]

29. General Clark is happily married to the wonderful Gert

and isn't a Mormon like Romney so he can't take a second wife.

[LWolf]

31. OK:

Gore--NAFTA.

Kucinich--disrespected, patronized, and marginalized by his own party.

[Zhade]

34. I don't like how people dishonestly paint Kucinich's commitment to a pro-choice stance...

...as politically expedient, rather than a true change of viewpoint.

[Adelante]

36. About DK himself, Zhade

Is there anything he has done to disappoint you? Not that he would lose your support, but some point you disagree on with his view or some action he has taken?

[dsc]

40. maybe because it has all the hallmarks of being politically expedient

We can't see inside his heart to see what he really thinks. But lets be real here. If a politician that you didn't like had done a 180 on an issue like this a couple of months before announcing for President, you would surely be skeptical of his or her motives. Add in a downright ludricrious explanation (that only in 2002 did women he knew convince him of the importance of abortion) and frankly it is hard to come to any other conclusion.

[OhioChick]

38. He hasn't announced

that he's running, yet.

Run Al, run! :)

[oldlady]

39. his singing voice wouldn't make American Idol cuts...

edited to add: sorry Dennis, but it's true

[alittlelark]

41. Gore looks a tad too preppie

That's why I think the photos of him w/a beard are soooo cooool!

[leftofthedial]

43. he seems unable to raise enough money to actually run.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

44. What is the point of having a "negative fest" thread on Dem candidates?

You'll certainly be hearing all the true negatives and plenty of false ones on FOX and Drudge.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. He may not run.

Other than that, he's great.

[Edweird]

48. Clark

There may be people who wouldn't vote for Clark no matter what because he is a retired army general.

[meow mix]

50. thats me too, except...

im able to overlook it due to his truthful character and far-left slant which is an anomally really, lol.