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DougKrick

(26 posts)
49. Ask Away
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 04:23 PM
Mar 2012

We rated politicians on only 2 issues. 60% based on gun rights and 40% based on Queer rights. (And we defined queer rights as being equal to heterosexual rights. For instance, if a candidate said the govt shouldn't be in the marriage business, then they'd get 10 points for that question, even though opposed to same-sex marriage because they were opposed to all civil (not religious) marriages.)

Also, please provide links that work. The ones you gave don't. It's been too many years since we did those surveys for me to remember the arguments off-hand. But I'll talk about what I can since you ask...

"Zero points for supporting consumer protection legislation."

Correct. I don't remember this questionnaire, but the PP has held that the Govt shouldn't be in the business of protecting us from ourselves. Just as it shouldn't have passed (the now expired) "assault weapons ban" (without defining an "assault weapon", just a list of features to make shooting *safer*.

As for the final Republican you mention, he got 0 points for that answer. But IIRC, on the other 9 questions he got 10 out of 10 points for most of the questions, giving him a grand total of 85 out of 100 points. Which is a B. (90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D, below = F.)

I don't remember the other democratic candidate questionnaires you mention offhand, unfortunately. Nor do I have access to the questionnaires, as they've been lost in time. If you can find the originals I'll be happy to comment on them, but this post took things out of context.

Time to go out and get me a latte :) n/t arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #1
That's what I did yesterday! BlueIris Mar 2012 #25
NATURALLY! What'd the f*****s expect? elleng Mar 2012 #2
Buycott!!! bluestateguy Mar 2012 #3
Done! Snarkaholic Mar 2012 #10
Why is everybody picking on Starbucks? sarisataka Mar 2012 #4
you're thinking of something called Pink Pistols iverglas Mar 2012 #6
Well... sarisataka Mar 2012 #7
Please don't insult John Lennon Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #19
I do not know Mr. Lennon's sarisataka Mar 2012 #81
Yes, and I'm pretty sure it was a world without guns in the streets. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #83
I wanted to let you point that out sarisataka Mar 2012 #87
Imagine complete sentences Kolesar Mar 2012 #124
Subject, verb, predicate sarisataka Mar 2012 #128
I that how you feel? "Nothing to kill or die for" Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #125
It is a wonderful ideal sarisataka Mar 2012 #129
Thanks for sharing. Interesting. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #130
"But we do not live in a world of wonderful people" sarisataka Mar 2012 #131
The Pink Pistols DougKrick Mar 2012 #11
Oleg Volk has been here before you ... iverglas Mar 2012 #14
Thanks for the heads-up! DougKrick Mar 2012 #24
FYI. William769 Mar 2012 #16
Right there with you obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #23
one for you, now iverglas Mar 2012 #33
The gun toters DougKrick Mar 2012 #43
sorry, I was actually speaking to the other poster iverglas Mar 2012 #48
Good for you! DougKrick Mar 2012 #52
fascinating iverglas Mar 2012 #30
Ask all the questions you want. That does not mean though to expect an answer. William769 Mar 2012 #32
and we all know what I think iverglas Mar 2012 #36
Wha?!? DougKrick Mar 2012 #50
Ask Away DougKrick Mar 2012 #49
sorry, but again iverglas Mar 2012 #70
News and Organization regarding the Pink Pistols. DougKrick Mar 2012 #74
How would you answer this argument against Libertarians? ellisonz Mar 2012 #17
Good toon. nt rrneck Mar 2012 #20
Yeah I mean, by promoting the Libertarian Party... ellisonz Mar 2012 #22
I'm fairly sanguine about the politics of it. rrneck Mar 2012 #28
bwahahaha iverglas Mar 2012 #73
Those are the people who develop libertarian ideology. rrneck Mar 2012 #85
Wha?!? DougKrick Mar 2012 #31
I think you and I may have met. Ian David Mar 2012 #35
It's possible DougKrick Mar 2012 #56
I know, it was already planned. And then when we got there, the shooting range was packed... Ian David Mar 2012 #59
Not me DougKrick Mar 2012 #64
I was at the one in Attleboro (or North Attleboro). n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #66
It's possible DougKrick Mar 2012 #77
It might have been a .44 magnum, not a .357. I remember it had bullets the size of my thumb. Ian David Mar 2012 #78
Oh yeah! DougKrick Mar 2012 #99
What rights would the Democratic Party take away from you? ellisonz Mar 2012 #37
Who was trying to disqualify military absentee ballots? one-eyed fat man Mar 2012 #45
That was a good ad. DougKrick Mar 2012 #63
found something!! iverglas Mar 2012 #42
Yeah, he's a Republican DougKrick Mar 2012 #67
How would I answer this? DougKrick Mar 2012 #26
Actually the have a lot to do with eachother... ellisonz Mar 2012 #29
More corrections... DougKrick Mar 2012 #39
" The Pink Pistols *ARE* a Second Amendment extremist organization." ellisonz Mar 2012 #46
We need to talk definitions DougKrick Mar 2012 #71
So, how did we get from a discussion of Starbucks and NOM to one on guns? Ian David Mar 2012 #75
You just declared yourself an extremist... ellisonz Mar 2012 #88
Extremist viewpoints DougKrick Mar 2012 #97
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. ellisonz Mar 2012 #107
Constitutionallity and Firearms DougKrick Mar 2012 #117
Thank you for acknowledging... ellisonz Mar 2012 #120
as I've asked you to do iverglas Mar 2012 #92
Err.. wait, lol.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #94
what do you think "opposing" an amendment means? iverglas Mar 2012 #111
You're not fooling anyone. X_Digger Mar 2012 #114
The List DougKrick Mar 2012 #102
no, sorry again iverglas Mar 2012 #110
Pesent facts! DougKrick Mar 2012 #133
you say it like it's a bad thing iverglas Mar 2012 #53
Actually yes. DougKrick Mar 2012 #80
Huh?!? DougKrick Mar 2012 #105
not really all that confusing iverglas Mar 2012 #123
More bad info DougKrick Mar 2012 #134
That's a shallow misreading of anarchist theory. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #51
there are different varieties, but you're right iverglas Mar 2012 #58
In the ideal, yes... ellisonz Mar 2012 #61
In application it becomes preserving the organization TBF Mar 2012 #76
I would argue that... ellisonz Mar 2012 #91
My point on Occupy is TBF Mar 2012 #93
Fair assessment. ellisonz Mar 2012 #96
Of course TBF Mar 2012 #100
But.. but.. but.. he doesn't have a cartoon for that!!! n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #95
... TBF Mar 2012 #104
I've got a political cartoons for everything... ellisonz Mar 2012 #109
Brilliant! Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #27
Good toon. geardaddy Mar 2012 #62
I forgot to ask iverglas Mar 2012 #38
Nope DougKrick Mar 2012 #40
Don't go telling people information like that LOL snooper2 Mar 2012 #69
in case you are interested you are being discussed over here: Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #41
Looks like they're getting the torches and pitchforks ready... -..__... Mar 2012 #47
I am not understanding how it is on topic for RKBA. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #55
No... -..__... Mar 2012 #60
pretty tacky, if you ask me. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #65
Pitiful... just pitiful... -..__... Mar 2012 #68
who reads the Guns forum? iverglas Mar 2012 #82
you know its The Gungeon! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #84
Never occured to you that some of us... -..__... Mar 2012 #86
snork iverglas Mar 2012 #89
Opinion does not equal fact. -..__... Mar 2012 #101
uh, what? iverglas Mar 2012 #103
Computer or Firefox is acting up. -..__... Mar 2012 #108
wants to be read; it's short iverglas Mar 2012 #116
deleted, posted in wrong place iverglas Mar 2012 #113
Based on his politics at the time... DougKrick Mar 2012 #132
some new names in this thread after that was posted iverglas Mar 2012 #72
This message was self-deleted by its author -..__... Mar 2012 #79
Jury is back... Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #98
I see you've found us! iverglas Mar 2012 #106
Either way... ellisonz Mar 2012 #115
LOL! You know I avoid these threads like the plague. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #127
Jury nullified... ellisonz Mar 2012 #112
I deleted it for you. -..__... Mar 2012 #118
Thank you. n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #119
Sorry about that. -..__... Mar 2012 #121
... ellisonz Mar 2012 #122
And with that... -..__... Mar 2012 #126
good news, I own stock that went down to $14 in the crash n now is more than I paid for it :-) nt msongs Mar 2012 #5
Good. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #8
I usually get my coffee on the inside rucky Mar 2012 #9
Now all businesses will want a boycott by those folks mainer Mar 2012 #12
Between gun rights and gay rights hack89 Mar 2012 #13
Backwards-thinking homophobes don't generally drink coffee at cafe's Quantess Mar 2012 #15
When will the NOM shut the fuck up?? What a truly evil group. Initech Mar 2012 #18
All people against LGBT equality & rights William769 Mar 2012 #21
I don't really like their coffee, but bought one anyway closeupready Mar 2012 #34
I suspect that most NOM members drink beer anyways Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #44
NOM has been race-baiting, too. New documents just released by court order: yardwork Mar 2012 #54
NOM? geardaddy Mar 2012 #57
Looks like someone is Nomming NOM's lunch. GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #90
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