Reply #144: I'm not sure how the NJ figured that up, but I actually went and compared

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bills to votes over the years on some of the issues that are the most important to me and also took the "On the Issues" test which cites each issue and I was actually surprised at what I saw with Edwards. I also met him (very, very briefly) when he spoke at Pensacola Naval station a few weeks before the '04 elections. Both he and Kerry were still supporting the "war" and he had co-sponsored the IWR while having access to more (I'm sure not all) information than most of the other members of Congress. I know it's politics and I know that he has apologized since then. I forgive him, but I can't forget because it had a deep impact on my family.

I was also very surprised by Bill Richardson as well. His rhetoric has been good, but when I saw some of his voting record and his support, etc. of certain issues and legislation over the years, he went way down for me.

No candidate is perfect, but I am tired of hearing how "liberal" Edwards is and how he's the only candidate for the poor, etc., etc. when ALL of them have very similar backgrounds.

As someone noted earlier, there is only one candidate that is consistantly to the far left and that is Kucinich. Gravel wants a flat tax so he has his own set of problems with that issue alone. And yes, I say to the "far left" because to most Americans that is what he would be considered. I'm not too far off from him myself, but in my opinion, DU is not a good measure of the general population of American voters.

And, I will fully support any Dem nominee for president. While I may have certain issues with some candidates, I also like all of them a lot and you will never see me start a negative thread on any candidate.