I'll show you mine if you show me yours....

[LogGrad98]

I wondered with all the recent politically charged threads going around if we could get an idea of the political leanings of JazzFanz in general. This is an anonymous poll so you can actually be honest. If you choose to divulge your bent herein, fell free.


I personally consider myself a hard-core moderate with right-leanings in terms of fiscal conservatism. Otherwise I share a hodge-podge of opinions with both left and right, and I think the worst thing we can do is to blindly accept one ideology in it's entirety, as it is highly unlikely that only one side (the right or the left) has all the answers. I was a registered Democrat before Clinton came along and pissed all over due process for some ugly bimbo, but I was never a leftist, more left-leaning.

Actually thinking through individual issues and coming to a conclusion based on some level of knowledge is important to me as is being willing to look at new facts and ideas and possibly even change your mind.


How about you?

 

[unluckyseventeen]

Too young to care. Sorry.

 

[Archie Moses]

Indy.

 

[LogGrad98]

Bummer I didn't have room for a cheese vote.

 

[franklin]

I'm moving further and further left on fiscal policy, just not over the notions hard core's like Big Fundy and Kicky espouse. It's incredible we can't figure out demand side in deflationary induced recessions (the exception to the rule) and supply side in inflationary induced, interest hike recessions (the rule). The three rock stars (Keynes, Friedman, and Hayek) all realized this, and realized the magic of going to the opposite end in good times to smooth the business cycle, but, like the vast majority of disciples of every religion, this is lost on our current movers and shakers.

Not even the alleged leftest of the lefties in the senate could push through tax hikes on the people who unduly benefited most from Reagan on borrow and spend policy. No wonder so many people [who really have no clue but circumstantially prove there is an ether wind] are so pessimistic.

 

[gregbroncs]

I used to be a republican apologist. I just can't stand their foreign policy anymore. I will never be a democrat because I can't stand the way they coddle the public and believe every lazy *** in the country deserves to be supported by people who are willing to work for their money. So at this point in time I pretty much stopped caring, because the whole system of politics is broken.

 

[TheDude]

Slightly right leaning moderate. I think both parties have good ideas and terrible ideas. In conclusion, overall, they both suck.

 

[GoJazz]

Where would Spend Less and Tax More put me? I know that is a very unpopular stand but with the current deficet and tax loopholes I just can't see any other way out of the mess we are currently in. I would also be for any politician or political party that was pro reducing the size of the Military, Medicade, and Social Security. Another question, where would pro military but anti war put me?

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Christian. The battle always has been, will always be, good vs. evil. Democrat or Republican doesn't mean anything at this point in time. There is an obvious continuity of agenda.

 

[One Brow]

Moderate, leaning left. I think that there are things the governemnt does well, or at least better than private industries, that are also common goods, and there fore it should do these things. There are also things that the governement should never involve itself in.

 

[VINYLONE]

Social liberal/ fiscal conservative

Pro-life but believe abortion should be legal
Pro-gun
Pro gay marriage
Against the death penalty...mostly

 

[babe]

Where would Spend Less and Tax More put me? I know that is a very unpopular stand but with the current deficet and tax loopholes I just can't see any other way out of the mess we are currently in. I would also be for any politician or political party that was pro reducing the size of the Military, Medicade, and Social Security. Another question, where would pro military but anti war put me?

I don't buy into the left/right trap at all. It's all nonsense promoted by the Oxford school of politics.

I am a human being first, and will maybe accept being a citizen of a state/nation that considers my rights to be important enought to actually protect. Meanwhile, I think both major parties have been co-opted by lobbyists and the elitists they work for, and our national dialogue is actually more like a staged puppet show.

The only way to reclaim our rights is to shrink the cancer down to a size where we won't just die on the operating table letting politicians try to surgically remove it, 38 Billion a year. Less government, less taxes will produce less corruption, less power for the cartels/interests to pay lobbyists to divert their way. But until we cut the budget to one tenth the present size in terms of productive people who have been sidelined from useful careers in favor of staffing the Beast, we really aren't even talking about freedom. Or prosperity.

Constitutional party is a nice idea, but in practical terms it is inhabited by folks who lack political intelligence. Libertarian Party is a better idea, but it is a collection of dysfunctional misfits. . . . .

 

[PearlWatson]

Pro-life but believe abortion should be illegal

Okay

 

[colton]

Otherwise I share a hodge-podge of opinions with both left and right, and I think the worst thing we can do is to blindly accept one ideology in it's entirety, as it is highly unlikely that only one side (the right or the left) has all the answers.

I agree completely. It really bugs me when people agree blindly with everything their party says/does.

 

[VINYLONE]

Okay

Amended. Thank you.

 

[VINYLONE]

I agree completely. It really bugs me when people agree blindly with everything their party says/does.

That's Umerica. It's been that way for a long time.

 

[Mission Accomplished]

First, I think that Obama is the first person that doesn't have the puppet hand so far up his $@$ that he is trying to deal with and really solve our problems.
Second, what do those who think that they are fiscal conservative believe that means? Do you support Milton Freedmen's idea of the trickle down effect. I would recommend a documentary called "one percent" it is by one of the heirs to the Johnson and Johnson fortune. I feel that Obama is misjudged by a lot of wrong information that is being pushed by the conservatives via Fox News which isn't a news channel at all it is a giant propaganda machine.
Third, what are the reasons behind the utter distain for the Health Care bill that Obama helped to pass which is modeled after MIT Romney's identical plan. I would call myself leaning far left. But, what I really like is politicians that don't have the taint of corruption on them.
I like people like Wiener, Obama, and Nader. I'm Mormon and I believe abortion is wrong; I also believe drinking, smoking, and premarital sex is wrong. But, I believe there should be a separation of my belief and trying to force my moral on society that is why I'm prochoice. I do feel like we are giving corporations too much power and we are reducing workers rights. I have a BA in Business Administration so I do believe that Capitalism is a great thing...until you stop regulating them and then I believe that business will not regulate itself. I can see the gap increasing between the rich and the poor. I also believe that the middle class is being destroyed.

 

[VINYLONE]

KB, I believe in capitalism. Its not a perfect system, but its the best one out there. The problem is that the system is governed by man and man, by nature, is a ****ing idiot. Capitalism ONLY works when there is risk and reward. Risk being the mitigating factor of true success.

In short, bailouts are complete and utter ********. Iceland got it right. We didn't.

 

[Mission Accomplished]

KB, I believe in capitalism. Its not a perfect system, but its the best one out there. The problem is that the system is governed by man and man, by nature, is a ****ing idiot. Capitalism ONLY works when there is risk and reward. Risk being the mitigating factor of true success.

In short, bailouts are complete and utter ********. Iceland got it right. We didn't.

I also believe in Capitalism as the best system out there. But, what is at the heart of Capitalism human greed and just like you said earlier man is an idiot. So, what are they going to do when the $$$ start flowing find ways to make $$$$. Now, according to Capitalism businesses will then be to govern themselves. Sure that seems to make sense that they want consumers to buy their goods and their reputation is based on how their govern themselves. But, like you said man is an idiot they want the $$$ most don't look at longterm plan. Why because they are out to make the $$$ while they can. Lets look at some recent examples...BP, GM, Goldman Sach, any bank that was pushing home loans to those who can't qualify for just to make $$$$, and GE. Now what happens when a Republican gets into office? They start crying that these companies are regulated to harshly by the government and that they can self regulate. Then after they gut the regulator committees then boom just like in sports we let the inmate run the prisions.

 

[LogGrad98]

Notice in our little very unscientific poll that the moderates have it. I think that is fairly representative of America in general. Most people are moderate in their views (and really you can put many independents in that bucket too).

From this poll, taking all votes into account, it appears we are mostly moderate with a slight right lean, and many of us enjoy a good cheese.