POLL: Who's the Best Candidate for Nerds? (Slashdot.org)

[TheConstitutionLives]

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/25/2120245&from=rss

[LibertyOrDie]

voted!

Rudy Giuliani 36 votes / 4%
Hillary Rodham Clinton 13 votes / 1%
John McCain 16 votes / 2%
Barack Obama 96 votes / 12%
Mike Gravel 30 votes / 3%
Ron Paul 234 votes / 29%
Cthulhu 180 votes / 22%
Al Gore 195 votes / 24%

[Brandybuck]

The high standing by Al Gore is just plain weird. Is it because they think he invented the internet? Because he's in the traditional Cowboy Neal slot? Or something else?

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Yes, it's an internet joke. People play along with it... others vote for him based on his environment stance alone.

[wwycher]

done, RP had 390 something

[cujothekitten]

And Ron Paul turns a socialist:

I agree with respect to Ron Paul. I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool socialist until I saw how bad government can get when your guys aren't running the place. Maturity and George W. Bush have taught me that less is more.

I'm still quite the socialist*, but my view of the constitution is originalist. Many federal programs that I think are just fine are, unfortunately, not constitutional. The states should be running these programs as they see fit, not the feds. Realistically, conservatives want Dennis Kucinich and Barbara Lee having as little say in their lives as possible. Similarly, I want Orrin Hatch and James Inhofe having very little say in my life. The best way to do this is to return power to the states where it rightly belongs.

*I actually identify as a "states' rights liberal" if there is such a thing.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

And Ron Paul turns a socialist:

I agree with respect to Ron Paul. I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool socialist until I saw how bad government can get when your guys aren't running the place. Maturity and George W. Bush have taught me that less is more.

I'm still quite the socialist*, but my view of the constitution is originalist. Many federal programs that I think are just fine are, unfortunately, not constitutional. The states should be running these programs as they see fit, not the feds. Realistically, conservatives want Dennis Kucinich and Barbara Lee having as little say in their lives as possible. Similarly, I want Orrin Hatch and James Inhofe having very little say in my life. The best way to do this is to return power to the states where it rightly belongs.

*I actually identify as a "states' rights liberal" if there is such a thing.

I used to be a Socialist until I dug deeper. I have an interest with Marxist-Libertarianism (Libertarianism with no property law), but no, I am a regular Libertarian.

Go Ron Paul!

[Sakimoto]

:) I like this comment on the poll:

The best thing a president could possibly do for nerds or just about anyone else is stop making more laws and start dismantling the stupid laws perpetrated by previous governments.

I am not in the US, so I can't do much about your choice of president, but at least I can have my say here. The way I see it from here, your options can be divided unambiguously into two groups:

1: Scumbags that will sell you out, nay, have already sold you out, to whichever corporate and special interests will finance their campaign.

2: Ron Paul.

I am a cynic. I hardly expect people to vote in their own best interests. There's a reason the scumbags sell their souls for campaign money - it gets them elected. So I expect another scumbag leading your country in 2009. But please, please, for the sake of all that is good, pure and true in this world, anyone but Giuliani.

I swear, if you guys elect Giuliani, I am going to go out every weekend, find drunk Americans, and beat the crap out of them. Maybe even daily. You've been warned.

[SeanEdwards]

I voted for cthulhu.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Actually, Ron Paul IS the best candidate, he is against a regulated internet. I believe he is rated 100% on internet preservation issues.

[angelatc]

And Ron Paul turns a socialist:

I agree with respect to Ron Paul. I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool socialist until I saw how bad government can get when your guys aren't running the place.

You know what turned me? It was a casual conversation in a coffee shop one night, with some hard-core socialists. I saw how quickly that the right to an abortion turned into the responsibility to have one.

[CurtisLow]

Rudy Giuliani 93 votes / 4%

Hillary Rodham Clinton 46 votes / 2%

John McCain 39 votes / 1%

Barack Obama 280 votes / 12%

Mike Gravel 65 votes / 2%

Ron Paul 726 votes / 33%

Cthulhu 427 votes / 19%

Al Gore 502 vo

[slantedview]

I think it's safe to say, Ron Paul OWNS the internet.

[IrrigatedPancake]

Should we vote on their poll if we don't use slashdot though? I'm all for doing public opinion polls of any kind, but this one just seems meant for slashdot users. I just don't want to run over anybody as we gain momentum if you know what I mean.