Just As I Thought

The 2004 AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR is making the rounds of some of the blogs I read, so I decided to take it. I was pretty sure of where I'd end up, and it's not too surprising.

1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)
2. Libertarian Candidate (72%)
3. Bush, President George W. - Republican (46%)
4. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (40%)
5. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (37%)
6. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (35%)
7. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (32%)
8. Kucinich, Rep. Dennis, OH - Democrat (31%)
9. Gephardt, Rep. Dick, MO - Democrat (31%)
10. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (30%)
11. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (27%)
12. Socialist Candidate (26%)
13. Hagelin, Dr. John - Natural Law (24%)
14. Clark, Retired General Wesley K., AR - Democrat (19%)
15. Green Party Candidate (16%)
16. Lieberman, Senator Joe, CT - Democrat (15%)
17. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol, IL - Democrat (14%)

Anyway, I come out as strongly, but not totally, Libertarian. I'm not a purist, seeing a role for government in policing and regulation of commerce. I'm not averse to America going to war, but it has to be for a damn good reason. I'm satisfied that Bush's War on Terror is one such case. We're crossing the line once again, though, from Republic to Empire and that worries me. Bush's domestic policy seems more driven by re-election than logic. Republicans got the government they've wanted and squandered it, proving in the process that they are everything they ever criticised in the Democrats. Ashcroft is a zealot, which scares me, and Bush seems to give him a free rein. Nothing worse than someone who believes that what he does to you is for your own good, even if you don't see it that way.

But, jeez, Al Sharpton at 4? It must be a flaw in the test, right? Right?