Candidate Selection Quiz and My Recent Thoughts
Posted March 22nd, 2007 by mlpyeatt
I was looking through my grandfather's site, www.ronpaul2008, under Latest News and I found a candidate selection quiz. Surprise! When I took the quiz, it showed that my candidate match was Ron Paul 100%.
It was fun to take the quiz. You can take it at:
My family has been very excited about the support that has been generated for the campaign. It will be a tough road, but one that is certainly worth taking.
At times I get down because people and sites leave him out of polls, or disparage him in blogs but what is important is that he is slowly but surely getting people's attention.
The more we all work, email, talk about, blog, campaign, and promote this message the better. I know that his message is the right one, founded on limited government, freedom, and smart foreign policy.
Keep up the great work !!!!
Matt
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I Had The Same Result
Obama second to Paul, which is absurd. Obama is at the bottom of my list, along with Hill and Al et al. ;)
Weird. I think it's looking for specifics on each candidate, and once it finds yur 100% the logic just falls apart.
Oh well. It was fun, and I thought the questions themselves were good, accurate for determining positions.
selction is weird
I got 100% Obama and Paul came on third... Yet I loath Obama. I have no idea how selectsmart got me paired up with Obama. And then next time I did it, I got Rin Paul 100% and Obama second place. It's weird for sure!
The only thing I don't like with Ron Paul's viewpoints is the immigration policy he has, it isn't proper for a free country where people are people and I don't see how an immigrant is any different from any other extra person.
So if USA shall not bring in immigrants we could as well just stop copulating because those children will have equal self-interests as any other person wherever that person comes from. An extra person is never bad for his own economy and it shouldn't be the country shouldn't have any interests in his economy! It isn't in his interests to be putting himself in an economical disadvantaged situation more than anyone else.
Immigration
I hope I can clarify my grandfather's viewpoint on immigration. I can certainly tell you that my grandfather is not against immigration. Legal immigration. He is the grandson of a German immigrant who came to this country to make a better life for himself.
The real issue facing immigration policy is two-fold. One, illegal immigration is just that - illegal. There must be respect for our nation's rule of law. Immigrants must follow proper procedure and laws respecting immigration.
Secondly, our nation faces serious economic concerns relating to the benefits and social welfare that is associated with illegal immigration.
Truly, his view would be to allow immigrants and migrant workers to come to our country to work and make a living for themselves and their families, but they must follow the law. We must secure our borders first and foremost.
As a public school teacher, I have taught English As A Second Language in Texas. As many know, there are many Mexican-Americans that fall under that category. These families are here to work hard and earn a living for their families. And if immigation laws are followed properly, these families make a positive impact on our nation and our economy, however, the immigration process must be fair to all countries and people trying to enter our nation.
This is his six point plan:
1. Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.
2. Enforce visa rules. Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law. This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.
3. No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That’s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.
4. No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.
5. End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.
6. Pass true immigration reform. The current system is incoherent and unfair. But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. This is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.
Matt Pyeatt