2008 selector - with a problem

[karynnj]

This is up on DU-P. I actually got Kerry 100% (shock shock)

http://www.selectsmart.com/plus/select.php?url=08frontrunners

But there is a problem, after you get your results, you can click to get the underlying information. There is a problem. They list Kerry as a hawk. I thought it was the IWR, but they have Edwards as a dove. Kerry was pretty clearly anti-war, while Edwards was still defending it. They have an email, so I emailed them on this plus their "not knowing" Gore's position on defending constitutional rights.

As these things circulate it would be great if we could get them to change this.

[ProSense]

1. Thanks for pointing that out!

I think sending an e-mail is good. Kerry has never supported preemptive war.

[karynnj]

3. I had pointed it out on DU

and actually got a few people suggesting emailing them - I hadn't seen the email link before.

The odd thing is that it doesn't impact my results. I agree that Kerry "Mr International law, Geneva conventions etc" would never ever agree with Bush's pre-emptive war doctrine and he said so in the debates. I was horrified that the people doing it could get the former Presidential candidate wrong. I do suspect they have an agenda - I did say I would love to send it to people - but not with those errors.

[rox63]

2. Kerry only came up third on my list

with 92%. My list had Feingold (100%) and Kucinich (98%) above him.

I think they've got it wrong, especially on matters of war and peace. And I definitely intend to vote for Kerry if he jumps into the 2008 race.

[karynnj]

4. How did you answer the first question?

I suspect that you took the anti-war answer - which is pulling directly from this info where your Senator is labelled a HAWK. (Did you ever expect that?) It will likely direct a lot of people to Feingold that should be Kerry. (My candidate for agenda)

[ProSense]

5. Whatever the agenda,

it's strange that they have Edwards as dove and Kerry as hawk. Kerry is not a pacifist, but he is not a hawk, and neither is Feingold. He, and everyone in the Senate, except Craig (R-ID)and Helms (R-NC), voted for the 2001 authorization to use force.

[ginnyinWI]

7. I got the same score as you

Except Kerry at 93%. But I thought the questions were rather lame, with not enough nuance. So it's just a quick take, and yes if they think JK is a hawk they war wrong! He's a "tough dove". ;)

[wisteria]

8. Kerry was second on my list with 99% and Kucinich was 100%.

Go figure, I would never of even considered less than 100% for me in regards to Kerry. Oh, Biden was the third closest. Ha Ha!

[wisteria]

6. I noticed the inaccuracies there too.

I was thinking though, this poll might be designed this way to leave a certain impression and obtain a certain result.

[karynnj]

9. I think so too

which is why after taking the advice on DU-P and emailing them - I posted it here. I doubt people vote for the computer generated result - but I think that the chart may be used. That Kerry's history is pretty well known might mitigate the importance of it. I also don't think Edwards IS a dove - he really was pretty hawkish - I know he thinks Iraq was wrong, but he didn't (to my knowledge) say anything about war in general.

[sandnsea]

10. Kerry 100% - Feingold 99%

Kucinich at around 93%. I noticed that war result too and thought it was strange. I emailed them, haven't heard anything back yet.