All things being equal, who would you prefer as president?

[Onlooker]

Assuming the candidates all had the exact same positions, same resume, etc., who would you vote for?

[BuyingThyme]

1. A puppy.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Ya can't beat the loyalty

[Fovea]

4. You win at the Internets!!!11!

Best. Answer. Evar.

[David__77]

3. A Black man.

Oppression of Black people is so fundamental and integral, that I think Black leadership is key.

[napi21]

46. I don't mean to be a smart a** here, but did you say the same thing

about Justice Thomas?

I felt sorry for they guy when he was being chastized by the Senate at his confirmation hearing, but THEN he got approved, and my opinion of him has gone dow hill ever since! Every time I think it's a low as it can go, Clarence does something else that makes him worse!

[rateyes]

5. A black lesbian.

Disclaimer: I'm a white straight guy.

[ThomCat]

9. Yes. It's about time we had someone in that office

who understands what sexism, racism, and homophobia do to people. And hopefully she would have a good, strong position against all forms of prejudice. Wouldn't that shake up business as usual. :)

[rateyes]

11. I wonder if they would change the title of

"first lady" if she were married? :hi:

[ThomCat]

15. I'm very sure that some people would propose all kinds

of new thinks to call her instead of First Lady. x(

[rateyes]

19. I hear you.

:)

[rateyes]

13. It would shake things up. No doubt. nt

[Chovexani]

14. I nominate myself

He will be my running mate:

[rateyes]

18. Hey now, that's a ticket worth considering!

:rofl:

[Chovexani]

23. I started the Pirates for (Loose) Change Party

If Captain Jack and I are elected, I promise to keep to the Code and also there will be unlimited rum for every American.

We call this the No Drunk Left Behind Act.

[rateyes]

24. I don't know about that "No Drunk Left Behind"

thing. There's one drunk, currently occupying the Oval Office, that we need to leave behind.

Perhaps "One Drunk Left Behind?"

:)

[New Earth]

20. or a black and white lesbian woman

cover all above options at once.

[rateyes]

22. That works for me.

:)

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

36. SHHHHH

Don't give them (*'s) any ideas

[bryant69]

6. Woman - all things being equal.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Mythsaje]

7. All things are NOT equal

and the race and gender question doesn't even enter into it for me.

I want the best possible candidate... black, white, male, female... Don't care.

[EST]

8. If all things were equal, it wouldn't matter.

And some people seem to think that is already too true.

[ThomCat]

10. Very true.

All the more reason to see straight white men loose their monopoly on the high office.

[Hosnon]

27. That's what I was thinking. All things being equal? I guess we have a field of clones...

So I guess I'd close my eyes and pick at random...what the hell...

Now, all other things being equal, i.e., besides the traditional biggies: race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., I'd go with a female lesbian African-American.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Women are the most under-respresented population group. nt

[QueenOfCalifornia]

16. Couldn't you have given this as a choice?

Not a monkey-assed-chimpanzee?

[rateyes]

21. That would fall under

"other." :rofl:

Good one.

[slackmaster]

17. Other

[CT_Progressive]

25. Other: The best candidate

[Flabbergasted]

35. Yep Welcome to DU!

[shadowknows69]

26. Ok, I'll do it

First change: Strippers and pizza at the inauguration.

[cgrindley]

28. I'd prefer a Canadian

Americans, on average, do a shitty job of being president.

[Bucky]

29. As a liberal, I'm voting for Santa Claus. He's the one most concerned with global warming

Apparently Donder slipped on some half melted ice, broke his leg, and had to be shot. I don't think there'll be a Christmas this year, except for those weirdoes who spend all Christmas time just talking about the birth of Jesus.

[bemildred]

30. Other: I'd still vote for Kucinich. nt

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[lpbk2713]

32. If all things were equal why would anything else make any difference?

But if I truly had a choice I would say Obi-Wan Kenobi. He had the wisdom of the universe.

:eyes:

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

33. A.Woman.was.my.answer.

My.space.key.is.broke.on.this.laptop....
Not.That.I'd.ever.vote.for.the.Corporatist.Hillary.

Shit,We.got.this.laptop.new.for.our.kid.to.take.him.thru.College..He.is.a.Junior.in.High.School.this.year...SOAB!

Seeing.$$$$.signs.here.

[applegrove]

34. A real President will do. I'd like to see a woman or an african american. Even both would do. As

long as they are real.

[Quixote1818]

37. The world would be a much better place if women ran all the countries

Have to agree with Ted Turner on this one.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

38. A White Man.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Depends. Which one is the atheist?

That's the one I'm votin' for.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

40. All Of Them.

Or none of them.

Or maybe we should supply you with the definition of 'equal'. :rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

42. Eh, I'm really not sure why that justifies a ROFL. Or maybe you're just easily amused.

Obviously they're NOT exactly 'equal', at least in terms of genitalia and ethnicity. Nowhere up there does it say they're all the same religion or lack thereof. My point is, if people are going to make this choice based SOLELY upon which race and/or gender they'd like to see represented in the white house, as long as were going solely on superficialities, my choice is, all things being equal, I'd like to see an outspoken atheist in there.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

44. Geez, Maybe I Really Do Need To Define 'Equal' For You LOL

Obviously, (or I'd think obviously to at least 99.99% of us), the all things considered equal thing would be applying to all those things left after race and gender. Obviously, (again, for probably at least 99.99% of us), their religious beliefs would fall into that category and be considered within the 'equal' equation. I think it's also pretty obvious that the OP explicitly stated all things being equal in order to avoid the nonsensical replies of "well which one thinks this way?" or "which one does this or that?". I laugh because there will always be those few that ignore the obviousness and post their little pet issue anyway.

So all things being equal, they'd either all be atheists or they all wouldn't be. Sheesh! :rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

47. So now you're speaking for 99.99% of DU?

That IS Surprising. Will wonders never cease.

Actually, upthread theres a whole bunch of posts suggesting "she" should be a lesbian- now presumably if they're "all equal" to the extent you describe, they would ALL have to be lesbians, or gay, or something... The way I read it was, their positions on issues would be identical, not that they'd be clones of each other. But, really, whatever... None of it actually matters except that I do realize a small minority here is thrown into blind rages when they see the word "atheist".

"pet issues" and "nonsensical replies"? Oh, that's rich. You have here a thread where, by definition, one is supposed to be choosing a candidate on nothing except what most people agree ought to be superficial non-factors. From where I sit, the thing is designed to produce nothing but nonsensical replies--- based on pet issues.

Face it, Jack: It's a silly thread, to which I posted a deliberately silly reply, at which point you tried to lay an even sillier insult on me.

I suppose I'm the Silly Fuckin' King, now, for wasting any more of a Friday night on this.

So, here you go- if they were "all" atheists I would vote for the one who was the MOST atheist-y atheist of them all. The most balls-out atheist, the one who really, really, really, really didn't believe in "god" (whatever that word is supposed to mean) and whose insistence upon bashing Christians by making bigoted, Christian Bashing statements like "I don't believe in God" and "evolution is a fact" and "we should teach science in public school science classes" out loud exceeded all the similar anti-Christian intolerance expressed by the other ones..

...if these impossibly alike nonexistent cloned candidates who could never exist in real life were all equally strident in their person-of-faith-annoying atheism, I would vote for the one whose name started with an "A". You know, for "atheist". If none of their names started with an A I would pick the one who had the most "A"s in their name. If none of them had any As in their names, I would pick the one who had the most vowels, period, in their name. If none of them had any vowels in their names, I would look forward to the day when Fox Newscasters had to talk about "President Fxcvlk"

If NONE of them were atheists, fuck 'em. I'd write my OWN name in.

Got it? Good. Have a nice weekend.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

49. Oh Ok. So Your Vote Is For 'Other' Then. Now You Get It!

:rofl:

[hang a left]

41. No offense intended but this is a stupid poll

You are attempting to assume that democrats who, for the most part, are liberal and educated are going to vote along ethnic or gender lines.

I didn't vote.

[Onlooker]

45. Then you wouldn't vote in the primary ....

if the candidates were clones of each other, but different genders or races? I think I'd vote for the woman or black man, just to give them a chance. That's sort of how I feel about the current race. I like all the leading candidates equally (though Kucinich is my first choice), so I'm leaning a little towards Hillary only because she's a woman, and I think gender is marginally more significant than race.

[Sabriel]

43. Are any of them related to the Bush family?

If so, a hearty NO to all of them.

[whoneedstickets]

48. A woman, 50% of the population has never had its candidate...

..I'd like black male VP though as a positive role model.

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