Trapped in the Drive-Thru

[vovat]

Something that's been bothering me recently that I never thought much about in the past is how drive-thrus rarely include escape routes. Once you're in line there, you have to wait it out, even if you change your mind, which can be annoying if you underestimate the amount of time you'll need to wait. I had that problem at Dunkin' Donuts before, and at the bank today. Obviously the logistics of having a way out of a drive-thru line wouldn't quite work out, but it would be nice if it were possible.

Thanks to slfcllednowhere, I took this quiz to determine which of the current presidential candidates matched my own views. Here are the results I got:

Kucinich 67
Gravel 58
Clinton 45
Edwards 44
Obama 42
Dodd 40
Richardson 40
Biden 35
Paul -6
Giuliani -15
McCain -16
Thompson -20
Cox -43
Huckabee -46
Brownback -50
Romney -61
Tancredo -62
Hunter -63

Not too surprising, and it figures that the Democratic candidates who agree with me the most are ones who aren't polling all that well. I honestly hadn't thought much about sanctions on Iran. I believe I said "support" for that one, since I figured that, if the United States is determined to Do Something About Iran, that would be far preferable to war. But I can't say I've heard anyone's arguments either for or against this idea, so it's still somewhat up in the air for me. I'm kind of surprised that none of the questions addressed taxes, considering that many Republicans, especially, seem to vote based solely on this issue. I remember hearing that Gravel had some kind of new tax proposal, but I don't know enough about it to determine whether or not I agree with it.

Comments

[yosef.livejournal.com]

Kucinich and Gravel were the top two for me too. Apparently I have no disagreements with Gravel, though I did get a higher number for Kucinich. Now I'm checking out their websites, since I know pretty much nothing about them. You've inspired me to be a better American citizen, hoorah!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Apparently I have no disagreements with Gravel, though I did get a higher number for Kucinich.

I had a little trouble understanding how things like that worked out. I believe I had more disagreements with Hillary than with Obama, yet Hillary still ranked higher. I guess it had something to do with the importance I placed on each issue, but it's still weird.

And hooray for being a better American citizen!

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Ah, you see how much I hate politicians. Most of them got a negative score for me. I mean, it must be significant that YOU got a higher score for Giuliani-- whom I KNOW you don't like-- than I got on my highest score. I scored highest on "Paul" --um, that being a score of 13-- which is your lowest scorer. And actually I don't even know who that is. Second was Gravel, who I also have never heard of, then Kucinich. THEN McCain who I have heard of and mostly like, with a score of 5.

How to solve this problem? Either I need to go into politics so that someone agrees with me, or... candidates need to start agreeing with me.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Oh, excuse the comparisons to your own scores, I didn't notice the minus signs, which now make my comparisons inaccurate and pointless.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I guess you were going on absolute values. {g}

You can probably find out more about the candidates you don't know from other sources, but I can tell you that Ron Paul is running on a Libertarian/strict Constitutionalist platform, and Mike Gravel is a former Senator from Alaska.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Ah, there you go, I knew I had libertarian leanings. And I like Alaska?