My litmus test

[sophiaserpentia]

I will only support a candidate for President if he or she states clearly that we cannot exchange true freedom for the ersatz appearance of "security."

That means that he or she also promises:

to upgrade the status of prisoners at Guantanamo (to at least grant them access to attorneys and some semblance of due process, if not full Geneva-convention-protected "POW" status),

and to end the practice of secret arrests in the United States, reveal who was arrested and when, and end all covert surveilance that would have been forbidden by the FBI's rules prior to the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Further, I will only support a candidate for President if he or she promises to end imperialism and war-profiteering in the Middle East.

Comments

[ericisalive.livejournal.com]

Probably going to have to look to third party candidates to find that, perhaps libertarian ...

[alobar.livejournal.com]

I go farther than you. FULL Geneva convention POW status for ALL people detained at Guantanamo, and everywhere else. With full inspections by Red Cross and Amnesty International.

The candidate must vow to end the Patriot act in total.

The Candidate must vow to end the drug war. I will accept a nomination of Hunter Thompson as Drug Czar as an interim solution.

The candidate must vow to prosecute all war criminals -- be they CIA, military, congress people, or private industry.

[gramina.livejournal.com]

I sympathize; but I'll tell you, I'm not voting for anyone for president that I don't think can defeat W. Only once in my life have I actually voted *for* a candidate, and I don't expect to do it this time either; but I would vote for my eleven-year-old toothless *cat* before I'd let W. keep that office. I even plan to work for candidates I don't really *like* that much just because I think that it's that important to get the current lot Out Of There.