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Unbiased/fair comparison of Obama and Romney?

Posted on 09/06/2012 12:25:47 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush

A friend asked me for an unbiased and fair comparison of Obama and Romney on the issues. While I'm clearly frustrated that people don't educate themselves over the long-term, where can I find a "digest" that will allow someone to truly decide who best represents their interests?


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1 posted on 09/06/2012 12:25:50 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush
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To: Libertarian4Bush

Tell them to digest that.

2 posted on 09/06/2012 12:28:12 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: Libertarian4Bush
You came to the proper place. No one on FR would ever claim that Romney and Obama are identical. [smirk]
3 posted on 09/06/2012 12:28:40 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: bigheadfred

Red X’s are vey hard to digest.


4 posted on 09/06/2012 12:29:57 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Libertarian4Bush

This site is pretty fair.

http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm


5 posted on 09/06/2012 12:31:02 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Libertarian4Bush

0bama is a muzzie, Romney is not.


6 posted on 09/06/2012 12:32:00 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libertarian4Bush

Not sure how much bias this site has:

http://www.isidewith.com/presidential-election-quiz

Here are my results... http://www.isidewith.com/results/80725211


7 posted on 09/06/2012 12:35:47 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
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To: Responsibility2nd

was looking at diffen.com - can’t tell if it has implicit bias... so used to seeing weasel words in our “news” outlets, y’know?


8 posted on 09/06/2012 12:50:09 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (if you voted for obama, I have no respect for you. you're either a loser or a sucker. sorry!)
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To: Libertarian4Bush
The first question is, “what is objectivity?”

My answer to that is, “the opposite of subjectivity.” But what is subjectivity?

Subjectivity is IMHO nothing other than belief in your own objectivity.

It is laudable to attempt to be objective, always understanding that you can never know that you actually are objective.

The best you can get by way of attempted objectivity is an open confession of the main reasons why you might want to believe what you do. So if you have multiple perspectives on a given question - in this case, the comparison/contrast between Obama and Romney - and for each of these multiple perspectives you have an analysis of the likely motives which might color that perspective, then you make up your mind, for yourself.

My analysis of the same information is unlikely to duplicate yours exactly, but that has to be accepted as a natural part of life. And does not prove that either particular one of us is “biased."


9 posted on 09/06/2012 12:55:55 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which “liberalism" coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
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To: Libertarian4Bush

Bookmark


10 posted on 09/06/2012 1:06:18 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (The Click-&-Paste Media exists & works in Utopia, riding unicorns & sniffing pixy dust.)
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To: Libertarian4Bush
While not completely unbiased, this site gives a point-by-point comparison of the two candidates by issue.
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/campaign-issues.html
11 posted on 09/06/2012 1:16:27 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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seems to make a lot of excuses for The Won... :l


12 posted on 09/06/2012 4:58:37 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (if you voted for obama, I have no respect for you. you're either a loser or a sucker. sorry!)
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To: Libertarian4Bush

any more suggestions before I put something together?


13 posted on 09/07/2012 3:56:41 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (if you voted for obama, I have no respect for you. you're either a loser or a sucker. sorry!)
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