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Abortion
Mike Huckabee: Life question reflects nation's nature & equality of humans.
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Budget & Economy
Hillary Clinton: Freeze mortgage interest rates for five years.
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Civil Rights
Hillary Clinton: MLK recognized that working within the system was necessary.
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Corporations
Ralph Nader: Washington DC is corporate-occupied territory.
Ralph Nader: Obama & McCain differ, but neither takes on corporations.
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Energy & Oil
Barack Obama: Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.
Barack Obama: Voted for failed IL gas tax holiday & learned from mistake.
Barack Obama: $150B investment over 10 years to reduce oil usage by 35%.
Barack Obama: Figure out how to sequester carbon and burn clean coal.
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Environment
Barack Obama: Willing to suspend ethanol subsidy to keep food prices down.
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Foreign Policy
Mike Huckabee: Urged ending Cuban embargo as governor; now supports embargo.
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Government Reform
Ralph Nader: No PAC money, no commercial donations; only individuals.
Ralph Nader: Government become unresponsive to citizen groups in 1979.
Hillary Clinton: Transparent government includes federal agency blogs.
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Health Care
Ralph Nader: For single-payer; all major candidates oppose it.
Mike Huckabee: Ok to ban smoking from workplaces, but not to ban smoking.
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Homeland Security
Ralph Nader: A wasteful defense is a weak defense.
John McCain: Improve human intelligence to get Osama bin Laden.
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Immigration
John McCain: Certify border is secure; only then allow guest workers.
John McCain: 2003 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.
John McCain: Round up and deport two million aliens who committed crimes.
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Jobs
Ralph Nader: Taft-Hartley keeps workers defenseless against globalization.
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Principles & Values
Barack Obama: I joined church to commit to Christ, not to Rev. Wright.
Ralph Nader: Organize to give the president some backbone.
Ralph Nader: Running because 61% think both major parties are failing.
Ralph Nader: Gore responsible for 2000 election; Bush responsible since.
Ralph Nader: The two parties steal elections & can't even count the votes.
Ralph Nader: Democrats should landslide Republicans in 2008.
Ralph Nader: The only true aging is the erosion of one's ideals.
Mike Huckabee: Competition breeds excellence, including in the GOP race.
Mike Huckabee: Kenneth Copeland is a friend, innocent until proven guilty.
Mike Huckabee: Hunted and ate fried squirrel in college days.
John McCain: People want the truth, even if they disagree.
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Tax Reform
Ralph Nader: End perverse incentives that reward Wall Street speculators.
Mike Huckabee: Signed tax pledge to not raise marginal tax rates.
John McCain: Voting against Bush cuts then for them: not a mistake.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: Iran is biggest strategic beneficiary of invasion of Iraq.
Barack Obama: Military surge in Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban.
John McCain: Timetable for withdrawal is a white flag of surrender.
John McCain: Staying for 100 years OK, if US casualties are low.
Barack Obama: 2002: Iraq will require US occupation of undetermined length.
Hillary Clinton: No extension on surge; deadline is why Iraq is progressing.
Hillary Clinton: Bush's classified withdrawal plan is cursory; out in 60 days.
Hillary Clinton: Voted against Levin Amendment: it gave UN veto over US.
John McCain: Ok with American presence in Iraq for 100 years.
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