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on Wednesday September 14 2016, @01:07PM
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Three of the four major candidates for United States president have responded to America's Top 20 Presidential Science, Engineering, Technology, Health and Environmental Questions. The nonprofit advocacy group ScienceDebate.org has posted their responses online. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Jill Stein had all responded as of press time, and the group was awaiting responses from Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
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U.S. Presidential Candidates Answer ScienceDebate 2016 Questions
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday September 14 2016, @07:24PM
I feel as if you probably didn't read any of the responses. If I hadn't read the responses I'd probably have guessed answers sort of like the ones you said they provided, but that's not what I got from reading them. I did feel that Stein was being to optimistic, that Hillary was frequently being vague, and that Trump was much more reasonable than his speeches (faint praise indeed). And I thought that both Hillary and Trump were lying, but Trump more than Hillary (based on historical records more than internal evidence).
Hillary actually did more hand waving than did Jill Stein, but neither presented a workable program. Trump didn't even present an unworkable program. And I really doubt that Jill Stein would be able to implement her plans, to the extent that they are explicit. Hillary might be able to get much of what she said implemented....perhaps. How much she'd try is another question. I can't make a similar analysis of Trump, because he basically didn't promise to do anything, he mainly said whether he thought things were important or not. And he may even have been telling the truth.
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