Comparing Candidates and my introduction!

[puglife]

Does anyone know of a good website to compare the Dem Candidates? I love Kamila Harris best right now and even am hosting a staffer for her campaign but I want to make sure I am not missing another candidate that my views align better with. 

My name is Jackie, I live in New Hampshire and am a special ed teacher in a middle school SEL program. I moved to New Hampshire about 2 years ago and I decided to become more involved politicly. I joined my local Dem Committee and am now our secretary I live in a very red part of New Hampshire. New week is the big Dem Convention and all the Candidates will be there, I am very greatful to live in NH where politics are such a big deal. Before we settled in NH my husband was active duty Army, he was medically retired with some fairly major mental health issues and is now retired and is a stay at home pug father while deciding what to do with the rest of his life. I love my pugs more than anything! Let me know if you guys have any other questions!  

Here is one of the three pugs! I look forward to getting to know everyone! 

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[WOT?*]

I'll start with hello, welcome and my ex has five pugs so you have some catching up to do. lol. He's also a disabled military veteran who fills his time with the food bank and a local band. His disability precludes a full time job so he has to fill time where he can and how he can. I'm glad your H is otherwise okay. He'll find his feet. It's a tough transition though and it will take time, and counseling won't hurt (just a little advice. It was a struggle to get ex to see the need but going from military to civilian is a huge lifestyle change with a lot of complicated issues that arise from it.) I feel for you both.

If you stick around or read through the posts you'll see a lot of Warren and Harris support here, and not a lot of Biden or Sanders support. Folks like Buttigieg as well, but would rather, in many cases, see him get a little more experience at the state/national level. Beto is likeable enough but should be running for Senate in TX (Cornyn's seat) rather than POTUS; folks are enjoying his dropping of the F-bombs lately, though it's getting predictable. Not a lot of Tulsi Gabbard (the Jill Stein of 2020) fans here either.

For compatibility with candidates on the issues try I Side With (includes a quiz to find most in common with each particular candidate) and here's a decent one from Voice of America. Also a decent and recent article from Rolling stone here.

[pugz]

Welcome! Another pug mom here too I used to have two, now my hands are full with just Boopers, my 12 year old blind and deaf pug that still manages to get in all kinds of trouble despite sleeping about 23 hours a day. The inner puppy is strong in her. She is part gremlin.

[puglife]

I saw Bernie today! He is not my fav at all. But my husband and my goal is so see all the primary candidates speak in person once before our primary.

These are the three I managed to get pictures with so far. But we have also seen Amy K., Gillibrand and Mariann Williams. My husband also saw Tulsi who we both hate so I refused.

Beto was my favorite speaker but I am not sure about him over all. My pug was adopted from El Paso so we begged him to take a picture with her.

We will see Harris Friday night and we will see them all at our big convention.

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[puglife]

Sept 2, 2019 15:04:19 GMT -5 pugz said:

Welcome! Another pug mom here too I used to have two, now my hands are full with just Boopers, my 12 year old blind and deaf pug that still manages to get in all kinds of trouble despite sleeping about 23 hours a day. The inner puppy is strong in her. She is part gremlin.

We had a blind pug! She was the pug love of my life. She was our first pug who we adopted when lived in Korea. We loved her to death she passed when she was around 16.

[miniroller]

VERY AWESOME candidate-photos puglife!!! ❤️

Welcome to CEP, very glad to have another pup-lover! (My Clyde is a much-beloved, overweight, mixed-mutt rescue😋)

[ESF]

Welcome to the board!

How did you find us?

[puglife]

Sept 2, 2019 16:58:20 GMT -5 ESF said:

Welcome to the board!

How did you find us?

I lurk on ML. But I have been been coming over to you guys more and more lately and I would like to jump in so I figured I should introduce myself😀

[puglife]

Sept 2, 2019 16:54:52 GMT -5 miniroller said:

VERY AWESOME candidate-photos puglife!!! ❤️

Welcome to CEP, very glad to have another pup-lover! (My Clyde is a much-beloved, overweight, mixed-mutt rescue😋)

Hello Clyde! I am a total dog lover pugs are my specialty but I love all puppies!

[redheadbaker]

Welcome!

FYI, someone deflated your pug.

[WOT?*]

Sept 2, 2019 16:31:26 GMT -5 puglife said:

I saw Bernie today! He is not my fav at all. But my husband and my goal is so see all the primary candidates speak in person once before our primary. 

These are the three I managed to get pictures with so far. But we have also seen Amy K., Gillibrand and Mariann Williams. My husband also saw Tulsi who we both hate so I refused.

Beto was my favorite speaker but I am not sure about him over all. My pug was adopted from El Paso so we begged him to take a picture with her.

We will see Harris Friday night and we will see them all at our big convention.

I was going to let you know that tall, lanky guy you were posing with wasn't Bernie 
Then I saw the second, much smaller picture and figured you knew that.  

Those are some great photos. Awesome that you've been able to see and hear so many candidates already.

[boiler717]

Awesome!! I am a fellow pug momma as well

[pugz]

Here is Boopers. She hates to be left out so she sits at the table when we play board games 😆



And this was her tiara for her recent birthday

[katfco]

Welcome! What part of NH? I grew up in Mass, near Seabrook, NH.

[puglife]

Sept 2, 2019 18:13:02 GMT -5 katfco said:

Welcome! What part of NH? I grew up in Mass, near Seabrook, NH.

New Boston!

[puglife]

Sept 2, 2019 18:02:29 GMT -5 pugz said:

Here is Boopers. She hates to be left out so she sits at the table when we play board games 😆



And this was her tiara for her recent birthday

I love her so much! Pugs are the best.

[katfco]

Sept 2, 2019 18:15:51 GMT -5 puglife said:

Sept 2, 2019 18:13:02 GMT -5 katfco said:

Welcome! What part of NH? I grew up in Mass, near Seabrook, NH.

New Boston!

Wow, you are way out there!

[LoveTrains]

I also love pugs!!!!! I had a blind one who I loved more than anything.

[shauni27]

Sept 2, 2019 19:19:45 GMT -5 katfco said:

Sept 2, 2019 18:15:51 GMT -5 puglife said:

New Boston!

Wow, you are way out there!

ha! I was thinking "oh, she isn't too far from Manchester, how convenient!" lolol.

Welcome to the board! I am from NH (REALLY far out there, though!) and though I still work in the state I live across the border in Vermont.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Sept 3, 2019 7:34:34 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

That's super cool that you get to see so many of the candidates living in NH and all. Welcome.

My FIL used to work at an insurance company in Concord, NH - everrrrrryone rolled in there at some point during campaign season.  I think it's the only thing he genuinely misses in his retirement, haha.

Welcome to the board, puglife! 

[partyinmytummy]

HERE FOR THE PUG PICS.

[puglife]

Sept 3, 2019 8:10:18 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Sept 2, 2019 19:19:45 GMT -5 katfco said:

Wow, you are way out there!

ha! I was thinking "oh, she isn't too far from Manchester, how convenient!" lolol.

Welcome to the board! I am from NH (REALLY far out there, though!) and though I still work in the state I live across the border in Vermont.

I agree! I wouldn’t live anywhere else we are so close to concord and Manchester. I am so lucky. This Fri I will see both Harris and Booker where else in the country does it happen.

[puglife]

Sept 3, 2019 8:20:19 GMT -5 5kcandlesinthewind said:

Sept 3, 2019 7:34:34 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

That's super cool that you get to see so many of the candidates living in NH and all. Welcome.

My FIL used to work at an insurance company in Concord, NH - everrrrrryone rolled in there at some point during campaign season.  I think it's the only thing he genuinely misses in his retirement, haha.

Welcome to the board, puglife! 

Omg I am so sick of campaign staffers calling me. No I don’t want to grab coffee while you pretend to care about me. Bernie’s staffers are especially intense.

[NitaX]

Welcome! Former pug mom here. My beloved pug went on to cross the rainbow bridge last summer. I miss him everyday.

[Velar Fricative]

Welcome! I laughed at your town name because I thought you were just being sarcastic given the encroachment of people from MA elsewhere in New England (I don't live in NE, I just know about the reputations of people from MA lol). Didn't realize NH had a town named that!

Also I had the same question as ESF because it's not every day people just randomly find us anymore but glad you're delurking!

[puglife]

Sept 3, 2019 10:02:35 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Welcome! I laughed at your town name because I thought you were just being sarcastic given the encroachment of people from MA elsewhere in New England (I don't live in NE, I just know about the reputations of people from MA lol). Didn't realize NH had a town named that!

Also I had the same question as ESF because it's not every day people just randomly find us anymore but glad you're delurking!

😀 New Boston is tiny. I have lurked for an embarrassing long time. I am very shy with a healthy dose of social anxiety. But with years of therapy and a new med it’s time for me to get out if my comfort zone.

[puglife]

Sept 3, 2019 10:02:16 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Welcome! Former pug mom here. My beloved pug went on to cross the rainbow bridge last summer. I miss him everyday.

My first pug passed away 5 years ago. I miss her everyday still. I ended up tattooing her paw print to my foot which was incredibly healing for me.

[countthestars]

Hello! I'm not far from you in Northern MA, and we have a camp/cabin in the Hillsborough area. Let me know if you ever want someone to help out canvassing

[shauni27]

Sept 3, 2019 9:57:27 GMT -5 puglife said:

Sept 3, 2019 8:10:18 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

ha! I was thinking "oh, she isn't too far from Manchester, how convenient!" lolol.

Welcome to the board! I am from NH (REALLY far out there, though!) and though I still work in the state I live across the border in Vermont.

I agree! I wouldn’t live anywhere else we are so close to concord and Manchester. I am so lucky. This Fri I will see both Harris and Booker where else in the country does it happen.

I feel fortunate too--we are family friends with an old NH state rep from the 90s and he hosts all of the candidates at his home for every election. So far he has had a  handful, but the only two I was interested in were on days I was unavailable. I am looking forward to his HArris and Warren visits! 

[msmerymac]

My husband went to college in NH, so he experienced all the craziness for 1 election (95/96 - his senior year). He has relatives who live in Iowa, but I don’t know what they think of the whole thing!

I do not have dogs, but I have Persian cats, who are also flat-faced.