Pick a GOP-er!

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

As you all know, the Republicans are trying to pick some guy. Most likely to be president or something.[Poll #1789040]

[edit] Apologies for leaving out Michele "I'm Try'na Be Crazier Than Sarah" Bachman. You may consider her in the last option, though!

Comments

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

I also want back in the Stone Age! If chicks like Daryl Hannah live in my cave.

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[allhatnocattle.livejournal.com]

she'll be busy saving the whales/forest/planet/two-toed-sloths in November

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

I chose who I think might actually have a chance to help the Republicans win, so I chose Romney.

I hope they pick Cain or Palin though.

[dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com]

Palin's not running. She's already said that.

I hope Cain wins the GOP primary, too, though I'm sure not for the same reasons you do.

[dukexmachismo.livejournal.com]

Where's the Goldwater/Nixon option?

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

I was considering Zod but he doesn't look interested.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

Awww... what happened to Michelle "Trying to be crazier than Palin" Bachman?

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

what, you didn't see the last option in the poll?

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

OMG I THINK I SCREWED UP BIG TIME HERE!

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Well, she did say they're trying to pick a guy...

[oportet.livejournal.com]

I think there's still time for Hank Jr. to put his name in the bucket.

[paedraggaidin.livejournal.com]

Hunts....who?? is the only one I could personally stomach voting for.

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

Who!?

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

Is he running?

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

OK I voted for the donkey/Bachmann.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

By the way there are presidential and local elections going on throughout my country (1st round; there'll be a 2nd one next weekend). Just FYI, the election campaign here lasted for 1 month. Not 1 year like in the US.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but do you have donkeys running?

[prog-expat.livejournal.com]

Isn't "even if they run a donkey" redundant with Rick Perry being a former Democrat and all?

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

I would vote for Herman Cain since he is precisely the sort of ideologue without grounding that would turn out surprisingly pragmatic and liberal, all the while able to spin it as true conservatism. Cognitive dissonance, it is the bread and butter of politics. You see, Herman Cain is identified as conservative, which is an identity which will hold no matter what he actually turns out to do.

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

You have some interesting ideas.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Being English, and not having a vote, I find myself petrified by every single one of the Republicans on offer.

The lesser evil, IMHO, is Obama: by a country mile, or two, or a hundred.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

It's so disapointing that Obama has turned into merely the lesser evil :/

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing that Huntsman is leading in this poll, while he's not doing well in the preliminary GOP polls at all? Something like the "Ron Paul, famous on the Internetz" phenomenon.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

i think its a result of this not being a GOP only kinda poll.

moderates like Huntsman, cause ya know, he's less fringy than others.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

I predict that for any of them to win over the GOP base, made up of over-60s "God says gays are icky so we like God" Christians means that none of them will be able to both do this and win the general election by being appealing to everyone in the USA not-the-GOP base, and the GOP base itself can't carry an election in its own right.

[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

Upon reflection I have come to the conclusion that the primary purpose of national politics is to keep me entertained and occasionally kill foriegners (and/or) National Guardsmen.

I'm voting for Cain because I suspect that he'll do both in spades.

Just imagine the campaign commercials!

IT WILL BE EPIC!

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

He'll kill them by choking them with old pizza. Or by reading his 9-9-9 plan to them, which would have the same effect.

[kardashev.livejournal.com]

I don't care really. I just want more government gridlock.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Now you're talking! There were elections here today and a nice plan circulated around the webs: vote for some tiny party and dilute the vote! So neither of the major parties would have a clear majority, they'd be forced to negotiate in the next municipal parliaments, and they'd be stuck in a perpetual gridlock (because they're known for their chronic inability to form stable coalitions). Punch a line in their pockets, where it'll hurt them most. Make them suffer. All of them. That's the plan.

We still have a year to go ....

[russj.livejournal.com]

It is interesting that John F. Kennedy did not even declare his candidacy until the summer before the 1960 elections. How times have changed.

I liked Gingrich before he started pandering to the special interests. Romney has been doing the same.

During this week's debate, Perry acted like a bully.

Ron Paul lost my vote by his behavior when he lost the nomination in 2008.

Herman Cain is the best candidate so far. Maybe he can get some of the others to serve in his cabinet. Put Ron Paul in charge of the Treasury, for example ...

Re: We still have a year to go ....

[telemann.livejournal.com]

It's the money that's done that early election cycle stuff. When Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, his plans for the following week were have Thanksgiving with his family in Palm Beach, Florida, and after that to *START* discussions about the 1964 election. Robert Kennedy didn't even enter the race until March 16th 1968, but only after Lyndon Johnson declined seeking a 2nd term.

[darksumomo.livejournal.com]

You forgot Buddy Roemer (http://www.buddyroemer.com/). Of course, you're not alone. So did everyone else.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Including people in Louisiana.

[eracerhead.livejournal.com]

If Huntsman gets the nod, I could vote Republican without holding my nose.