The Presidential Canidates...

[strredwolf]

...according to a Canmephian (and declared Democrat).  EOY 2007 update.

Democrat (because it's a sorry lot):

• Barack Obama -- He's a fresh new Senator from Illinois.  Too fresh.  So fresh he's undercooked green.  Too random and not much history to consider.
• Hillary Clinton -- Senator from NY and married to former President Bill "Practice Safe Sax" Clinton.  If she wins, he goes back in.  I'm all for a woman and/or a black candidate to go into the White House, but Hillary isn't that woman, because of Bill.  AWKWARD!
• Dennis Kucinich -- US Representative from Ohio.  Press has started to notice him, and there's been alot of good press about him as of late.  It made me wonder if he was a Republican.  This one has to be the best one out there.
• Christopher Dodd -- US Senator from Connecticut.  Just shot down the FISA bill that would of granted the telecom companies immunity from tapping Internet connections w/o a warrant under NSA direction.  He's better off in the Senate, where he has more power and influence.
  
• Joe Biden, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, and Bill Richardson -- Not enough press to consider.

Republican (you might as well scrap this party):

• Rudy Giuliani -- Former mayor from NYC.  Has been associating everything to 9-11, and has a ton of negative press.  Pass.
• Mike Huckabee -- Former governor of Arkansas.  Heavy into religion.  Thinks "turn the other cheek" should apply everywhere.  Linked to a released, reoffending rapist turned murderer.  Not only pass, but shoot on sight.  Deserves to be slapped with a copy of the First Amendment wrapped around a lead brick.
• John McCain -- US Senator from Arizona.  Position changes so much his spin flings off campaign workers indiscrimately.  Pass.
• Ron Paul -- US Representative from Texas.  Previously ran once as Libertarian but has been solidly Republican.  Ideas are so crazy they might actually work.  So refreshing that he keeps raking in donations.  He's got to be the republican presidental nominee.  He may be mad but there is method to it.
• Mitt Romney -- former governor of Massachusettes.  Folks are still confused over his religion (he's a Mormon).  Come on, Howard Taylor (Schlock Mercenary) is a Mormon, and he's normal! We may have to pass him on it.
  
• Fred Thomspon -- Former US Senator and actor.  A real life Ronald Regan. Maybe too real.  Watch this guy.  He may be nuts -- infact, suffering from Jim Carrey Avatar Syndrome.

There are third party canidates, but no press on them.

Comments

[kazriko.livejournal.com]

On Barack, the same could be said of Bush. If you put a hand-holding VP under him, he might do fine.

That said, I don't think I'd vote for him, his views are pretty far from mine.

On Ron Paul, his voting record has been very un-republican, he's supported them on most things, but mostly when it isn't too terribly far away from his libertarian ideals. Tends to vote no in appropriately libertarian ways. Has quite a few nutball supporters.

Fred Thompson? A Federalist, has been firmly stating that line. I like federalists, as they're much better than what we've had for 100+ years. It's a tossup for me between Ron Paul and Fred Thompson right now.

Giuliani? I agree with him on a good bit, but his 2nd amendment stances frighten me. I can't vote for him in the primary, but I probably would in the general.

Huckabee? I'd rather have Obama in office than him. At least Obama admits to being a leftist. McCain is another like this, A republican in name only.

Romney? While he's a great businessman, and that's something the country could use right now, I don't like how he wants to get the government involved in so many things. He believes in universal healthcare, and thinks that the government should fine those who don't have healthcare, along with providing funding for them to get insurance. (Or at least that's what he did in Mass.) The net result will be some more people getting healthcare, but greatly increased prices and more national debt in a time when we have way, way too much national debt. His religion is a non-factor for me. I'd probably vote for him in general, but not primary.

You won't see the third party candidates come out until their respective parties decide on who they will run. They never get primary attention, not the least of which because many of them decide in committees or in their own little conventions.

Kucinich is a nutball, even more nutbally than Ron Paul, but at least, like ron paul, he's an honest nutball. He'll never win, but many have said the same about Paul. Good press about him equating him with republicans? That just means he's a darn good Democrat. They get all the good press, while the republicans are the target of derision and attacks in the main stream press.

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

Ugh. A hand-holding Veep. We got that now with Cheyney and we got congresscritters who want to impeach HIM. No, we don't want another President that makes Dan Quayle look smart.

Fred Thompson keeps reminding me of Ronald Regan, because they come from both backgrounds (goverment men who also are actors).

The thing that gets me is that Huckabee wants a religious state, and that offends me, the Supreme Court, and the 1st Amendment. It's almost like Bush, but I reguard Bush as too dumb to notice. Huckabee's set in his ways with concrete and asphalt.

On the party scale, I think Bush ruined it for the Republicans (and in some cases, Democrats). They would need to rise above him in order to stand out and carry the party -- and I see nobody but Paul doing it. The Democrats have some positive points in not being Republicans, but the voting records downgrade them too. They also need another nut crazy enough to take the office and Kucinich looks to be the best nut out there.

[kazriko.livejournal.com]

Huckabee is definitely a statist. His economic views are all democrat ("Tell" others what to do with their money,) where his social views are mostly on the side of "telling" others what to do as well. I'm not going to say they're republican, because traditionally republican views trend libertarian. It's only a small clump of the religious right that want to shove their ideas down everyone's throat.

I don't see Thompson as being anything like Reagan, past the actor thing. Reagan was an excellent speaker, whereas Thompson is fairly spotty.

[kazriko.livejournal.com]

BTW, the Congresscritter who wants to impeach Cheney, is none other than your hero Kucinich. ;)

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

Robert Wexler, Tammy Baldwin and Luis Gutierrez on the House Judiciary side too.

[cmot-dribbler.livejournal.com]

why a lead brick?

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm too cheap to use a slice of lemon wrapped around a gold brick.

My buck -- Two Cents, adjusted for inflation

[drmercurious.livejournal.com]

Speaking as someone from the state that Mitt screwed up royally, I can honestly say that the man is barely qualified to wipe of wipe up spooge. He ran us into bankruptcy, did nothing to punish or even go after the guys responsible for the Big Dig, changes his stance so much he oughta be called the 'revolving door candidtate' and genreally doesn't listen to anyone. He's Bush, only marginally smarter.

As far as McCain goes, he lost my vote when he compromised his ideals and sided with his party in regards to torture. He was a POW, he knows better -- I used to like him, now he has my utter contempt.

As for Hillary, what's wrong with Bill in the White House again? Heck we had a budget surplus, our overseas cred couldn't have been better -- hey he wants to play slap-tickle with the interns, I'll provide the lube. Of course, the problem is that he won't have as much say about Hillary's presidency as people would like. Hillary is no one's lap-dog which is a good thing, but she also doesn't seem to listen to anyone either -- which isn't.

Re: My buck -- Two Cents, adjusted for inflation

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

Okay, I downgrade my position on Mitt Romney from "Maybe" to "OH DEFINITELY NOT!" and add another negative to Hillary (for acting like Bush in not listening to anybody).