THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Ichirou on October 04, 2007, 10:27:34 PM
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Am I missing any of the wackjobs running for the job? Because they all scare me to varying degrees.
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ron paul, easily. dismantling regulatory bodies in favor of faux-occam "common sense" appeals embarrasses nuanced, thinking folk. also, his supporters are "bumper sticker thinkers" who like reductionist dispensational sloganeering and a jingoistic black-and-white worldview instead of having to grapple with murky-ass and inconvenient reality.
in terms of scary stupid crazy, though, giuliani takes the cake.
hillary is technically a republican; why is she not on the list?
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Hillary's crazy...crazy like a fox! She's the only one out of the current crop that I'd actually trust to lead the country, unless Al Gore decides to run.
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Rudy simply because he's far more of a threat than Paul. Paul is irrelevant, just like the 100 other republican candidates you left off the poll.
His 911 obsession is quite disturbing, and he seems much more dangerous than Bush.
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Paul will once again prove that the Internet is only a very small subset of Real Life, and he's not gonna get any support in the primary. I will have to agree with PD, I'd say Rudy is the scariest, due to his fascist, police-state tendencies, the fact he still won't shut up 7 years after the fact about 911, and the fact that he has a serious shot at winning the presidency.
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His 911 obsession is quite disturbing, and he seems much more dangerous than Bush.
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Rudy's fucking scary. Bush is stubborn, but rudy is just plain creepy.
We thought Bush was "bad" about bringing up 9/11 but Bush almost never mentions 9/11 when talking about Iraq these days it seems....Rudy on the otherhand. :-\
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I dunno if Giuliani is as dangerous as Bush because he doesn't have his daddy's rolodex of neocons and a ridiculous Christian worldview to boot. Objectively it would be Ron Paul, but honestly who gives a fuck about about Ron Paul except for internet racists and lolbertarians.
Rudy seems like he's more than willing to get even crazier neocons to come along. He oozes slime, whereas Bush gives me a "just don't give a fuck" impression. Pick yer poison I guess :/
I'm convinced Rudy would be actively seeking to attack Iran, at least more so than Bush is; apparently Rice is keeping Bush in check on Iran, but Rudy will probably appoint a bunch of close crooks
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Rudy picked Bush's replacement for Sec. of Homeland Security.
Guess what, the guy was a crook and got in trouble with the law and imploded in Bush's face. Apparently due to this Bush fucking HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES Rudy.
I can't wait to see the entire Rudy cabinet. Loads of corrupt tricky NYC republicans. Joys of joys.
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Rudy picked Bush's replacement for Sec. of Homeland Security.
Guess what, the guy was a crook and got in trouble with the law and imploded in Bush's face. Apparently due to this Bush fucking HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES Rudy.
I can't wait to see the entire Rudy cabinet. Loads of corrupt tricky NYC republicans. Joys of joys.
Do you guys think Rudy stands a chance at getting elected?
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Hillary will crush him I honestly think.
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You have more faith in the American people electing a woman than I do, then.
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Hillary won't crush anyone but the democratic candidates
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She currently leads against Rudy in these states Bush had last time around:
Virgina
New Mexico
Florida
Ohio
Arkansas
Iowa
Nevada
(Rudy leads in 0 Kerry states)
Sounds pretty good I think.
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The thing is, though, Rudy scares me enough that I don't want him to get the nomination at all...the merest chance that he might win worries me.
Living overseas, I haven't been able to watch the Republican primary debates aside from sound clips - who's the least-insane Republican candidate thus far? Romney?
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Romney falls along with the anti-terror hyperbole. They're trying WAY too hard to appeal to the red meat crowd.
"I'm gonna hunt down Osama and bring him to justice, dead...or dead!"
*claps*
"Well I'm gonna rip off his head and piss down his neck!"
*more claps*
"I'm gonna FHUTA in a bathroom stall, stuff a page boy up his colon, and burn him with a Koran"
*orgasms*
wtf
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All the Republican candidates seem really bad thus far...even McCain is acting completely insane, and he was one of the more rational candidates back in 2000.
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McCain :'( :'( :'(
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I still think most of McCain's insanity is just posturing because he's trying to capture the far-right vote. That's what I want to believe, anyway.
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McCain will follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
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McCain will follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
Please tell me he didn't actually say that. :-\
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I think the silent majority is so apathetic about politics the old 'women cant be president' idea won't hold water the way it used to. I just wish it was a woman that was less insane.
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Romney - for thinking that Americans will actually vote for a Mormon.
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rudy seems probably the stupidest. I mean, I don't think there's anybody left that thinks he did a good job taking care of NY and acted in a dignified manner. he probably won't even get the nomination but the whole republican party is pretty screwed over right now so that nomination might not even matter.
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I think McCain is poised to be craziest, especially if he loses out. He had been the 'legit' Republican or the kind of one that could survive on The Daily Show without total hatred from the audience. But his differences and his past have been used constantly against him by the same people he'll support. So he sells a bit himself out to be more Bush-friendly, and come election time they'll sell him out again in return. When he flames out miserably again, and is asked to be the fence mender and legitimizer for another lesser Republican candidate, it's the perfect storm for a McCain National Convention Murder Spree!
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all you nutters who picked ron paul can go nut themselves in the face! :maf :maf
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all you nutters who picked ron paul can go nut themselves in the face! :maf :maf
Ron Paul technically is the most mentally unstable, but he is no threat.
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I voted for Ron Paul. Sure Rudy is off his rocker, but he strikes me as more just plainly stupid than crazy, which as we've seen with Bush is still pretty fucking bad.
But it doesn't matter, fucking Hillary is going to be the next Pres. Sigh.
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Ron Paul and his Reloveution stickers.
Romney - for thinking that Americans will actually vote for a Mormon.
Mormons block vote. He'll get more votes than Green Party Dude ever did.
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Romney's Mormonism is the reason he is doing so well in early primaries.
He is pumping the airwaves in the states with TOOOOOOOOOOOONS of commercials. He is the only Republican who is raising money on the scale of Obama and Hillary and thus can pump the early primaries with ads and more ads while Rudy, Thompson, and McCain struggle for cash and can't afford commerical time.
And where are almost all of his fund raisers take place? Utah.
I wonder why Utah of all states is where he gets all his loads of campaign cash. HMM. His campaign is FULL of that sweet Mormon cash. Never underestimate the kind of power that organization has.
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I'd almost be willing to wager that if Romney is the Republican nominee, the Democrats will win Kentucky.
The evangelicals in this state HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE Mormons.
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I'd almost be willing to wager that if Romney is the Republican nominee, the Democrats will win Kentucky.
:rofl that sounded funny.
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I'd almost be willing to wager that if Romney is the Republican nominee, the Democrats will win Kentucky.
:rofl that sounded funny.
Seriously. Even though people don't want casino gaming in KY, people are pissed at our Republican governor. The Republicans are out of favor in this state at the moment.
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Romney's Mormonism is the reason he is doing so well in early primaries.
He is pumping the airwaves in the states with TOOOOOOOOOOOONS of commercials. He is the only Republican who is raising money on the scale of Obama and Hillary and thus can pump the early primaries with ads and more ads while Rudy, Thompson, and McCain struggle for cash and can't afford commerical time.
And where are almost all of his fund raisers take place? Utah.
I wonder why Utah of all states is where he gets all his loads of campaign cash. HMM. His campaign is FULL of that sweet Mormon cash. Never underestimate the kind of power that organization has.
He inflating his numbers by adding $8 million of his own cash last quarter.
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Seriously. Even though people don't want casino gaming in KY, people are pissed at our Republican governor. The Republicans are out of favor in this state at the moment.
well what bad things has your governor been doing?
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Romney's Mormonism is the reason he is doing so well in early primaries.
He is pumping the airwaves in the states with TOOOOOOOOOOOONS of commercials. He is the only Republican who is raising money on the scale of Obama and Hillary and thus can pump the early primaries with ads and more ads while Rudy, Thompson, and McCain struggle for cash and can't afford commerical time.
And where are almost all of his fund raisers take place? Utah.
I wonder why Utah of all states is where he gets all his loads of campaign cash. HMM. His campaign is FULL of that sweet Mormon cash. Never underestimate the kind of power that organization has.
He inflating his numbers by adding $8 million of his own cash last quarter.
I know. His total pre-personal income is still higher than Rudy, Thompson..etc