If the GOP does win the White House in 2012, who would you dislike the least as President?

[BrentWil]

Long time, but it could happen. For me, the "mainstream" person that would do the least damage would be Mitt Romney. The dark horse would be Gary Johnson.

[HuckleB]

1. We can't live with the damage Palin would do.

Look at what Bush did, and the multiply it.

We can't go there.

[alfredo]

52. Palin would quit half way through.

[HuckleB]

57. So VP Christine O'Donnell can step in?

Yikes.

[alfredo]

69. Step in? No, she'd wander in, dabble a bit and move on.

[rpannier]

72. Not until she had lined her pockets with as much federal assistance as she could get

[alfredo]

73. She will take enough bribes to keep her on easy street for

a few years.

[rpannier]

74. Not bribes

Assistance from the private sector
Then we will be told that's okay

[alfredo]

95. Too many words. Bribe it is easy to spell, has one syllable,

and is a word that just rolls off the tongue like Fuck or Shit.

[LawnKorn]

2. Cenk Uygur

[Nederland]

3. Bill Clinton

Best Republican President we've ever had... :)

[spanone]

4. don't worry they won't

[BrentWil]

5. Have a little realism. There is always a chance. Two party system and they are the other guys. NT

[xultar]

6. Palin, so she can screw up and start WWIII and end this shit.

[Ishoutandscream2]

32. LOL!!

:nuke:

[Ozymanithrax]

46. Palin would only serve for 2 years because she can't stand being a lame duck. n/t

[Skink]

7. Stack em Rack em and Pack em.

[Jamastiene]

8. There is just no way.

I cannot think of a single Republican I would want to see as president...AT ALL.

[BrentWil]

10. Well, that is nice to say. But while all options are bad, there are options that are really bad.

[Terra Alta]

30. ANY options that involve the GOP winning the White House

in 2012 are really, REALLY bad.

[Bitwit1234]

38. Well now the real elephant wouldn't be so bad.

[blue sky at night]

9. pardon me....

but are you insane or just looking for help??

[HughBeaumont]

82. Stealth.

This one doesn't fool me one bit. Sometimes, they get a grand or two before exposure.

[blondeatlast]

99. Word.

He's spouting weeks-old anti-union stuff now as well.

[provis99]

11. Teddy Roosevelt.

Do dead Republicans count?

[Chisox08]

62. Abe Lincoln would be cool or Dwight Eisenhower

The few good Republican Presidents are dead

[liberal N proud]

12. There is no republican that I would "want" to be President

They are all poison to the democracy.

[BrentWil]

15. Good point. Title changed. NT

[leeroysphitz]

13. What difference does it make? We are going to lose Social Security and medicare either way.

and after that, anybody who had the misfortune of making less than 150,000 a year during their working years is going to die, early, in poverty after draining their children's savings dry anyhow.

What do I give a shit if the name on the bill that caused this hardship is Palin or Obama?

[SammyWinstonJack]

91. +1 nt

[hendo]

104. nice over exageration you've got going there. NT

[pgodbold]

14. This is far too disgusting to contemplate. Tomorrow will have plenty of horrors of its own.

Let’s stick with the present.

[Mojambo]

16. I'm going all in. Give me Palin. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. I would dislike any of them.

I don't discriminate.

[Motown_Johnny]

18. Olympia Snowe?

I guess she disgusts me the least

[BrentWil]

25. Little chance to win, but she wouldn't be bad.

NT

[bluerum]

19. none. zero. never.

And it took a good deal of self restraint in order keep myself from breaking every DU rule in the book in my response.

Have a nice day.

[Initech]

21. My sentiments exactly.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

20. Get

help.

[BrentWil]

22. Why?

Is it a question that is so offensive that it shows a mental disorder? Is it not a legitimate and possible outcome of the 2012 election?

THere is such a thing as the best of a bad situation.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

23. "Mental disorder"!?

You flatter my intentions. I just meant you might
need . . . directions.

[BrentWil]

24. Its a BB.. I am writing an outline and wasting time...

Is it not a question to at least puzzle on?

[Jamastiene]

29. Only if you are a masochist.

Seriously. Why would you even WANT to entertain such ideas?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

35. If I saw the outline

I could tell better if you ought to puzzle on it
or question it?

[bluerum]

28. 'Sarah Palin wouldn't be bad' - you said that - you really said that

Please tell me that you forgot the insanity smiley.

[Jamastiene]

37. That part stuck out to me too.

Like :wtf:

[BrentWil]

39. Took it out to keep the thread on track

However, she would be good for democrats, at least in winning in 2014 and 2016

[Terra Alta]

41. A Sarah Palin win would, in no way

be good for the Democratic party, OR the country. :puke:

[BrentWil]

48. Not good for the Country...

But would it help us win elections? No question.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

43. Yeah, it's good you kept the thread on track.

I don't think too many people saw that part about Sarah anyway.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

71. Yes. No.

[FrenchieCat]

26. WTF?

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/2010commit?source=nav

[Jamastiene]

33. OMG, stop the presses.

We agree on something. :wow:

:wtf: was my sentiment as well.

[JohnnyLib2]

56. LOL!

[Terra Alta]

27. I don't even want to think about that.

The GOP winning the White House would be the worst thing that could happen to this country.. no matter who it is. After four years of Obama trying to fix Bush/Cheney's MESS the last thing we need is a GOPuke to screw it all up again.

And, Sarah Palin wouldn't be bad? Are you serious? Palin would make Dumbya look like a saint. Thankfully, she has about as much of a chance at getting elected President in 2012 as I do.

[gmoney]

31. Arlo Guthrie or Tim Robbins

[Nye Bevan]

34. Mike Bloomberg

Socially liberal, not a crazy moonbat, and has done a reasonably good job of running NYC. Much too sane to win the repuke nomination, however.

[BlueCheese]

44. I think he's an independent now.

[rurallib]

36. Like asking which form of fatal cancer do you prefer?

Brain? Pancreas? Liver? How about a delightful kidney?

[BrentWil]

40. Well, actually there are better types of cancer to get. Just saying. NT

[Faryn Balyncd]

42. Eisenhower

(but the Eisenhowers have been backing Obama, so does he still count as a Republican?)

[yourout]

53. good one.

[beyurslf]

45. I can't bear to think about it unless we get Ginsberg replaced by Obama.

I would really like one or two more after her.

[pnwmom]

47. Crist or Arnold.

Not that Arnold can run.

[BlueCheese]

49. Well, let's see.

Which prominent Republicans have not shown themselves to be irredeemably lost? It's hard--the current guys make me long for the days when Bush the First and Dole were Republican leaders.

Thinking, thinking... Kind of tough. Mitt Romney showed extended periods of sanity before the 2008 primaries, during which he suddenly fled rightwards. The 2000 version of McCain would be okay, I suppose. Boy, this is depressing.

[BrentWil]

50. Well, any Republican can't be sane in the GOP primary. NT

[Imagevision]

51. GOP will lose in November, M$M is having a field day...

[Dogmudgeon]

54. I'm too hip to care

My cynicism and withering sarcasm will defeat any threat to my moral abstractedness conscience.

Of course, I'm a white, middle-class heterosexual man. I'll get to hang with the rock stars and philosophers and businessmen while you jump to the crack of the whip. Why should I care about you any of this shit?

Like, whatever.

--d!

[BrentWil]

55. So Romney? NT

[KittyLover]

58. Hucklbee.

1. He's about a boring bastard, and not nearly as wacky as the other choices. Still way out of the realm of sanity, but you get what I'm saying.

2. He doesn't seem like he is the kind of guy that can get much done. Thus, not furthering the Repubelican's agenda very much at all.

That's the best answer I can come up with, Brent. The future with a (R) in back of a POTUS's name is too scary to think about. Look at what happened for '04-'08 for gosh sakes.

[BrentWil]

66. Sometimes I feel like going to a country club and starting a voter registration drive

See, I think he will be a Sarah Palin-lite candidate. I would be happy with just non-crazy (well happy isn't the word). Bring back the country club Republicans.

[political_Dem]

59. None. The GOP shouldn't be in power after screwing up the country

for the sake of lining their own pockets.

[JohnnyLib2]

60. Another dark horse: Gov. Daniels, Indiana

And congratulations for posing the most challenging questions in the past month.

[BrentWil]

61. You seem to take alot of hate for doing that around here. NT

[proteus_lives]

64. I met him once.

He's tiny.

[wmbrew0206]

88. He is not a dark horse anymore. He seems to be openly campaigning without actually annoucing.

He is a smaller guy and a policy wonk. Not sure how he would be received on the stump.

He also has being W's OMB director tied like an anchor around his neck.

[proteus_lives]

63. Zombie TR.

[McCamy Taylor]

65. Anyone who makes it through the GOP primary will be a fascist boot licker.

[BrentWil]

67. Or at least fake it to make it NT

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

68. Ron Paul

His domestic agenda would still suck ass, but at least he wouldn't start any new wars of imperialism.

[sofa king]

70. Dennis Miller!

I used to laugh with him once... when Al Franken was writing his jokes.

[Rex]

75. Won't happen. GOPukers have permanently tarnished the brand

with the likes of GWB and Dick 'soulcrusher' Cheney. It will be at least 3 generations before Pukes make any kind of real comeback. If even then.

[Swamp Rat]

79. They are going DOWN!!!

:kick:

[Hannah Bell]

76. they all suck hitler's rotting d--k.

[LiberalAndProud]

77. Bite your tongue!

(or your keyboarding fingers, whichever the case may be)

To frightening to contemplate. Seriously.

[Swamp Rat]

78. Screw that noise!!.... TIME TO KICK REPUKE ASS!!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:



:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Jamastiene]

93. I love it.

As always, your artwork is great!

[TexasObserver]

80. The only Republicans I would consider are long dead.

Lincoln, Teddy and Ike come to mind.

Even the "moderates" of today, such as Snowe and Collins, are completely shit for brains.

[The Second Stone]

81. The stongest candidates would be Romney or Huckabee

and I have a suspicion that Romney as a nominal Mormon is unacceptable to the batshit base of the Republican Party. By comparison to the other potentials at this time, Romney or Huckabee would at least televise as normal people. Bauer, Palin, O'Donnell, Keyes and the other usual suspects just come off as nuts.

[HughBeaumont]

83. Not even Mormon Beck could persuade fundies to elect Mormon Mitt.

And since Mitt is now the strongest candidate over the other straitjacket-ready nutjobs in the Gawd/Oligarchy Party, it looks like your dream scenario just ain't-a gonna happen. Obama is going to get another term. Sorry to disappoint.

[Skidmore]

84. Why are we even asking this question on this forum?

I'm working to get my President re-elected. Dems will not be choosing the R candidate anyway.

[JohnnyLib2]

90. "Work and hope for the best, prepare for the worst."

Family saying.

[old mark]

85. Not worth thinking about - Obama will win....nt

[quinnox]

86. Mitt Romney I think would be ok

He doesn't strike me as an extremist like many of the others, I think he would be more reasonable in his policies.

That said, I'm not sure he could win the GOP nomination, but of all the names currently out there, he is one I would have the least objections to.

[saltpoint]

87. All the GOP 2012 prez aspirants are monstrous and

unacceptable.

The harder question might be which among them is the most hideous?

One hardly knows where to begin.

[Erose999]

89. Colin Powell but I think they pretty much ran him out of the party for criticizing Bush and Cheney

[BrentWil]

96. Yeah. Plus his best chance was in 2000. He didn't want the job, I don't think. NT

[BlueIris]

92. Teh Governator. nt

[BrentWil]

97. Can't run

Which I find BS. That is one needed change to the constitution.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

98. You want Arnold to run for Prez?

[BrentWil]

100. No

But I think he and all nationalized citizens should be able to run.

[BlueIris]

102. That occurred to me after I posted, but I didn't want to change it.

Of all the "name" Republicans I think they would consider running, (constitutional or not) Ahnold would do the least damage (I think.)

[michreject]

94. Newt Gingrich

UGH!!!

[scarletwoman]

101. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. nt

[joe black]

103. Mittens

Didn't he destroy companies here in America and ship the work overseas. You might want to rethink that one.