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Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:03 AM
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Poll question: If one of the leading Republicans were to win the White House, who would be least offensive?
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:06 AM
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1. Ron Paul
Where is Ron Paul?

Lovely how you excluded the best candidate from the Republican side from a poll.
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Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:08 AM
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6. He doesn't have a shot
He only has 3% support among Republicans. I didn't put Tancredo either. Besides, he'd dismantle every social program and basically give states the power to discriminate through their economic policies.
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:15 AM
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No reason to leave him off the poll.
Discriminate someplace else.
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Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:21 AM
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14. Yeah there's a reason
I don't think it's a realistic scenario that he can win. The ones I listed have a realistic chance of winning the Republican nomination and therefore have a realistic chance of getting elected President.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:15 AM
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11. Do you know anything about Ron Paul??
This guy would be far, far worse than Bush, except with regards to the war. He wants to eliminate things like the Department of Education, Energy, and the Federal Reserve. Do yourself a favor and actually learn about the candidates.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:17 AM
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12. But..but... He's "against" the war.
He's perfect for the uninformed lefty.
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:17 AM
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13. I know about him very much thank you.
He is the best chance for the future of this country. Tho I also like Obama and his truth. Both are very great.

Leaving him off the poll because you think he will wreck the country means one is no better than the republican tactics of altering statistics.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:32 PM
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18. Really? Best chance at what? Eliminating our federal government?
You're either really clueless or you've come to the wrong site.
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Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:44 AM
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16. I guess you didn't read my initial response
I agree with what you're saying, but perhaps you should create your own poll if you want to present unrealistic scenarios.
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 10:12 AM
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17. Ah yeah, the nuttiest of the nuttiest
should be on the poll. Could you imagine if that whack-job made it in?
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:06 AM
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2. A plague-carrying rat would be less offensive than any of them
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:07 AM
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3. Well put! n/t
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:07 AM
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4. What a horrible horrible thought. But then again, I thought Kerry was a lock.
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:07 AM
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5. They all suck equally, each in their own special way
:puke:
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:12 AM
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8. Well said
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:11 AM
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7. Ron Paul would end the war, but screw everything else up so badly...
Edited on Wed Dec-19-07 09:20 AM by IanDB1
... that it would be a cold day in Hell before another Republicker held any office higher than dog catcher.

Besides, I think Ron Paul was great as Frasier's Dad, Martin Crane.

Or was Ron Paul the ex-gay Judge Clark Brown, from Boston Legal? Or Nilva from Star Trek: DS9?
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:14 AM
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9. probably makes little significant difference
but i chose mittens.

mccain is insane. huckabee is really insane. giuliani is a lying bastard. thompson is plain dumb, its not an act.

mittens isnt tatally stupid, hes not completely a crook, i think he has some small trace of morality left, hes used to dealing with being a mormon, probably not easy in fundie amerika.
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:15 AM
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10. Each one is more awful than the next. n/t
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 09:34 AM
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15. Guiliani by a nose...
A nose which I would have to hold frequently, I'm sure. He's crooked as the day is long, but I suspect he would be decent on issues like women, gays, and the environment. I would also suspect that he isn't in thrall to the conversative fundamentalist wing of the party.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:35 PM
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19. Guiliani..
While I know he's criminal slime, he's at least pro-choice and doesn't harbor sheer hatred for homosexuals.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:54 PM
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20. We need a Republican like Scott Ritter or Russell Tice to run!
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