the leading Stop Rodham candidate on the morning of Feb 5
-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
morbz still going for rudy?
― and what, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
god, I guess Kucinich by default
― milo z, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I would cite Bill Richardson maybe -- if I thought he had a snowball's chance in hell of actually winning. i don't know. I'm so left with the exasperated feeling of: "Is this really the best we can do?"
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
What's with the middle initials btw?
― Will M., Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Alex OTM: though I'd wager he's a good bet for HRC veep. He and Edwards would be an interesting ticket.
― remy bean, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
if anyone cares, he's my order of preference:
(1) edwards -- hands down the best candidate on the issues of most importance to me (read: economics issues) -- if it wasn't for him, i really wonder if any of the other candidates would be anywhere near as "populist" as they have been. probably won't be nominated, though.
(2) hillary -- probably the best qualified of all of the candidates. even though i don't like some of her associates (read: mark penn and the DLC crowd) and there's the whole iraq war thing, i also think that she'd be very conscientious in both keeping different party factions satisfied as well as taking the serious problems that this country will face seriously. plus she WILL fight, which AFAIC is a prerequisite in this age of O'Reilly and other assorted right-wing/neocon freaks.
(3) dodd -- also well-qualified. plus his economic/financial background will be a plus in what i firmly believe will be the oncoming economic/financial shitstorm b/c of financial/housing market turbulence. plus he's made the right noises/moves on FSA/constitutional issues. on the other hand, could be too cosy to Wall Street (i'm suspicious that we'd end up with a massive, taxpayer-financed subprime bailout under his watch that does more to bail out Wall Street, mortgage bankers and flippers than actual homeowners) plus he probably has no chance of winning in the primaries either.
(4) richardson -- dunno about him, one moment he's OK the next he sounds like he fell offa the turnip truck. pluses are his federal and gubernatorial experience. will keep my eye on him, but i also don't think that he has a chance.
(5) obama -- still cannot figure out just WHY he's running. plus i can't shake the feeling that he's a big phony, an empty suit who talks like Bobby Kennedy and acts like Joe Lieberman. additionally, his "followers" that i've met are some of the most smug people i've met this side of nader's supporters in 2000. finally, i firmly believe that the GOP will play him like a chump, that he doesn't have the stomach or instincts for fighting. not ready for prime time.
(6) kucinich. pfft. might as well just write in Shirley McLain or Jon Anderson (if he were a US citizen). too much of a flake to win anything.
(7) biden. closest thing to Joe Lieberman running -- which is very, very bad and totally unacceptable. at least Joementum is acceptable on many economic issues. i might as well vote for Citibank or Bank of America as support him -- it'll be more efficient, cutting out the middle man. has absolutely no chance of winning.
― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Mike Gravel gone?
― jaymc, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
See "None of the above"
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
turns out that rock was actually uranium he had to blow the rest of his campaign cash on cleaning the lake
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
why is Hillary the best qualified of all the candidates?
Oh shit, I forgot she was co-president.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
barack b., but i'm a young college student who won't vote for him when he wins the nom anyway so w/e.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i picked him too. but i'm a canadian who can't vote for him when he's in this "election" you speak of.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Edwards is not entirely offensive as a potential President - but I just can't shake seeing him on-screen debating Dick Cheney, Lord of All Evil. He seemed to be pushing the Clinton folksiness way too hard, without much effect other than smarminess.
I think he'd really suffer in comparison to a stiff upper lip Republican.
― milo z, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Thursday, 15 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i never realised it was chris "x." dodd! awesome!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 November 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
chris dodd dated bianca jagger and carrie fisher.
tho not at the same time.
― hstencil, Thursday, 15 November 2007 00:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
ILX Showdown: BO KOs HKC!
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
wow
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
THE MAGIC NEGRO
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:54 (sixteen years ago) link
He's about to clean some clocks.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
<Bob Dole voice>Agh, shoulda voted for Biden</Bob Dole voice>
― gabbneb, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link
But how will Barry Bee fare against Rudolph K. Giuliani or Mitt Q. Romney?
― gabbneb, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Rudy will self destruct. Romney will have to renounce his wives.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
we should have a republican poll too for kicks
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
yah
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:09 (sixteen years ago) link
What's the K for in HKC?
― Sparkle Motion, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Ktypo
― Rock Hardy, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
omg is anyone watching this debate
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link
kucinich: heeelllloooo heeeellllloooo u missed me!
lol
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
richardson: even among republican math thats a failing grade.
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
me and Hoos monitoring it on the Demo candiates thread
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link
hillary, dodd: yelling acting tough
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Republican poll is hard - do you vote for who you think will win, who you want to win because he'll be crushed in the general or who you'd vote for an absolute last resort to keep that fascist Giuliani out of the White House.
― milo z, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, HMC just completely pwned everything
― gabbneb, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I will vote for Mitt in the Republican poll because he is v v pretty and has the best name
Answer: you vote for the one who will bring Morning in America.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Kucinich was great tonight.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link
His move about having a president who "got it right from the beginning" was great - he wasn't just pointing out that he had voted the right way the first time on the big issues or that he was more principled, but that he had proven to have better judgment than the supposedly more practical-minded centrists.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I feel like I've heard that 'got it right from the beginning' line before from some other candidate somewhere
― gabbneb, Friday, 16 November 2007 06:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I liked the whole context of the line, not just the line itself, because he was using it to suggest that he'd be more likely than the other candidates to make good, sound decisions as president. I thought this was a pretty smart move by someone typically painted as the outsider wacko leftist candidate.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 16 November 2007 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
can't bleeve I was the only No One supporter
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/image/gif/header_120.gif
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
no morbs it said "no fun"
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not surprised by the Obama/Clinton dichotomy. I am surprised by the lack of Edwards support.
― Z S, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
he's no fun either
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/18/185540/52
― gabbneb, Monday, 19 November 2007 06:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Eisbaer ftw up there
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
how's Chris Dodd working out for SOPA opponents now.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link