Pic Of The Moment: Republican Presidential Candidates Baffled By CNN's One Simple Question

[EarlG]

This question stumps Republicans

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[femmocrat]

1. First rec!

[MADem]

2. Another home run, EarlG!

The stooopid...it burns!!!

[HassleCat]

3. I like Ike

You would think at least one of them would have the good sense to offer up Eisenhower. He was a nice guy, a respected general, very popular, didn't pick partisan fights, etc. Of course they love Reagan. Each of them dreams of having the power to do what Reagan did, run our constitution through a shredder and establish a secret, shadow government. I'll bet they lie awake at night, thinking of Reagan and getting huge erec.... well, you know.

[4lbs]

7. Unfortunately (for them) neither Reagan nor Eisenhower are applicable to the question asked.

"Who is the greatest President alive today?"

Only choices are:

1.) Carter
2.) Bush Sr.
3.) Clinton
4.) Bush Jr.
5.) Obama

[Cha]

13. thanks.. I was about to mention that.

[HassleCat]

19. I Would Fail

I guess I would blow the answer the way they did.

[Cha]

42. But, you're not like them..

Big Difference!

[Fritz Walter]

25. It their tiny, little minds, Ronnie RayGun is still alive

Otherwise, they'd be necrophiliacs.

[pansypoo53219]

30. zombie reagan lives, but he is FINALLY DYING!

[George II]

27. Bobby Jindal: "Could you repeat the question?"

[awoke_in_2003]

44. Heresy...

Rayguns is a saint, so still alive.

[cannabis_flower]

51. Only one ..

that actually gave an answer that fit the question ( although I don't agree ) was Santorum. He said "probably a Bush".

[Gothmog]

4. The current crop of GOP candidates are not very bright

[Cha]

14. LOL.. the last crop wasn't either. This one may be out doing them, though.

[question everything]

22. You are too generous (nt)

[awoke_in_2003]

45. Don't be polite

They're blooming fucking idiots

[4lbs]

5. LOL. The only choices they have are Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. No way are they going to say

Carter, Clinton, or Obama.

And yet, some of them still think of a dead President when asked about ALIVE Presidents.

[Johonny]

6. I'm taking this as more confirmation of my Reagan was a Zombie conspiracy

[freshwest]

10. Agreed. Zombie Reagan for President 2016:

[FailureToCommunicate]

43. I STILL can remember nightmares from that music video...(and Reagun's evil era as well

of course.)

[freshwest]

48. I remember when Carter lost. I was devastated, stabbed to the heart.

I already knew his reputation as Governor of CA and it filled me with horror. And it's been down hill since then with the GOP presidents and candidates.

[truebluegreen]

8. Now THAT is funny!

I love to see them squirm...even tho the question is a tad unfair, since it refers to former presidents who happen to still be alive.

[GreatGazoo]

9. all running away from Bush

even santorum doesn't want to say which Bush.

[SoapBox]

11. Hilarious.

[Cha]

12. Brawawaaaaaaa.. "probably a bush".. or not! Too funny.. it is a damn hard question. Rofl they don't

know St Ronnie passed.

[erronis]

15. Jeez, isn't Darth Vader (whoops, Dickie Cheney) still alive?

Easy answer. These dopes on the ropes aren't very quick on their feets!

[lark]

16. The stupidity, it burns!!

[onehandle]

17. Squirrel! nt

[underpants]

18. Hey Calgary Kid, the people did decide in two LANDSLIDE elections

[yuiyoshida]

20. That was pretty funny

I am surprised they didn't say..."I will be"

[BlueJazz]

23. That's a great answer...but then your IQ is 40-60 points higher than that bunch.

[spooky3]

37. DUzy!

[Xipe Totec]

21. I'm surprised nobody picked Cheney. nt

[DeeDeeNY]

49. Good one!!

[malthaussen]

24. Back in the Watergate days, there was a Doonesbury comic...

Press secretary Ron Ziegler is dodging questions about Watergate, and appeals to the press corps to ask him a question he can answer. One of the reporters asks, "Ron, what color shirt is the President wearing today?" Ziegler replies, "That's better. Blue."

I think these chumps would find a way to weasel out of even that question.

-- Mal

[C Moon]

26. That is so hilarious!

I'll bet a big part of the reason they didn't want to say Bush was because their own desire to become President is more important than their own party—and they're running against another Bush.

It would be scary to see the thought process of a RW Republican.

[JHB]

28. They can't even bear to go with GHWB...

...because their base can never forgive him for backtracking on "Read my lips, no new taxes".

[khankiso]

29. REALLY

And these are suppose to be the smart repugs???????????????? Can't comprehend a simple question.

[rocktivity]

31. Vroom, vroom...

And I guess I'd better dust this off, too:




rocktvity

[Jamaal510]

32. How did so many of them

fuck up a simple question? They were asked about the best president alive, yet a few of them chose Reagan (who is dead), while others were lukewarm about the Bushes (who are the only 2 Republican presidents alive). What weak responses.

[turbinetree]

33. They should have

answered:


I'M WITH STUPID<----------------->


And this is what happens when you take the public education and privatize them for a profit charter scams------------these hypocrites are dumber than a box of rocks

[IgnoranceIsBliss-11]

34. Tough Question

I suppose even a dung pile has a "greatest" beetle - still a difficult question to answer.

[turbinetree]

35. They should all

stand side by side with T-Shirts on that says :

"I'M WITH STUPID"<------------------------>

[DesertRat]

36. LOL k&r

[spooky3]

38. Probably the first and last time that Santorum goes to the head of the class.

(Given that no Repub. will name a D, even if that's the right answer. Those who made no choice were probably not being shrewd but instead didn't know what to say.)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

39. It's unanimous...

[red dog 1]

40. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gets partial credit for threading the needle:

"Probably a Bush," he said, and then escaped up a wheelchair ramp.

You can't make this shit up.

It's hilarious!


K&R, thanks for posting, EarlG

[themonster]

41. DUH!

The correct answer to this question is Bill Clinton. The last good Republican president was Ike. He kept the peace and signed the Federal Highway Act into law which created the Interstate Highway System. He sites that as his greatest achievement as President. Also, he was the last Republican president to balance the budget.

[niyad]

53. ike still is not an answer, since the question specifically referenced "ALIVE" today.

[IronLionZion]

46. One would think it would be easy to beat these fools

My answer is a 3 way tie between the one who never dropped even one bomb on any country, the one who created 22 million jobs, or the one who has done the biggest expansion of health coverage since medicaid and opened relations with Cuba and Iran.

[Yavin4]

47. This just in...President Ronald Reagan is still dead.

For you old school SNL fans.

[DeeDeeNY]

50. Trick question!

Like asking Sarah Palin what newspapers she reads, or Harriet Miers who her favorite Supreme Court justices are.

[Lrobby99]

52. Jimmy Carter

The man was a fine President and is an exceptional human being. Making him the greatest President alive today.

[cascadiance]

57. Yep, he would be my answer too...

Even if I did vote for John Anderson in one of his elections then, and Michele Bachmann actually campaigned for him those days and probably hates that she did now. I wonder what her answer to this poll question would be if she were asked this question now...

As an ex president, I can't think of many if any better than he. He's really added to his legacy with what he's done since he left office.

[rurallib]

54. To their credit, no one said Josiah Bartlett

probably because he was a Democrat.
Not sure they would know he wasn't actually president.

[YoungDemCA]

55. Obviously Obama

nt

[PatrickforO]

56. There's no doubt: Jimmy Carter