Just curious about what your thoughts are on the number of Republican candidates.

[lovemydog]

42. Oh, this is fun. Here's my take.

I think most of them do think they can become President. They each have their constituencies and people who vote for them. I think they kind of live in a cocoon of their constituents and conservative and right wing media, so it's not inconceivable to them that they may win the Presidency. And either way it gets them in touch with national visibility which can lead to more money for the same tired speeches.

Now here's the fun part. My take on each candidate.

Santorium: Hates gay people - fuck that guy.
Paul: Really weird in a racist or scientologist kind of way.
Huckabee: Christian nation television huckster. Supposedly the meanest of the bunch, which is really saying a lot.
Perry: Handsome and vacant like a guy in an eyeglasses commercial.
Rubio: Hates Fidel Castro. Hates immigrants except his parents. Drinks bottled water like there's no tomorrow.
Bush: Brother of the worst President in modern history. Likes brother's policies. Terrible on education while governor of Florida. Also probably helped throw the election toward his bro.
Christie: Mean, arrogant, sleazy. Maybe plays well in Jersey and with the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. Not nationwide. The Grinch.
That super tall weird white guy with the five o'clock shadow: Very smart and creepy like Ann Coulter or similar. Seems like a total dick.
Cain: Clarence Thomas ideology. At least he was successful in business.
Fiorina: Laid off people & outsourced jobs, I don't like that.
Jindal: Only saw him when he replied to a State of the Union address and his eyes bugged out like Beetlejuice.

Note. None of these people will do a damn thing for anyone other than billionaires and big corporations. They'd run our foreign policy into the ground. They don't give a fuck about voting rights, the climate, social or economic justice, the middle class or poor people or even rich people who aren't racist homophobic sexist jerks. They all still believe in trickle down tax policy, the biggest lie perpetrated on the American public since I don't know what. Every one of them would bring our country back to the brink of disaster via massive increases in military spending, cutting education and social spending and dismantling of diplomacy abroad and gains in health care at home. They'd appoint and get approval for Supreme Court justices who love Citizens United, robber barons, and a social, political and economic landscape akin to a Charles Dickens novel.