4-way poll

[Aratus]

lets just think g.o.p

[Aratus]

----lets now think only of
-----the g.o.p nomination...

so... in 2012... like if there
were ONLY these 4 choises?

[Pennsylvania]

In this hypothetical I would choose Mitt Romney because he would be the one I'd expect to be most fiscally responsible.

[Sandra]

Crap. I had to vote for the Huckster.

[Aratus]

thanks Pennsylvania! admittedly deep down this is a tough poll
and i'm more of a sarah palin person, i respect your honest vote!

[AdamT]

I will not vote with those pathetic choices.

[Aratus]

Sandra! wonderously put!!! precisely my point! (i KNEW i have to include huckabee!!)
i really had to include huckabee EVEN after listening to both obama and then gov. jindal!

[PatriotLegion]

I'd vote for Huckabee, he has a cute show on the TV.... :D

[Aratus]

AdamT ---- it was with a heavy heart and a puritanically stern
set of fingertips to the keyboard that i kept the options TERSE!

[Sandra]

Huckabee does wear jeans and boots with a blazer. Mmmm cowboy corporate casual.

[constituent]

i would have to non-vote my conscience.

[Aratus]

PatriotLegion... i haven't seen his tv show...
so i have to take your good word on this!

[Aratus]

constituent... i can clearly see you are not alone!
quite clearly you are now NO VOTE number two!!!

[Pennsylvania]

Guys, it's a hypothetical, it's okay to vote the least of evils here :p

[roho76]

Palin. She may be retarded like the rest of them but at least she's hot.

[Aratus]

roho76! i think i see the logic behind your decision making on this!

[nate895]

I would like to make fun of the name "Huckabee" for four years, sounds entertaining. But, if this decision was made because someone put a gun to my head and forced me to vote, I would go home and start a revolt.

[mediahasyou]

no vote.

[Natalie]

I voted for Huckabee, because he comes off as the most conservative out of these choices.

[nate895]

Yeah, I voted for wiener, oh I mean winner!!!!

What is my prize? I would like a Caribbean cruise package paid for by more printed fiat currency.

[DAFTEK]

I came from the Huckster camp, i believe that he can be trusted more then anyone of the above... :p

[Imperial]

Depends on the VP. I may vote Libertarian or Constitution with these.

It also depends how the campaign goes.

[acptulsa]

I voted every slot on my ballot last November except the POTUS race. And I'm not voting in this poll, either.

[scandinaviany3]

why is paul and sanford not up there.

Without them its a worthless poll

[Aratus]

scandinaviany3... i do indeed KNOW the better poll would have a rEVOLUTIOn name
up there. this four-way poll was my idea and my reaction to the RNC steele dude having
tapped bobby jindal to float up several trial balloons for the g.o.p --- one of 'em being
jindal's ability to garner name recognition in light of a future national level run for potus...

[Aratus]

Natalie, nate895 & mediahasyou ---100,ooo thanks for participating! i sorta feel some RNC types
may end up neatly lurking in here and glomming onto this humble poll, and maybe i should now
emphasize that the "least of evils here" rule of thumb seems to sum up nearly all our reactions!

[JoshLowry]

i will not vote with those pathetic choices.

+1776

[Aratus]

JoshLowry --- methinks we all REALLY NEED a Rand Paul Forum for his VERY LIKELY Kentucky senate run!!!

(to any and all hypothetical RNC types who may in the future lurk here... i like the idea of Rand Paul running!)

[BuddyRey]

Ugh...No thanks. I've never seen such a philosophically and intellectually bereft field of "popular" candidates in all my life. If these turned out to be the contenders in '12, I'd probably reregister Democrat! :(

[Aratus]

BuddyRey... picture obama sinking in the polls as hillary sizes up a 2012 run...
admittedly there may be some democrat who ain't so D.C connected then, who
can deliver a more charismatic address than bobby jindal just did, who takes
on the potus if there is a discontent. i feel senator byrd was waiting for al franken
to join the ranks of democrats in the senate before he goes back to his strict
constitutionalist complaining about the excuative branch, and a gathering of power
and authority. concider byrd as a hint of a future tattering of a pervasive fragile
coalition. if the g.o.p is trying to find its roots, or even someone with a bigger fire
in the gut than bobby jindal, they may do more than briefly quote barry goldwater's
speaches from 1964. we might see a shift in a big way if things get worse than better...

[Aratus]

last march, roughly a year ago after the supertuesday dust settled, Ron Paul asked
people to enter into the g.o.p, do the caucuses and get delegates to St. Paul... many
wanted to hold off and be aloof. some were asking if it was going to be easy to change
the way the g.o.p has been acting these past 20 or 30 years or so, and if it wasn't and
maybe if the g.o.p puts up an effort, why should they keep up the pressure on the RNC!
then the economy tanked, g.w bush exits the white house with single digit exit polls as
he has doubled over our debt in his eight years. we know the g.o.p lost this time around
because the voters associated mccain with g.w bush. i feel cheney tipped many moderates
into voting for obama when he endorsed the ticket three days or so before the election.
as it stands now, i feel more confirmed in my view that obama has a high proability of either
not being re-elected, or IF he is re-elected, this is AFTER someone else is in the white house
for a full term or two. i cannot see how he'd squeak in if sarah palin is the party nominee
yet for her to go the distance, she has to trounce the pack one by one. each of the four
people above will try to position themselves. we've had the polls this time around that went
into the third party candidacies, and i feel the NEXT libertarian or constition party nominee
will be a household name due to what the economy is doing. i feel g.o.p types will lurk here...

[olehounddog]

I'll just vote present

[Elwar]

for a minute there we had a R3VOLUTION...

:rolleyes:

[PureCommonSense]

Huckster is a flaming liberal and Romney lacks consistency. I'd go for Jindal or Sarah. You betcha.

[AuH2O]

Went with Jindal.

Romney was pro-choice and anti-gun. I didn't vote for the Massachusetts flip-flopper in 2004, not gonna start now.

I have no faith in Huckabee to be fiscally responsible.

Palin is dumb, and would take positions based on advice from GOP elites, which is no good.

[rsvforronpaul]

Write-in Sanford

[hillertexas]

OK, if these are the choices...It is whomever is the most marijuana friendly.
Jindal: Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Bobby_Jindal_Drugs.htm
Huckabee: http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Mike_Huckabee_Drugs.htm :(
Mittens: "I believe Marijuana should be illegal in this country" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQH8jDoLoV8&feature=related (How to Silence a Room Full of Clapping College Students)
Palin: Not for legalization however, http://www.mpp.org/news/in-the-news/mccains-vp-pick-acknowledged.html. (McCain's VP Pick Acknowledged Marijuana Use)


Soooooo, begrudingly, I vote Sarah Palin. She seems to be the lesser of the 4 evils when it comes to pot.

[DAFTEK]

^^
:eek:


for a minute there we had a R3VOLUTION...

:rolleyes:

Yeah, what the hell.....:mad:

[PureCommonSense]

Sarah Palin actually has a better drug stance than a lot of them. She supports deprioritizing marijuana as opposed to other drugs, although she has not come out in favor of full decriminalization.

Another reason for me to support her in 2012.

[ChaosControl]

I don't support the alleged "Fair Tax", but I prefer it over the invasive Income Tax we have now. Huckleberry wants to get rid of the IRS, so unless one of those other four also wants to, he gets my choice of these four.

This doesn't mean I'd actually vote for him in the election, just means I prefer him of this group. Of course I prefer any of this group over the idiot who is currently president.

[Feenix566]

In this hypothetical I would choose Mitt Romney because he would be the one I'd expect to be most fiscally responsible.

word. same here.

[Elwar]

This same poll is on the Obama Forum and Palin and Huckabee are neck and neck.

Who do we want Obama to beat in 2012 (http://www.theobamaforum.com/showthread.php?t=8508)

I think Palin is doing well mainly because they misinterpreted the word 'beat'.

[BuddyRey]

lets just think g.o.p

Ugh!!! :mad:

I tell you this right now...if ANY of these statist jackanapes get the Republican nomination in 2012, I'm immediately tearing up my Republican Party registration and going Indie again.

How could you even think of voting for one of these people?!?!

Edit: Whoops! I found I had already replied to this thread last month. Sorry!

[Dripping Rain]

the huckster
because he will bring about armageddon quicker than the rest

[AJ Antimony]

Thank god I'd never have those 4 choices.

But to play along, if I did, I wouldn't vote.

[FourTwenty666]

Not voting because if this were my only choices in a real election I most certainly would not vote...

[Aratus]

coooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!
these four have similar vote totals, now

[Aratus]

this poll is still open until 2014 and i'm feeling i should have included rand paul in it
because these four people could run in 2016 rather easily. events are on the march.

[opal]

with those 4 choices.. I think I go with bobby jindal for miss congenality

[Smart3]

To quote Jesse Ventura: If I had to pick, I'd take the bullet.

[BuddyRey]

Ugh...what a disreputable lot of hucksters, jingoists, theocrats, and doo-doo heads. At least Palin is kind of friendly to libertarian ideas, but even she sucks.

[Smart3]

Ugh...what a disreputable lot of hucksters, jingoists, theocrats, and doo-doo heads. At least Palin is kind of friendly to libertarian ideas, but even she sucks.

You are clearly from the wrong state. May I suggest moving to New Hampshire as part of the FS Project? :D

[BuddyRey]

You are clearly from the wrong state. May I suggest moving to New Hampshire as part of the FS Project? :D

I would dearly love to participate in the FSP, but it's not in the cards for me at this time. :(

[DavidK]

Not in a thousand water boards would I vote for any of these slimy rats.

[tttppp]

I picked Palin only because I hated all the other choices.

[ronpaulfollower999]

I voted for Mittens? Damn....lol.

[sailingaway]

write in Ron Paul

[Kregisen]

I voted for Huckabee, because he comes off as the most conservative out of these choices.

He's pretty liberal...state-wide smoking bans for starters.

[ClydeCoulter]

write in Ron Paul

:D

[Aratus]

this poll was a golden oldie but when i looked at again when hunting for my old
threads about BORAT recently i saw that i had decided to keep it open a while.
i think that in the back of my mind i was thinking about people writing in ron paul
anyway, as i was thinking i did have the forsight to include mitt romney and also
mike huckabee. sarah palin is slightly ahead as bobby jindel still has a following!!!