The Current Crop of Candidates

[DanaC]

Actually, if I'm honest in my mind's eye, it was UG, naked and fighting terrorists and undemocrats with his teeth.

[deadbeater]

If I'm president, this is what I do:

Jan 20, 2009, 1201 hours: After swearing in, tear up the inaugural address. Instead immediately order all the troops, all of them, to leave Iraq for the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.

1202: Tell Musharraf that Pakistan has 6 hours to clean up the western border of al-Qaeda or America troops will.

1800: Have the troops target and destroy an al-Qaeda haven in Pakistan soil to show Pakistan America is not bluffing.

A candidate who proposes this will get my vote.

[DanaC]

Yeah. That's smart. It's hard to see what could possibly go wrong with that plan.

[bluecuracao]

So you're not voting, db?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Why can't we get an interesting candidate like Ufuk Uras.

Originally Posted by deadbeater

If I'm president, this is what I do:

Jan 20, 2009, 1201 hours: After swearing in, tear up the inaugural address. Instead immediately order all the troops, all of them, to leave Iraq for the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.

1202: Tell Musharraf that Pakistan has 6 hours to clean up the western border of al-Qaeda or America troops will.

1800: Have the troops target and destroy an al-Qaeda haven in Pakistan soil to show Pakistan America is not bluffing.

A candidate who proposes this will get my vote.

This, and prosecuting BushCo. for their crimes, as well as restoring the Constitution and Bill of rights to their states before the idiots took office.

[Squid_Operator]

"You know what Squid looks like naked??"


Sorry man, that's only for the women.

[bluecuracao]

Um, I'm not a man.

Post pics here.

[Squid_Operator]

Sorry, I'm not used to a message board where there are no avatars to remember who's who.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Squid_Operator

People may not like Bush, I certainly don't. But after his term is up we're all screwed.

Atleast we're not in a Socialist state rightnow.

We are not necessarily screwed. In terms of "Good Cop/Bad Cop", Bush was the worst of both worlds. He didn't know how to play "Good Cop" and basically sucked at "Bad Cop". Any of the top three candidates in either party will get a tremendous amount of goodwill by simply not being GWB, similar to the goodwill GWB received post-9/11. And whether they decide to play Good Cop. Bad Cop, or a combination, will definitely do better than Bush.

The can of whoopass unleashed on the GWB appointees in State, Justice, and Defense will be phenomenal. All presidents clean house to some degree. Everyone acknowledged that GWB technically had the right to fire all of the attorneys. Still, many administrations keep some individuals in place, if only to provide continuity.

In this case, I think even if a Republican wins there will be almost as much of a housecleaning as if Hillary had won.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Actually, if I'm honest in my mind's eye, it was UG, naked and fighting terrorists and undemocrats with his teeth.

Yep; pork 'em 'til they look like unicorns -- pink ones -- and squeal like a piggie, eee, eee.

I can definitely reduce some fatuity-mongers around here to squealing.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You overestimate your prowess, shorty.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Try me.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You're on. Show us you can do what you've failed so miserably to do thus far. Make a unicorn, Merlin.

[yesman065]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Are you really that paranoid? Do you think when Bush retires in regal splendor, the government will just pack up and go home leaving you to fight the terrorists naked?
Let me assure you the US Government, juggernaut that it is, will be chugging along when you and Bush are dust.

nah, they'll just leave the troops overseas to do it for them.