# Best Republican To Be President? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157 "2010-09-18T01:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/81 "2010-09-19T14:58:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Just curious, but where do you learn about someone like Jim Jones? I mean, the Peoples Temple event happened 18 years before you were born. I don’t remember exactly where. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/82 "2010-09-19T15:04:41Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I’d go with Palin. And if the nation actually did elect her. Well it’d serve them right. I thought the same thing about Bush. Honestly I don’t like taking the chance… people are crazy these days. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/83 "2010-09-19T15:06:57Z")
What is your pick **Curtis**? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/84 "2010-09-19T15:29:14Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > What is your pick **Curtis**? Mitt Romney. He’s not a nut or a Tea Partyista and can undo much of what Obama has done. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/85 "2010-09-19T16:43:18Z")
> [@BayouHazard](#): > > Okay, as a leftie, I totally FEAR the following potential presidential candidate. And respect her. Republicans everywhere **should be screaming for her to run:** > > CONDOLEEZA RICE. > > She’s brilliant, centrist, tough as nails, smart, and nobody to mess with. SUPREMELY electable. NOBODY can say she’s not qualified for the job. > She would wipe the floor with most of the lame-o GOP candidates out there. She’s like Darth Vader in stilletto boots. > I think y’all should draft her. Condoleeza Rice? What are her qualifications? That she was instrumental in George Bush’s national security policy? Her reputation would actually be helped if she were to claim that she had just been a figurehead and had no actual influence. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/86 "2010-09-19T16:56:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Did the people who picked Palin mean “the best Republican to be president” as the poll asks, or “the best republican to run for president (to assure Obama’s reelection)”? I had on my evil hat when I answered, so I meant “best Republican to be president (as she is most likely to be unwittingly cause the apocalypse).” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/87 "2010-09-19T16:56:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@BayouHazard](#): > > > > Okay, as a leftie, I totally FEAR the following potential presidential candidate. And respect her. Republicans everywhere **should be screaming for her to run:** > > > > CONDOLEEZA RICE. > > > > She’s brilliant, centrist, tough as nails, smart, and nobody to mess with. SUPREMELY electable. NOBODY can say she’s not qualified for the job. > > She would wipe the floor with most of the lame-o GOP candidates out there. She’s like Darth Vader in stilletto boots. > > I think y’all should draft her. > > Condoleeza Rice? What are her qualifications? That she was instrumental in George Bush’s national security policy? Her reputation would actually be helped if she were to claim that she had just been a figurehead and had no actual influence. The tea party would have to fight for a lesbian. That would be fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/88 "2010-09-19T17:10:47Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > > [@PlainJain](#): > > > > What is your pick **Curtis**? > > Mitt Romney. He’s not a nut or a Tea Partyista and can undo much of what Obama has done. Right. He’s just a religious whacko who belongs to a church that actively discriminates against non-whites, and believes all women exist to spew out another child every year and obey men without question. By your reckoning, we’ll be back fighting in Iraq right away, or invade some other country where the people live in huts and have brown skin. Or maybe we can reopen the oil well that was plugged or take away health care for poor people. How about removing controls completely from Wall Street? It worked so well in the past. You really don’t have a clue, do you. You’re just spouting more Fox News nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/89 "2010-09-19T17:38:00Z")
I voted for Freddy Krueger. If U.S. is doomed to have a Retardican President, best would be an obvious moron or cartoon character. Hopefully Undersecretaries, Governors and Army Chiefs could muddle through national governance for 4 years waiting for the return of electoral sanity. Unfortunately this is easier said than done. G.W. Bush might have been a relatively harmless buffoon, but picked Dr. Strangelove as his V.P. Any idea who would wear the pants if Ms. Palin “heads” the White House? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/90 "2010-09-19T17:53:02Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I voted for Freddy Krueger. If U.S. is doomed to have a Retardican President, best would be an obvious moron or cartoon character. Hopefully Undersecretaries, Governors and Army Chiefs could muddle through national governance for 4 years waiting for the return of electoral sanity. > > Unfortunately this is easier said than done. G.W. Bush might have been a relatively harmless buffoon, but picked Dr. Strangelove as his V.P. Any idea who would wear the pants if Ms. Palin “heads” the White House? Well, Todd wore them when she was governor. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/91 "2010-09-19T18:21:50Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Mitt Romney. He’s not a nut or a Tea Partyista and can undo much of what Obama has done. Thanks for answering. By “undo much of what Obama has done” you mean bad stuff, right? I don’t want to hijack your poll but I would be interested in what stuff you think needs to be undone. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/92 "2010-09-19T23:06:01Z")
I would not trust anyone on that list to successfully wipe thier own ass, let alone run the executive branch of the Federal government. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/93 "2010-09-20T00:42:46Z")
What, no Ted Nugent option? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/94 "2010-09-20T14:57:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > > > Mitt Romney. He’s not a nut or a Tea Partyista and can undo much of what Obama has done. > > Right. He’s just a religious whacko who belongs to a church that actively discriminates against non-whites, and believes all women exist to spew out another child every year and obey men without question. By your reckoning, we’ll be back fighting in Iraq right away, or invade some other country where the people live in huts and have brown skin. Or maybe we can reopen the oil well that was plugged or take away health care for poor people. How about removing controls completely from Wall Street? It worked so well in the past. You really don’t have a clue, do you. You’re just spouting more Fox News nonsense. That’s a pile of bullshit and you know it unless you’ve suffered an unfortunate accident of getting too much water into your head while swimming. Those are no longer LDS’ views and no I don’t think we should invade Iran or Sudan or whatnot or get rid of Medicare/Medicaid or institute total laissez-faire economics and neither does Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/95 "2010-09-20T15:09:34Z")
I’m pretty sure the “discriminating against non-whites” bit still _is_ among LDS’ views. I voted for Jeb Bush, out of your list, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/96 "2010-09-21T19:00:57Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > > [@PlainJain](#): > > > > What is your pick **Curtis**? > > Mitt Romney. He’s not a nut or a Tea Partyista and can undo much of what Obama has done. Which means he will repeal “Obamacare.” This will likely be issue #1 in the Republican primaries. The problem is that Romney signed a similar bill into law in MA. This (in addition to all the things that beat him last time around) is why he probably will not win the nomination. The other candidates will hammer him with this every single day. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/97 "2010-09-21T20:23:50Z")
Oops, I thought it said Freddie Krueger… ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/98 "2010-09-22T03:12:05Z")
None of the above. Fred Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/99 "2010-09-22T03:59:55Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Oops, I thought it said Freddie Krueger… Well, given the choice between a hideous monster who murders teenagers in their sleep and Sarah Palin, I’m voting for the monster. We can always make more teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/100 "2010-09-22T04:32:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Just curious, but where do you learn about someone like Jim Jones? I mean, the Peoples Temple event happened 18 years before you were born. Uh, there are these things, I don’t know if you’ve ever mheard of them, but they’re called _books_. Seriously, this is a really stupid comment. If that were the case, none of us would know anything about history. The Manson murders were ten years before I was born, but I knew all about them when I was **Curtis** ’s age. (Besides, who _hasn’t_ heard of Jonestown? I was only about 4 months old, but I certainly knew about it when I was **Curtis** ’s age. Yeesh) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157.md?page=6)