Explain the likely US presidential candidates

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Morning, slags.

If it's not too much trouble, please could some of our US users give us a guide to the likely presidential candidates from both sides?

With the exception of a few names (Clinton/Giuliani/McCain), these are people I know very little about so some news/opinions would be helpful.

Big snogs.

Gimp.

[BeBMan]

Dis

[DRoseDARs]

Currently declared:

Democrats:
Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Dennis Kucinich
Barack Obama
Bill Richardson

Republicans:
Sam Brownback
Jim Gilmore
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Duncan Hunter
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Tommy Thompson

Considering:
Ralph Nader - Independent

Withdrawn:
Tom Vilsack - Democrat

Some sites that may help:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/category/campaignselections/

- Covers bits of news missed, glossed over, or ignored outright by the US mainstream media

http://thinkprogress.org/nettrends08

- Tracks how well (or how poorly) each candidate is utilizing the Internet to get out their message

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Is this going to be a "getting blood out of a stone" thread? I'm looking for personal opinions.

[Provost Harrison]

Damn, that must be confusing at the polling station

Opinions? They're all smarmy careerists...end.

[Dauphin]

Barack Obama is a terrorist, and not just cos his name sounds like Osama but because he is a muslim too.

[ZEE]

thats a very... AMERICAN thing to say

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Barack Obama is a terrorist, and not just cos his name sounds like Osama but because he is a muslim too.

Ha! Barack sounds like former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, so he's a good guy. Aside from this the fact that he's running for pres in the US is proof of teh evil Zionist world conspiracy.

[Jon Miller]

I don't know many more than you

JM

[Kidlicious]

Obama smoked AND INHALED! He even tried harder drugs. No that's a guy I can relate too. He's extremely carismatic and sharp.

Hilary doesn't appear as sharp as she was in the 90s. I think she may look bad next to him.

[Dinner]

They all suck donkey balls. I wish they'd get clipped so then we wouldn't have to worry about their ill begotten offspring coming back to haunt us.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Opinions? They're all smarmy careerists...end.

QFT.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Is this going to be a "getting blood out of a stone" thread? I'm looking for personal opinions.

Most of those candidates don't stand a chance.

Of those that do:

Hillary - She is certainly competent and intelligent, but lacks the emotional appeal that her husband had. Probably the most disciplined of the candidates.

Obama - lots of charisma, and certainly intelligent, but I don't think he has the ruthlessness needed to win most of the time in these games. His background will hurt him more than help him.

Giuliani - aggressive leader, too aggressive, the type that likes to be vindictive in victory, crybaby in defeat. Also has a lot of baggage, both from his personal and professional life.

McCain - evocative background, but a long legislative record that saddles him with a lot of votes that don't help him. Worked a lot of being "authentic", which is never a good sign.

Romney - don't know enough about him to form an opinion.

[Lorizael]

Re: Explain the likely US presidential candidates

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Morning, slags.

If it's not too much trouble, please could some of our US users give us a guide to the likely presidential candidates from both sides?

With the exception of a few names (Clinton/Giuliani/McCain), these are people I know very little about so some news/opinions would be helpful.

Big snogs.

Gimp.

It's interesting to see that Giuliani is known outside the country. Is that from 9/11 or...?

[Darius871]

Re: Re: Explain the likely US presidential candidates

Originally posted by Lorizael


It's interesting to see that Giuliani is known outside the country. Is that from 9/11 or...?

Don't forget Seinfeld.