This is great partisan run down of the 2012 GOP presidential opposition. The only persons that seem to be left standing are Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty. Evangelicals did not embrace Romney because he is a Mormon and Pawlenty lacks the charisma of Bible Spice. It doesn't look good for the GOP in 2012 at all.
Mike Huckabee's clemency towards
a prisoner who went on to shoot four police officers has given his potential 2012 opponents a gift. But he's not the only GOP hopeful who's written his own attack ads.
Most of the motley crew trying not to look like they're lining up a
White House run in a couple of years have one or two clear, concise
moments of idiocy that they will spend months dodging, obfuscating and
fudging around:
Mitt Romney:
once strapped his dog, an Irish Setter named Seamus, in a carrier, to
his car's roof. The dog got so scared that it crapped all over the car.
The reporter who broke the story, in
this Boston Globe
profile meant it as an anecdote that demonstrated Romney's crisis
management — because he stopped and hosed the car down or something. In
fact it added to the slightly cold, creepy atmosphere that surrounds
Romney. Also, he refuses to deny he wears special
Mormon underpants.
Newt Gingrich: was
having an affair
at the same time he led the pursuit of Bill Clinton for having an
affair. This is apparently not hypocrisy because Clinton was impeached
not for
having the affair but for lying about it.
Rudy Giuliani: is probably going to stick with running for the
Senate
in New York. But in case he decides to step onto the more vicious
national stage once more, it's worth remembering that he used
public money to finance an affair, remains friends with corrupt former police chief
Bernie Kerik,
cross-dresses and runs a
very shady business.
Ron Paul: is a racist. Or at least it seems that way if you read quotes from a
political newsletter
he put out in the 90s. Here are some extracts that would make delicious
additions to campaign commercials in, well, anywhere black people live
Bobby Jindal:
his appearance in this video is bad enough. He looks like some
combination of Kenneth the Page and Pinocchio. But in it he claims to
have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a New Orleans lawman during
Hurricane Katrina to cut through red tape and rescue people. Except he
didn't. He
overheard a conversation after it all happened.
That leaves Minnesota Governor
Tim Pawlenty
— who is ironically seen as boring precisely because he is so
scandal-averse.
We're choosing to ignore South Carolina Governor and
hiking enthusiast
Mark Sanford
because it beggars belief that he would even consider running for
President after running away to schtup an Argentinian lady and lying to
everyone about it.
If you're wondering why
Sarah Palin is not on this list — it's because she's bulletproof. She has been repeatedly caught
lying,
cheating and
stealing. She's been repeatedly revealed as a
moron
in clever-person's glasses. Any other politician would have been sunk
by any one of these scandals. But Sarah Barracuda has built a brand
based on narcissistic ineptitude and a perpetual victim status. Perhaps
the other candidates should try it.
source:
http://gawker.com/5416003/the-gop+ers-who-have-written-their-own-attack-ads
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