I am not the
Patron Saint of Lost Causes, but I seem to leave no sinking ship for the rats alone. Matter of fact, I usually buy a ticket for the ship and pass the rats on their way out.
In 2, I backed Alan Keyes, who was gracious enough to stay in the race until I could actually vote for him.
So, I wonder who I might throw my support to...
Hunter
Hunter is the probably closest to my views. He also has 1/6 the current delegates of Paul, so is in no danger of getting the nomination. If I want to keep my impeccable 100% on-the-spot record for picking a loser, Duncan is my man.[Hunter has withdrawn and put his support (such as it is) behind the Hucker.]
Romney"Born again (mostly) conservative" Mitt is probably the closest of the
front-runners to my views. Plus, he has really great hair...almost as good as Texas governor Rick Perry's hair:
(My nickname for Perry is, "The Weasel." He was the best of the last bunch of Gov candidates, I am sorry to say.)
If hair is my criterion, my work is done, and I'll go support Mitt and seek refreshments from his Tab & Apple Choir, too.
Mitt's Mormonism is of no matter to me, but I reserve the right to make bigamy & Joe Smith jokes at his expense and generally rib the LDSers in a good natured way.
Mitt's flipped on just about every issue he could, to make himself a match for conservative Republicans. The question is, "Wil he stay flipped, or flop back into Massachusetts RINO mode?"
Also, Mitt is willing to ban "assault rifles." NOT a way to keep me happy, you Yankee SOB.
McCainI think I'd rather gnaw my arm off than let it pull the lever for McCain.
CFR made me hopping mad, as did his amnesty proposals.
He is the most consciously self-righteous of any white politician I have seen, which only makes his apostasy toward the COTUS more grating.
HuckabeeAnother arm-gnawing candidate. If the Democrats weren't completely America-hating and insane traitors to all that is right*, Huck would be a Democrat.
No Huck vote for me.
GiulianiAnother RINO in Republican clothing. Will he stay flopped on the issues he was a liberal, or will he stay firm?
Giuliani's only real attraction is the hope he would do a lot more killing in the WOT and a lot less coddling.
He would be like unleashing a pit bull on the jihadis. Boy, it would be fun to see him tear them a new one, but there is a pretty good chance Giuliani will bite us in the *expletive deleted*ss.
PaulIf Paul had a sane foreign policy, I would have no problem playing Don Quixote and voting for him. He seems to attract fewer pro-liberty folks than anti-war loons, however.
Also, I would just love to see all the beltway bureaucrats and weenie NGO intellectuals *expletive deleted*it themselves in the knowledge that they will soon be given the boot, if donkeys do manage to fly and Paul wins the Republican nomination.
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I am not desperate enough to vote third party...yet.
Bonus points if you can write your replies in Dr. Seuss-like rhymes.
* Maybe I overstate that a bit.