Forget Palin & Jindal. Which GOP Celeb will we face in 2012

[OmahaBlueDog]

...because they need another Reagan. Yeah, that's it!

...but who??? Forget Fred Thompson - he's too old.

I can think of three:

Kelsey Grammer - When asked by Maxim magazine about his political ambitions, Grammer replied, "It's a notion I have about the future, to run for office, to do the world some good. Maybe in 15 years or so, there may be a run for office. But I don’t know what I’d run for."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer


Ted Nugent - The recent author of "Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto" (and one rarely writes a political manifesto unless they're considering a run for something) who thinks the entire solution in Iraq is summed up thus: "Our failure has been not to Nagasaki them."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nugent


Drew Carey - "I never thought I was a libertarian until I picked up Reason Magazine and realized I agree with everything they had printed." Carey, an ex-Marine, was a donor to the Ron Paul campaign, and is said do consider himself a libertarian- leaning conservative.

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1. Other - Kerri Strug

Born in '77, she will be age-eligible by 2012.

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. I never realized that she'd worked in the Bush Administration

Go figure?

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3. I had a feeling in '96 when she went "rogue"

She joined a competing tour and left the other 6 ladies on their own.

I was not shocked/surprised when I found out that she had joined the Bush Administration.

[MADem]

4. Mittsy the Shittsy might try again....he only wasted around twenty million last time.

He really wants it!

I don't think pigs will fly for him, though....

[saltpoint]

5. I predict the ShamWow guy rebounds from last week's bad PR and

roars on to take the GOP nomination.

His likely veep pick -- Lee Greenwood.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. Victoria Jackson/Pat Boone 2012!

the perfect mix of crazy and lame. the GOP in a nutshell.

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Ricky Schroeder. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Kurt Russell. n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

26. Nooooo!! Say it ain't so! Kurt Russell is a Republicans!?!?! NOOOO!!!!

What about:

Chuck Norris?
Clint Eastwood?
Tom Selleck?
Angie Harmon? :rofl:

[gauguin57]

28. Kurt Russell would give us a fun First Lady.

Or First Partner (?) ... don't think Kurt and Goldie are married.

[ColbertWatcher]

30. He might be the GOP's best chance for success.

He's L(l)ibertarian and well-liked by many (except vegetarian/vegans, etc).

Don't know if he'd want to ever hold public office though.

But, my money is on Schroeder. His politics are a little more stealth than Russell's and he's younger.

[saltpoint]

9. I hope various Republican hopefuls claw each other to bits in the

primaries such that none of them is entact enough to survive a general election.

Romney's got some cash. Huckabee's got some charm. Palin will inspire secessionist cranks. And so forth. But all their combined attributes doesn't add up to one convincing challenger to Barack Obama.

The Pukes got nothin'.

[OmahaBlueDog]

19. While I suggested these 3 more or less in jest, I think they will look for new blood

Mittens will have the same liabilities in 2012 as 2008.

Ron Paul will be too old, but I would not shocked if their eventual nominee (or the nominee of a yet-to-exist 3rd party) comes out of the Ron Paul Revolution.

Sarah Palin has too much family drama and is too easy a target.

Huckabee will stay most likely stay on FAUX, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him run again.

If Obama looks vulnerable, Jindal will run; he's so young, however, that 2016 would probably be a much better shot for him.

The Bush name will still be too tarnished for Jeb to run

[saltpoint]

22. I think you hit the target on all points. They are in deep trouble

as a national organization.

Romney's sheer ambition may cause him to implode. He wants this way too badly.

Palin would be good for us because she'd be a disaster for them.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Let's not forget Tom Selleck. n/t

[saltpoint]

11. Or it could be Chuck Norris.

If Obama is still riding significant approval ratings, it almost won't matter which nominee the Pukes send up.

So they might as well nominate a celebrity instead of a public servant, and Chuck Norris might be just the guy.

How about a Chuck Norris / Eric Cantor ticket?

[harun]

15. That's my vote. Maniputable, can read lines, act, etc.

[Dinger]

16. I Think You're On To Something saltpoint

I mean it.

[saltpoint]

21. Hi, Dinger. Good morning.

It's a crazy world out there in Republicanville.

Mighty crazy people running it, too. Michelle Bachmann. Chuck Norris. Michael Steele. That bunch.

[OmahaBlueDog]

18. OMG, how did I forget Chuck! It'll be Chuck and Janine Turner

The "Total Gym" ticket.

They'll nominate Wesley Snipes to run the IRS ;-)

[saltpoint]

25. Chuck and Jeanine. That sounds frighteningly plausible for the GOP,

doesn't it?

That's pretty much what they're down to these days.

[JI7]

12. Gary Coleman

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

27. Gary Coleman, a Republican, too??!?!? Oh, my heart!

[Joe the Liberal]

13. It will be Hank Williams Jr. n/t

[davidpdx]

14. Drew Carey, say it isn't so!

Well he isn't that bad I guess. Still wouldn't vote for him.

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. In some ways, he'd be a frightening candidate

He's well known, a really smart guy, ex-Marine, and he's from Ohio.

[karynnj]

20. Their new faces have exploded almost as quickly as they are identified

It took Palin less than a month to self destruct, but Jindal did it on his debut the big time.

I don't think a celebrity is the answer - even Reagan was active in politics for more than a decade and was Governor of California. I think that Romney of Gingrich, 2 despicable people, may be the best at seeming to have gravitas. If there was a younger superstar in the making, I would bet on him waiting 4 years to get an easier race. They seem to be pushing Corker a lot - so h might b a possibility as well.

[saltpoint]

23. I noticed the Corker-pushing, too. How ODD. I have a hard time

believing that Corker could drink a bottle of pop without significant medical assistance.

[karynnj]

29. It might show that they don't have many real hopefuls

and hope that Corker can be cast as a good conservative - without the baggage of Palin or Huckabee.

[saltpoint]

38. True, they might try pushing him as a no-baggage candidate, but

in the past they've fielded people who for the most part can at least feed themselves.


:hi:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

24. It breaks my heart that Kelsey Grammar and Drew Carey think the way they do.

Such great talent, horrible politics. :(

Is Adam Sandler on this list?

[burning rain]

36. Richies who don't want to pay tax. Film at 11.

^

[muffin1]

31. Kirk Cameron

Unless he is raptured before then.:)

[TrogL]

32. Rush Limbaugh - may as well make it official

Ann Coulter as vice president.

[OmahaBlueDog]

35. Ahh... the righty dream ticket

I'm not sure how either of them would do under really intense media scrutiny.

[tanyev]

33. Joe the Plumber, of course.

He'll probably have his own TV show soon.

[OmahaBlueDog]

34. ...and yet the JTP meme doesn't seem to catch on

...not for their lack of trying to push it. It's like the "Character Counts" theme from '96.

[bigwillq]

Patricia Heaton

Who will then play Sarah Palin in a made-for-TV movie after a crushing defeat.

[bigwillq]

37. dupe

[Brother Buzz]

39. Charlton Heston

Ha! You and I know he's dead, but Disney Animatronics® have advanced in leap and bounds. He'd be the perfect animated programed Potemkin village for brain dead republicans.

[OmahaBlueDog]

40. Mr. Heston was once one of us before he turned to the dark side

Heston campaigned for Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in 1956 and John F. Kennedy in 1960. Reportedly when an Oklahoma movie theater premiering his movie El Cid was segregated, he joined a picket line outside in 1961. Heston makes no reference to this in his autobiography, but describes traveling to Oklahoma City to picket segregated restaurants, much to the chagrin of Allied Artists, the producers of El Cid. During the civil rights march held in Washington, D.C. in 1963, he accompanied Martin Luther King Jr. In later speeches, Heston said he helped the civil rights cause, "long before Hollywood found it fashionable."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleton_Heston