None of the Candidates Are Any Good

[durutti]

Hate to sound like a FReeper, but man...

Wesley Clark: Fervently pro-Israel. DLC member. Waffling on the war. A General.

Howard Dean: Opposes single-payer health care. Opposes Kyoto. Only moderately opposes Patriot Act. Not opposed to Star Wars. Wants to increase size and strenght of military. Focuses too much on balancing the budget. Waffling on gay marriage issue. Waffling on war. Born into wealth.

John Edwards: Inexperienced.

Dick Gephardt: Used to be anti-abortion social conservative; now a liberal populist. Pro-war. Close to labor bureaucrats. Not very charismatic.

Bob Graham: Centrist. Uttery uncharmismatic.

John Kerry: Close to the DLC. Born into wealth. Pro-war, pro-"free trade".

Dennis Kucinich: Politically mostly on-target, but flip-flopped on abortion and flag-burning. Unfortunately, personal appearance and lifestyle choices (veganism, flirtations with New Age movement) work to his disadvantage.

Joe Lieberman: Bush Lite.

Carol Moseley Braun: Lived luxuriously off campaign funds, covered up sexual harrassment charges against boyfriend/campaign manager (whom she paid $15,000/month), Medicaid cheat, corporate puppet.

Al Sharpton: Politically right on-target, but has too many skeletons in his closet.

[Brucey]

1. And I don't like any of the food you can get here either!

[ComerPerro]

2. You would prefer the drunk we have now?

Come on. I've seen flame bait about single candidates, I've seen flame bait against two. I've seen it against all but one.

But this is just pathetic.

If you want to bitch about the "evil democrats" there are tons of sites you can go to, but not here.

[leftofthedial]

8. didn't you detect the least hint of sarcasm

wafting over that post like the sweet stench of a dead cow on the morning breeze blowing across the meadow?

[ComerPerro]

10. I must have missed it

You know how it is

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. go away all you basher...never mind i need to fast from DU for a spell

ciao

[goobergunch]

4. And your point is... (n/t)

[leftofthedial]

5. yep they all suck alright.

There is not one of them pure enough to get my vote.

I have principles.

I have to draw the line somewhere.

By not supporting any of them I can feel really good about me.

My personal ethics, religion and ideals will guide my choice about who I vote for.

Did you realize that the first letter of the word "ideal" is "I"?

I have principles.

I have to draw the line somewhere.

[oasis]

6. Do you have anyone in mind that would please your sensitivities?

[Democat]

7. Who needs enemies

With friends like some of the DUers. :(

[redwitch]

9. just got back from NJ, been unable to post since

Sunday. Happy to respond to this one! Go post somewhere else!

[oasis]

17. where'd 'e go?

:shrug:

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[kmla]

12. Excuse me, Eeyore?

... the entrance to The Hundred Acre Wood is back that way.

Too much doom and gloom here.

[ScrewyRabbit]

13. Okay, let's just vote for Nader

[indigo32]

14. I could be wrong

because everyone else seems to think you're serious but I think you're being sarcastic. Damn... too bad we are so far gone we can't recognize it. Sigh.

[Uzybone]

15. Poor sarcasm...

its like saying "lets hit this kid again hahaha just kidding" after the kid has just been beaten silly by a bunch of thugs. After all the dem bashing, not many people are gonna find a sarcastic dem bashing post funny.

[library_max]

16. Yeah.

A good rule of thumb for jokes, sarcasm, parody,etc. Either put in a line like /sarcasm off, or "just kidding," or make it actually funny.

[_NorCal_D_]

18. There

is no such thing as a 'perfect candidate'.
Personally I like them all.