In 2008, should WE vote in the GOP primary for the biggest lunatic?

[Grebrook]

This has been on my mind for a while now. McCain and Giuliani do ok in the general election polls, and ok in the primary polls. We know that conservatives vote strongly in primaries, but that doesn't always guarantee the stronger wing of the party winning because of independents voting in the primaries, which is why DLC Bill Clinton got the nomination for the Dems in 1992. So, this begs the question, since Republicans vote in Georgia primaries to knock off Democrats they don't like in favor of moderate Democrats (since the black-belt districts are so Democratic they know the Rep can't win in the general election), should we vote in THEIR primaries in 2008? Well, who are the candidates, and who should we vote for?

1.) McCain - Not him
2.) Giuliani - Not him
3.) Newt Gingrich - Likely idiot to pick, since Gingrich is the man that poisoned American politics in the 1990's and he would be easy to defeat, given that he waged a witch hunt against Bill Clinton, is the legend of right-wing extremism and slept around, cheating on his own wife
4.) Tom Tancredo - Now, this is the prize horse, ladies and gentleman. A real class-A FUCKING LUNATIC. Pure, unsweetened right-wing crazy. "Nuke Mecca" "Illegal immigrants are coming here to KILL YOU, ME, MY GRANDCHILDREN" - The plethora of nutjob quotes from this guy is pure gold, the only dilemma would be that he isn't likely to win the primary, so we wouldn't want to waste a vote, but if he starts to become competetive in the primary polls, we might want to give him a second look
5.) George Allen - I'd love to see this guy get nominated and massacred, but it's doubtful he'll get the nomination. Turning on the racist-right isn't going to pull off a victory in the primary if the primary voters smell impending doom. Hopefully he'll win, but if he isn't looking comptetitive in the primary, we should save the votes for another nut.
6.) Bill Frist - Won't get the nomination, conservatives hate him because he flip-flopped on stem cell research and couldn't get anything done in the senate
7.) Sam Brownback - This is the most likely nominee other than Gingrich is the most beatable. Compares abortion to the Holocaust, condemns all forms of gay rights, is a real religious fanatic in every sense of the word. Easy to mow this jackass down. If he gets competitive, a vote for Brownback would be the best bet other than Tancredo.
8.) Mitt Romney - Won't win, he's a Mormon, evangelicals hate Mormons, but would definitely lose the general in a landslide, about 33% of the country believes Mormons are creepy in how religious they are
9.) Chuck Hagel - Won't get the nod
10.) Dick Cheney - Won't get the nod either, conservatives would know what would happen

So, should we? Sabotaging the Republicans in the general election by helping the conservative nuts in their primaries seems like an ok idea.

[w4rma]

1. No. The Democratic field will be a very good one, and pretty big. (nt)

[Bitwit1234]

2. Voting

You know what that would be a good idea..the republicans cross over and vote in the democratic primaries. That's how a lot of good people loose out.

[EST]

3. Interesting idea, although playing repuclown stalking horse

strikes me as unnecessarily complicated. Our real goals should be, in no particular order:

destroy the no permanent record TSXs, their sellers, supporters, manufacturers, and enablers.

Field the best, most appropriate candidates we can find, support them with as much money and other assistance we can manage and then elect them.

Indict, impeach and imprison ninety percent of the remaining corrupt clowns.
Then do the easy things like restore our democracy, cure cancer, increase life expectancy to two hundred, fix global warming and create peace everywhere in the world. (Oh, and prove the existence of Santa Claus, Karma, and honest republicans)

Actually, on your list of sure losers there is a spot for Giuliani, imo.

THe G-man is such a sorry ass excuse for a man, once he secured the repuclown nomination, the resulting examination of his shitty record as a real human would just about guarantee him no more than about thirty koolaid percent of the general vote.

[lonestarnot]

4. And cause my Poppie to roll over in his grave? Not a fucking

chance, but it's a good idea for those willing to give up the yellow dog!

[Ignacio Upton]

5. I'm dreaming of Warner vs. Brownback

n/t.

[MethuenProgressive]

6. Write in Joe Lieberman!

:evilgrin:

[leftofthedial]

7. judging from recent history,

the repukes will choose the biggest lunatic without our help

they're all either criminals or lunatics or both.

[blm]

8. Best. Answer. Possible.

applause

[RandiRhodesArchives]

9. I was gonna say something to that affect!

Especially 2000 and 2004, they DEFINITELY picked the biggest loony, and look where that got us! Sad, very sad. If it wasn't for the slime with so much money, the Republiklan party would be one dead rotting elephant and in the ground a long time ago!