Which Republican candidate can you visualize as the Commander in Chief ??

[kentuck]

Michele Bachman? "Get Barack Obama on the line and ask him what I should do?"

Ron Paul? "Get the hell out, right now!"

Rick Santorum? "Let us pray."

Newt Gingrich? "Call the Joint Chiefs and get the bombs ready."

Mitt Romney? "We need to find out how this is going to affect our business before we make a decision."

Rick Perry? "Let me call Dubya and see what he thinks?"


It's just difficult to imagine any of these Bozos as President of the United States. Whatever criticism we may have of Barack Obama, it is hard to argue that he has not been a strong Commander in Chief.

[WingDinger]

1. Abe Lincoln?

[SixthSense]

2. Can you imagine George W. Bush as CiC?

He was every bit as unprofessional as the worst of this year's sorry lot, about on par with Herman Cain.

[kentuck]

3. And look at what a frigging mess he created...

And none of the present bunch is even as strong as GWB. That should give pause to every voter.

[Laelth]

6. +1 Exactly what I was thinking. Shrub was a poor candidate. n/t

-Laelth

[quinnox]

4. Strong in what way?

Yes, Obama has been strong in the so called "war on terror" but he has been incredibly weak on just about everything else that matters to me. Environment, civil liberties, foreign policy. I don't want a "protector" president, I don't feel scared of terrorists lurking under the bed or in every corner. That was Bush's shtick.

AS far as the republicans go, they have nothing to offer, so they aren't even part of the equation.

[kentuck]

8. Strong as...

...using the military wisely. Not that we have to agree with it.

Not about the other issues you mention. I cannot disagree with you on many of those issues. Not that the Republicans would be any better on those issues either. I was only talking about the issue of Commander in Chief.

[MisterP]

13. he kept us in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq and attacked Yemen, Somalia, and Libya

[SomethingFishy]

5. Huntsman is the only one who isn't completely off his rocker

and hence has no chance of winning the nomination.

[think]

10. ironic isn't it n/t

[SpiralHawk]

7. Teh Newtie (R - Chickenhawk Cheater)

The RepubliBaggers always choose Chickenhawks for their "Commanders" -- so they have lots of options. As always. Teh Newtie plays 'tough guy" the way they like, so I figure they will pick him as their Chickenhawk in Cheat. Newtie's pockets bulging with the socialist payola he took for "consulting" with socialist government agencies, his neck festooned with bling from Tiffany's, no one is more representative of what the RepubliBaggers are all about.

[Politicalboi]

9. Just give me a gun

And I won't have to worry about it anymore. It would be horrible if any of them won.

[Kalidurga]

11. I can imagine all of them as CIC...

and every single one of them would make the Bush years look like the good old days and have us crying about not voting for Obama.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. After Reagan and Dubya....

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” - H.L. Mencken

[Jackpine Radical]

14. Ike.

I think he'd be a much better choice than MacArthur or Taft, and he'll probably get us out of Korea.

Oh--I suppose you meant THIS year. For some reason, my mind wouldn't even go there.

[hifiguy]

15. Apart from Huntsman

I can't imagine any one of them successfully organizing a two-car funeral on a one-way street.

[PatSeg]

20. I can picture Huntsman

I even like him, though I don't agree with his politics. There was a time when he'd have been the perfect republican candidate, but now all the base wants is crazy and crazier.

[hifiguy]

22. Agreed

Huntsman has all the bona fides to be a formidable candidate. Unfortuately for him the lunatics have been running the Repig asylum for some time now.

[PatSeg]

25. And it keeps getting worse every year

I remember when Santorum was the weird guy and now he's starting to sound almost normal. This is what happens when republicans cater to the fringe in order to win elections. They end up being stuck with them.

[auburngrad82]

16. Maybe Eisenhauer nt

[Autumn]

17. None of them n/t

[boxman15]

18. The only one who looks and acts presidential is Huntsman

But he's too center-right for the GOP so it'll never happen.

[Chipper Chat]

19. Only ones I can think of are not running:

Chuck Hagel
Richard Lugar
Olympia Snowe
Lamar Alexander
Elizabeth Dole
and (I'll probby get flamed for this), but: Jeb Bush

[kentuck]

21. The only ones I could imagine in your list...

would be Hagel and perhaps, Lugar, but he is old as the hills. Certainly not Snowe, Alexander, Dole, or Jeb.

[Chipper Chat]

26. I know those 4 were "a stretch."

But you have to admit they would be better than any of the nutty-pubs currently running in Iowa.

[rurallib]

23. I picture Ron Paul as Captain Crunch

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. Huntsman --

is the only GOP candidate I could take seriously in that regard.