Suppose Rand Paul switched to a (D) after his name,

[HooptieWagon]

and beat HRC in the Democratic Primary, and was the Democratic nominee. Would you vote for him, lest the Republican win?

[hobbit709]

1. That's even more idiotic than all the other Paul crap today.

[justabob]

19. maybe

But to hear a lot of people tell it, that D behind a candidate's name is all that matters. That candidate can be against everything we stand for, but we are supposed to fall in line behind the D no matter what.

[VanillaRhapsody]

32. We are Democrats!

we don't vote for racists and homophobes!

[ZombieHorde]

77. The Democratic Party just started to embrace gay people.

President Obama started as a homophobe, and we voted him in.

[VanillaRhapsody]

93. Have you read the Democratic Platform?

THAT is what Democrats stand for.....regardless of what YOU think...

[ZombieHorde]

94. I am not sure what you are trying to communicate to me.

Your post doesn't seem to follow mine. What am I missing?

[KittyWampus]

2. That is one heck of a hypothetical.

[MohRokTah]

3. I got a better one, suppose two thousand flying monkeys flew out of Rand Paul's ass? eom

[sarisataka]

30. I still wouldn't vote for him but,

I would watch it on youtube over and over

[trumad]

4. Suppose Angelina Jolie...

Knocked on my door tonight and told me she wanted to ravage my body....

[Jackpine Radical]

15. Get real, Trumad. Ain't gonna happen.

She's busy with me tonight.

[DonViejo]

26. I'll keep Brad Pitt busy!

[JoePhilly]

62. I'd assume that you are an important historical relic.

And she's just doing research for her next Laura Croft movie.

Tell her to be gentle, you do not want her to damage anything.

[joshcryer]

5. We would bash him for wanting to cut Social Security.

Except unlike other Democrats it would be true

[Louisiana1976]

57. Exactly. There's one reason I wouldn't vote for Paul.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. DO YOU THINK A DEMOCRAT WHO OPPOSED THE 1964 CIVILS RIGHTS ACT COULD WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION?

Yeah I shouted.

[Louisiana1976]

58. I hope not.

[Fla_Democrat]

7. Why not.. that's what Charlie Crist is banking on....

Seems to have quite a few people buying into the scam too....

[CherokeeDem]

14. The issue with Crist is....

when he was elected governor of Florida before, he governed much like a Dem on several issues.

Sometimes the lines are truly blurred and sometimes the lines are blurred for a reason. Hard to tell...

[Fla_Democrat]

20. Chain gang Charlie

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/21/us/florida-to-resume-chain-gangs-rules-on-shackles-are-criticized.html




But state legislators say the program clashes with what they envisioned when they passed the chain gang law earlier this year. Senator Charlie Crist, a Republican from St. Petersburg who sponsored the law, said individual chains would pose a higher safety risk because they would not prevent an inmate from jumping into the back of a car to escape. Mr. Crist also said the setup made the punishment less harsh.



I guess that will be a November decision, tomorrow I just gotta get through the primary. Maybe they will be less blurred Wednesday morning.

[CherokeeDem]

33. I lived in Florida when he was governor...

I forgot all about this...

[Warpy]

8. There is no way I'm going to vote for a fetus fetishist, not now, not ever

so any silly ass misogynist Democrat willing to sell out the rights of slightly more than half the US population has absolutely no right to expect my vote because of a D after his name.

Too many men have no idea how vitally important contraception and legal abortion are to women.

[Louisiana1976]

61. Right on!

[leftstreet]

9. Hillary could totally beat him if she switched to the GOP

[VanillaRhapsody]

35. Hillary can totally beat him without doing that....

next!

[BlueCaliDem]

56. Bingo! eom

[CherokeeDem]

10. If this were true...

I'd vote for a Republican for the first time in my life. As crazy and dangerous as the rest of the Republican nutcases are, Paul is a bigger danger... he's cunning and ruthless and nuts... no way, Democrat or not, could I vote for him.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Exactly

Paul is an ideologue. Nobody would accuse Charlie of that.

[madinmaryland]

21. I've voted for Repulbican twice times in my life...

1988 - Lowell Weiker over Joe LIEberman
2000 - Joe LIEberman over soon to be convicted pedophile Phil Giordano.

YES LIEberman is not much more than your garden variety repuke.

[gollygee]

11. Suppose Elizabeth Warren switched to an (R) after her name.

Just as likely.

In that case, I'd vote for the flying pig.

[WinkyDink]

12. "beat HRC in the Democratic Primary" totally enters the realm of Sci-Fi.

[Half-Century Man]

42. Hey I object....

Having been a Sci-fi fanatic for 45+ years I can categorically state that falls far outside the realm of speculative fiction with a futuristic or technical backdrop.

That is a statement seems closer to a Lovecraftian theme (as in "The Dipwich Horror).

[WinkyDink]

85. Ha! I yield!

[gratuitous]

13. And, and, and, what if Ronald Reagan rose from the dead?

Stay with me here . . .

God damn.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. Hey you never know

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Only if he underwent simultaneous brain & heart transplants.

[XRubicon]

18. Suppose... I am standing knee deep in melted butter, I have live lobsters clawing at me

And there is a large pot of boiling water 20 feet away.

What should I do?

[conservaphobe]

22. In that extremely unlikely scenario, I would vote for the other guy. nt

[wandy]

23. Not going to happen. The GOP would outbid any offer the Democratic party might make.

[scarletwoman]

24. Geeze, you make it so complicated.

All I want is a tank full of sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads. Is that too much to ask?

[PeaceNikki]

25. Suppose unicorns and Chupacabra had babies and those babies ran as Independents in 4 states...

[BlueCaliDem]

59. ...

[Skidmore]

27. No. Hell, no.

Rand Paul, except for a couple of positions, is still one of the new Republican crop. He offers nothing constructive for women, minority groups, the poor, or any other group besides self-important Galtians they aspire to be. No. And not just no, but hell, no!!!

[Louisiana1976]

64. Agree wholeheartedly.

[The Magistrate]

28. I Think There's Only One Creature Able To Answer That One Properly, Sir....

( From S.C.E.'s latest Lolcats thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=656096 )

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. I still wouldn't vote for him or HRC.

[VanillaRhapsody]

31. so what if he did....he still couldn't beat Hillary Clinton!

answer NO!

and keep dreaming! Bernie Sanders would become a Democrat first...and that ain't happening!

[tabasco]

34. Suppose I started pissing Lowenbrau

I'd never have to buy beer!

[surrealAmerican]

36. Supposing the dead came back to life and ran for president.

I'm voting for Mark Twain. He may not want to be president, but he'd change things for the better.


My scenario is just as plausible as yours.

[whistler162]

37. This might work.... since

they have figured out that the moon is really made of cheese and there really is a Easter bunny.

[Codeine]

38. Suppose I could suck my own dick.

I wouldn't be voting for anyone in that case.

[Half-Century Man]

39. Suppose Rand Paul found a Badger American Proctologist

Hemorrhoid free for life.

[JI7]

40. if Democrats nominated Rand Paul in a Presidential Primary, i would leave the Party, it would be a

sign that the party is not for me anymore .

[rufus dog]

41. I'll have to get back to you

Right now I am dealing with monkeys flying out my ass.

[HooptieWagon]

43. From the responses, I gather merely having a (D) after the name isn't enough.

...that the candidate should represent at least most of the platform we, as individual voters, support. IOW, to vote for a candidate we should embrace most of their positions that are of importance to us.
That should go for ANY candidate, right?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

45. That's not the first thing I gathered.

[blogslut]

82. I love you

[FSogol]

44. What if Spartacus had a Piper Cub?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Suppose General Custer had a tactical nuke

Just suppose.

[3rdwaydem]

48. No, I still wouldn't vote for Paul.

[NightWatcher]

49. Suppose my aunt had balls, then she'd be my uncle.

Can we stop with the Paul shit?

[Lex]

50. I voted for Kodos. nt

[LloydS of New London]

51. Nope

He'd still be an asshole.

[Louisiana1976]

52. Paul would still be a racist asshole.

[still_one]

53. what if rand paul became a donkey, and wanted to by the Democratic symbol?

[Stellar]

54. It's not switching to a D after his name but

all the B.S. he been talking about just to get the 'WIN' next to his name.

[JoePhilly]

55. Suppose you shit in one hand ...

... this is probably the OP you'd write.

[JoePhilly]

60. Suppose Sarah Palin marries Bernie Sanders ...

... would you vote for their offspring in a general election against Obama, Hoover, and GW Bush?

No wait ... its their love child!!! They aren't married!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

63. There would be people telling us that he's "not as bad" as whoever the Repugs run.

[stranger81]

68. Exactly. We got told the same thing about Zell Miller, Sore Loserman, etc. [n/t]

[HooptieWagon]

70. And they may be technically correct.

But being "not quite as bad as the republican" is a rather poor option, is it not?

[stranger81]

75. It certainly is.

I also question whether it's correct in every case. I would have, for example, preferred Lincoln Chafee in a seat with an R behind his name than Zell Miller with a D, simply on a policy basis.

[Marrah_G]

65. nope

[JoePhilly]

66. Ok, let's be honest ... Rand couldn't beat Hillary in any contest, ever.

Not a primary. Not a general. Nothing.

He's a punk. She'd beat him in a fight, arm wrestling, ping pong ... you name it ... she'd kick his sad ass.

And anyone who would vote for him is an idiot, regardless of what follows his name.

And ... anyone who thinks people would vote for him based on what follows his name, ignoring his voting record, and his public statements as a Republican whack job, then they too, are probably idiots, idiots who should not be taken seriously.

[Thinkingabout]

67. it will take more than changing the D behind his name. I don't think emough

Democrats would fall for his lies. Why would you even ask this question, he does not have Democrat ideas.

[NYC Liberal]

69. Suppose we could go back in time and kill Hitler or

prevent Kennedy from being assassinated. Suppose the pope wasn't Catholic and Bears didn't shit in the woods. Suppose I was a leprechaun.

Suppose, suppose, suppose.

What a silly thread.

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

71. how about an (L) for loon

[spanone]

72. fantasy has no place in political discourse

[rurallib]

73. he wouldn't pass the smell test

[bigwillq]

74. I would not vote for Rand

or Hillary.

[Purveyor]

76. I'd still 'write-in' President Jimmy Carter and sleep quite well at night. eom

[pnwmom]

78. Vote for someone who proposed cutting food stamps by 30% while cutting taxes for the rich?

Vote for someone who's against equality for women and thinks companies should be able to discriminate against minorities?

No.

[MFM008]

79. NO

period

[Tarheel_Dem]

80. You bored? Not a lot of traffic over at the daily paul, huh?

[CreekDog]

81. Rand Paul would lose the D primary by a mile

false premise. nice try though.

[HeiressofBickworth]

84. The subliminal message in this and other similar posts

is not to actually take a tally of where people stand, but rather to implant the idea that Rand Paul could be a viable candidate if the choices you are given are otherwise more reprehensible. It's a simple psychological trick to get you to think about Rand Paul as a candidate.

The trolls are out late this evening.

[HooptieWagon]

92. Obviously the message went right over your head.

Try again.

[Vattel]

86. If the Repulican was HRC (disguised as Mitt Romney) then I would vote for HRC.

[Rex]

87. Suppose blue cheese started coming out of water fountains instead of water,

think of the sheer stink of it all in the hot August sun after a few days.

[AverageJoe90]

96. LOL. =p nt

[Orsino]

88. I would vote for any Dem who rode a unicorn on campaign stops. n/t

[MineralMan]

89. Why don't we discuss real possibilities, instead of off-the-wall

weird stuff. In the first place, Rand Paul is not a Democrat and nobody would every believe he was. So that's right out. In the second place, nobody's even going to declare candidacy until after the November 2014 mid-term elections. This whole discussion is way premature, and has wandered so far from real possibilities that it's a complete waste of time.

Oh, and FRP!

[randome]

91. Is that an abbreviation for some sort of frappuccino?

Or is it...oh. I get it. And agree.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]

[greatauntoftriplets]

90. Has hell frozen over?

[AverageJoe90]

95. In this hypothetical situation....I wouldn't support him anymore than I would Louis Farrakhan......

so no, I wouldn't vote for him. Because Rand Paul IS a bigot.