Buyers Remorse - Presidential candidates who would have been better than GWB

richlevy · 03-15-2007, 06:26 PM

Ok, so about %60-70 of the country disapproves of at least some of the current Presidents work. So, going back to past actual and potential candidates, who would have done a better job?

I limited the list to past individuals who ran as a presidential or VP candidate but who never served as POTUS.

03-15-2007, 06:32 PM

A talking pig, a doll, a crackhead, Al Gore (who won)... and just about anyone else who is not a neo-con.

Happy Monkey · 03-15-2007, 06:34 PM

A harder question: who would have done a worse job?

Maybe some of the people he appointed to important positions.

03-15-2007, 06:40 PM

Worse job... Cheney.

Spexxvet · 03-15-2007, 08:30 PM

Tom Smothers, Joe Walsh, Wally Cox.

Beestie · 03-15-2007, 09:08 PM

Benny Hill, Moe Howard, the guy on Office Space who worried about his stapler.

Toymented · 03-15-2007, 09:22 PM

I would have enjoyed another 8 years of Bill Clinton, if it were possible.

piercehawkeye45 · 03-15-2007, 09:25 PM

Everyone has at least three votes....well....except the last choice.

richlevy · 03-17-2007, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toymented

I would have enjoyed another 8 years of Bill Clinton, if it were possible.

So would Monica.

The results were interesting, although I'm not sure everyone understood that you could vote for more than one person and that the question wasn't 'Would they make a good president', but rather 'Would they have f***d up less than GWB?'

That being said, I'm still surprised one of our uber-hawks hasn't clicked the 'final option'. It might be because even they can find someone on the list who would have done a better job. I personally would have preferred Buchanan to Bush. I don't agree with a lot of the man's politics, but I respect his intelligence and insight.

In GWB's case, the Democratic system has exposed it's one flaw, that the majority gets what it wants and that the person who is the best at getting elected isn't necessarily the best at doing the job.

GWB, was very good at making promises. Even when his domestic and foreign policies were in a shambles, he could fire up the base on stem cells, flag burning, gay marriage, etc, until they finally got tired of the game.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-17-2007, 03:58 PM

Not one on the list or off the list. There nobody more qualified, better equipped or better prepared to be the president.

God told me and he never lies to me.

If you think I'm going to Gitmo, you're nuts

View Poll Results: Who would have made (will make) a better President than GWB
John Kerry	5	35.71%
Al Gore	9	64.29%
Pat Buchanan	7	50.00%
John McCain	7	50.00%
Dan Quayle	5	35.71%
John Edwards	6	42.86%
Bob Dole	5	35.71%
Walter Mondale	5	35.71%
Michael Dukakis	5	35.71%
None of the above - GWB is great!	2	14.29%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

03-15-2007, 06:26 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Buyers Remorse - Presidential candidates who would have been better than GWB Ok, so about %60-70 of the country disapproves of at least some of the current Presidents work. So, going back to past actual and potential candidates, who would have done a better job? I limited the list to past individuals who ran as a presidential or VP candidate but who never served as POTUS. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 03-15-2007 at 06:36 PM.

03-15-2007, 06:34 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	A harder question: who would have done a worse job? Maybe some of the people he appointed to important positions. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-15-2007, 08:30 PM	#5
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Tom Smothers, Joe Walsh, Wally Cox. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

03-15-2007, 09:08 PM	#6
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Benny Hill, Moe Howard, the guy on Office Space who worried about his stapler. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-15-2007, 06:32 PM	#2
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	A talking pig, a doll, a crackhead, Al Gore (who won)... and just about anyone else who is not a neo-con.

03-15-2007, 06:40 PM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Worse job... Cheney.

03-15-2007, 09:22 PM	#7
Toymented Without Explanation Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 63	I would have enjoyed another 8 years of Bill Clinton, if it were possible.

03-15-2007, 09:25 PM	#8
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Everyone has at least three votes....well....except the last choice.

03-17-2007, 03:58 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not one on the list or off the list. There nobody more qualified, better equipped or better prepared to be the president. God told me and he never lies to me. If you think I'm going to Gitmo, you're nuts __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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