People who could have been worse than **

A little "What if" time.

Did you know that there are people who are actually worse than the Chimp-in-Chief?

:wow:

What if these people became POTUS?!

Pat Buchanan - In 1992, Buchanan unsuccessfully challenged George H. W. Bush for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, garnering some 3 million votes in state primary elections. It is said that Buchanan's strong potential in the primaries pushed Bush to run a more conservative campaign than he had in 1988. Buchanan later threw his support behind President Bush, and delivered the controversial keynote address at the 1992 Republican National Convention which has since been dubbed the culture war speech. In it, he strongly attacked the liberalism of Bill Clinton, saying:

"The agenda Clinton & Clinton would impose on America — abortion on demand, a litmus test for the Supreme Court, homosexual rights, discrimination against religious schools, women in combat — that's change, all right. But it is not the kind of change America wants. It is not the kind of change America needs. And it is not the kind of change we can tolerate in a nation that we still call God's country."

Buchanan's stances were controversial within the Republican party. His characterization of the United States as being in the center of culture war, as well as his strongly negative depictions of the economy, clashed with some of Bush's supporters. Many outside the party saw the speech as intolerant. Buchanan's speech is considered by mainstream Republican commentators to have alienated voters in the general election, which Bush lost. However, there is no factual evidence to back up their contention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Buchanan#Presidential_campaigns

Alan Keyes - Keyes sought the Republican nomination in the 1996 Presidential election. United States Senate Majority Leader and World War II veteran Bob Dole of Kansas won most primaries, caucuses and straw polls and faced Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton.

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Continuing the theme of abortion during his campaign, Keyes pointed to parallels between abortion and terrorism. Said Keyes: "What distinguishes the terrorist from the ordinary warrior, is that the terrorist will consciously target innocent human life. What is done in the course of an abortion? . . . Someone consciously targets innocent human life."

An Aug. 17 Chicago Sun-Times article interpreted this statement as comparing doctors who performed abortions and women who received them to terrorists of the September 11, 2001 attacks. On a radio program, Keyes responded that this was a mischaracterization. He said he "never spoke of the women who have abortions or the physicians," and that his comment was instead directed toward the objectives behind abortion and terrorism. He explained his position was that the women "are themselves the victims" of an abortion industry that "gain(s) from the crisis of the woman and the death of the child."

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In a controversial interview with Sirius OutQ, a radio station geared towards gays and lesbians, Keyes stated that homosexuality was "selfish hedonism". When asked if vice president Dick Cheney's gay daughter Mary Cheney was a "selfish hedonist", he replied, "That goes by definition. Of course she is." Later, without being asked anything about his own family, he said, "If my daughter were a lesbian, I'd look at her and say, 'That is a relationship that is based on selfish hedonism.' I would also tell my daughter that it's a sin and she needs to pray to the Lord God to help her deal with that sin."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Keyes

Pat Robertson - In September 1986, Robertson announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Robertson said he would only pursue the nomination if three million people signed up to volunteer for his campaign by September 1987. Three million responded, and by the time Robertson announced he'd be running in September 1987, he also had millions of dollars in his campaign fund. He surrendered his ministerial credentials and turned leadership of CBN over to his son, Tim. However, his campaign against George H. W. Bush (the incumbent Vice President) was seen as a longshot.

Robertson ran on a very conservative platform. Among his policies, he wanted to ban pornography, reform the education system by allowing the Bible in public schools, eliminate Conrail and Amtrak, and eliminate departments such as the Department of Education and the Department of Energy. He also supported a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget.

During the presidential primary election season started in early 1988, Robertson's campaign was undermined by a statement he had made about his military service. In his campaign literature, he stated he was a combat Marine who served in the Korean War. When word of this got out, other Marines in his battalion contradicted Robertson's version, saying he had never spent a day in a combat environment. Instead of fighting in the war, Robertson's primary responsibility was supplying alcoholic beverages for his officers.

Robertson ended his campaign before the primaries were even finished. His best finish was in Washington. He later spoke at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans and told his remaining supporters to cast their votes for Vice President George H.W. Bush, who ended up winning the nomination and the election. He then returned to CBN and has remained there since then, even though he never renewed his ministerial credentials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson#1988_presidential_bid

John G. Schmitz - An ultraconservative member of the United States House of Representatives from Orange County, California, prominent member of the John Birch Society, and the American Independent Party candidate for President of the United States in 1972.

John Schmitz was generally considered one of the most conservative members of the Congress, and was known for his outrageous political comments. In 1965, he called the Watts riots "a communist operation". He considered Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan liberals, and suggested, when Nixon first went to the People's Republic of China, that it would be best if he not come back. Some of his remarks had anti-Semitic overtones. In 1978, he advocated a military coup, which caused even the John Birch Society to decide that enough was enough—they revoked his membership.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Schmitz

BTW, Mary Kay Letourneau is his daughter.

idiots, who should all be in the happy dell home somewhere, and not being allowed to bother anyone.

But granted, they all suck. It's like asking whether you want to be hit with a stick or a shovel.

It's still pain!

guys had the evil machine behind them that has permeated every power sector of society? Most were one-concept people--granted of highly questionable merit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duke

He became notorious on campus for once wearing a Nazi uniform and swastika paraphernalia whilst picketing and holding parties on the anniversary of the birth of Adolf Hitler. The same year as his graduation he was elected to Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He attracted attention for trying to modernize the Klan and turn it into a modern nationalist political force. For example, he changed the title of Grand Wizard to National Director and sported a conservative suit as opposed to the traditional white robe.

He was also involved in a sex scandal.

Yes, he was involved in a scandal.