Who Would You Vote For In A Fantasy Democratic Primary Consisting Of...

[THUNDER HANDS]

The following candidates...

[XemaSab]

1. What, no Howard?

:shrug: :P

[Hydra]

2. Yeah! Where's Howard?

Or Thomas Jefferson? I'd be so happy for a Jeffersonian right now!

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. done

I really couldn't take out anyone else to put Howard in though. sorry.

[Captain Angry]

25. I'll vote with you guys. n/t.

[FlyingSquirrel]

4. I picked Kerry over RFK because...

Living people make better presidents.

:hippie:

[existentialist]

9. Picky, picky, picky

[Onlooker]

5. Thomas Jefferson, definitely

Relative to their times, people like Jefferson were so radical and so brave that if he grew up in the modern world and was president today, he'd make Kucinich look like a moderate and make the country and world better.

[Hydra]

7. That's what I was thinking

we need a candidate like that- someone who is smart enough to make new ideas work and the courage to shake a few trees to make it happen.

[Mojambo]

8. You ever listen to the Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson?

VERY cool podcast. I highly recommend it.

[Onlooker]

10. Thanks

I'll do that.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

15. Since the poll doesn't specify conditions, I would rather not vote for a slave owner in 2008

I picked Gore as the best of the candidtes who know what's going on in the world today. The poll didn't specify anything, so I had to assume that Jefferson would have to spend the first term just getting up to speed.

[XemaSab]

20. I picked AlGore too

I think he's one of the few up there with the ideas to lead us forward. :)

[Kucinich4America]

31. But on the other hand, if there had been a DLC in 1776

We would all still be singing "God Save the Queen"

(And not the Sex Pistols version :( )

[Tesha]

32. There was a "DLC": the loyalists. We drove them out to Canada.

And we should drive the modern-day DLC out to,
although I'm not sure who'd take them.

Tesha

[Captain Hilts]

6. FDR - AND - Eleanor get my vote....nt

[Luftmensch067]

11. Great field!

Hard to pass up FDR and Jefferson, but I think John Kerry is the man for the problems we face here and now. Wish I could vote for him again!

[mtnsnake]

12. Wow, lots of people voting for Kerry, who's in 2nd place right now

That's amazing, considering he couldn't even beat an imbecile. Imagine how he'd fare against some real competition. Kerry's beating the likes of Al Gore, FDR, JFK, and almost everyone else on that list?

Why would so many people on DU want to see the one candidate who would assure us of another loss? :shrug:

[gmudem]

13. They don't.

That's why you're one of the few DU'ers supporting Madam Inevitable.

But I do agree, how could you choose Kerry or either Clinton out of that list? C'mon people. I went with FDR. He brought the country and the world out of a depression. He came into about the biggest mess a president can go into, and aside from a few missteps here and there like his court packing scheme, essentially saved this country and prevented any kind of extremist revolution from taking place. And that was a very real possibility at the time.

[DutchLiberal]

37. 'A few missteps'? Don't forget the internment of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans!

[Luftmensch067]

14. Maybe the reason he has this support is that he's worthy of it...

Might want to rethink your assumptions!

[Mass]

16. Happy to see that people have less false ideas than you do...

They know who would make great presidents. Apparently, you go for Marie Antoinette.

[mtnsnake]

18. I gave John F Kennedy his 3rd vote in this poll

Sorry, it wasn't for Marie Antoinette. Dam she's pretty, though :)

[FlyingSquirrel]

17. Since it's a FANTASY...

Why not include Kucinich?

[Hieronymus]

19. I'm amazed that Kerry received so many votes .. he was spineless in '04.

[FlyingSquirrel]

21. Made strategic errors = spineless according to the narrative

[politicasista]

28. And that "spineless" Dem has more integrity in his bare hand than people

that say that crap out loud here ever will.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. The assassination of RFK coming so soon after MLK

really knocked the stuffing out of the Left in America.

If RFK had become president, we might be enjoying a more European way of life now, with a smaller military, universal health care, and more workers' rights.

[Kucinich4America]

23. Tough choice

I'd like to see Al Gore take his rightful place in office. JFK deserves a chance to finish his term, and Bobby deserves a turn as well. But all things being equal, I'd probably put FDR back in the White House right now, because the country is almost as fucked financially as it was when he was first elected. And even worse off in some other respects. Another 4 terms of FDR would be just about right.

[Tashca]

24. Jefferson

Without Thomas the rest may not have ever been heard from.....who knows??
If I were able to ask anyone what this country stands for....to explain to me the principles of the constitution....Jefferson would absolutely be the guy.

[Mojambo]

38. Ironically, Jefferson would probably refer you to his good friend Madison on the Constitution. nt

[Cobalt-60]

26. I had to go Old School- FDR

It's a hard choice.
It came down to FDR and JFK for a modern prez.
The Eisenhower dollar came up heads, so I had to go with Frank.
I would want to form a cabinet with the others.

[Skip Intro]

27. Wish Wellstone was on that list.

[YvonneCa]

29. Kerry...

...because if it ever got out to the public(through our oh-so nonmedia) what he has been doing to set this country back on the right track...they'd DRAFT him in a minute. :)

[surfermaw]

30. I picked FDR

Without him our country would probably be named Germany, and we would be speaking German

[Thothmes]

39. Nine out of ten German Soldiers

Killed during WWII were killed by soldiers of the Soviet Union. That means that the one German Soldier not killed by the Red army was split up between the armies of the United States, Great Britain, France, Poland, Italy, Canada, Norway, Greece, Yugoslavia, etc.. President Roosevelt's management of WWII was masterful, and spot on. But to give him sole credit for the Allied victory over the Germans is stretching things considerably. Just my opinion.

[PresidentObama]

33. Gore/Kerry, RFK/Edwards, JFK/Obama

[MrSlayer]

34. FDR.

Best President ever.

[sakabatou]

35. I couldn't choose for Pres or VP

But I would like to see all of them have a cabinet shot.

[DutchLiberal]

36. Why is Robert so much more popular (so far) than John?

Just wondering.

And more people wanting Kerry instead of FDR? Seriously?