“Embarrassing Candidates” Making Obama Look Presidential

So says Charles Krauthammer.

All I can say is that I’m having a rough time defending them (this was especially the case over the holidays), and I am getting sick of it.

I wish I could just get the hold-my-nose-and-vote part over with.

MORE: OTOH, the latest Rasmussen poll shows Romney handily beating Obama.

Here’s the problem I have. If I talk with Republicans, they carry on about how they can’t stand Romney, and if I talk with Democrats, they carry on about how loony the anti-Romneys are. It gets tedious.

Hating the left more than the right is hardly a formula for political happiness.

AND MORE: The comments below remind me of the syphilitic camel conundrum. And while yes, I would vote for one, and defend him against Barack Obama, I would rather not have to.

I believe in the big tent approach, but right now, I think the GOP has a syphilitic camel problem.


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7 responses to ““Embarrassing Candidates” Making Obama Look Presidential”

  1. Jenny Avatar

    Hating the left more than the right is hardly a formula for political happiness.
    I feel your pain. What is that definition for insanity?

  2. Bram Avatar
    Bram

    You defend them? Except for Gary Johnson, they were all deeply flawed candidates – and he ran a terrible half-assed campaign.

    Did Jindal, Barbour, and the rest think Romney was unbeatable? Or Obama?

  3. Eric Avatar

    I’m just saying that it’s tough defending syphilitic camels — even when the competition is worse.

    http://classicalvalues.com/2011/03/id_walk_a_mile/

  4. M. Simon Avatar

    If the alternative to Obama is the indefensible what have you really got?

  5. Alan Kellogg Avatar

    When the leaders on your side are disagreeable, it’s time you found new leaders.

  6. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    (tag Fuck You GOP) from Daphne:

    Spendthrift Bush, Blackface Bush and waiting in the wings, Tinman Bush.
    All bush, all the time. Why bother having elections when the electable candidates of both parties all follow the same policies once in office? Why not just crown Bush king and let him rule until his compassionate corpse turns the country to fucking dust…

    It’s well worth the read.

    http://jadedhaven.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/singing-the-party-line/

  7. Simon Avatar
    Simon

    Frank,

    I just came across your comment after posting “Self Reliance”. How amusing.