Cheering for the Evil Republicans….

February 21, 2008

So, I’m assuming that most of you reading this are Democrats, and fairly left-wing ones at that. Obama vs. Hillary. John Edwards on the side. Blah, blah, blah. I’ve read your posts, and most bore me to death.

I think the really interesting question for Democrats is not who is going to end up on ‘our’ side of the ticket, but who is going to end up on the ‘bad guys’ team. McCain? Giuliani? Who? Romney? What?

Should Democrats cheer for the Republican they can stomach the most? It is in our best interests if the most ‘leftwing’ Republican wins the Presidency? Should we cheer for the most pro-choice, anti-gun candidate? Giuliani perhaps? Problem is, what if they eat into the Democratic vote and end up winning? Ahhhh!

Or should we cheer for the one that is unelectable? The one with views that are so outrageous that the nation could simply never elect him? Ron Paul? Mike Huckabee? This is a huge gamble—Republican’s are crafty, shifting their messaging left during general elections and snapping back right the second they are in power. Through to the presidential race, anything could happen.

More interestingly, should we go out and vote in the Republican primaries to help get our ‘man’ elected, whoever he is? How about volunteer for their campaigns? How far do we go to get the other side sorted out properly? What if someone formed a “Democrats for McCain” coalition to get him through to the second round, where they would be waiting to crush him on the other side?!

I don’t have any simple answers to these questions. I don’t have really any answers at all. I’m not even American. I’m Canadian. That’s why I want the Republicans to win. So all you smart Democrats get the hell out of the US and move up into my neighbourhood! We can make ice sculptures of the new Republican President and slowly melt parts of his face off! I am tired of all my Canadian family and friends moving to the US. I want some of you here. Too bad it might take an election gone wrong to make it happen.

Discuss. Canada anyone?


Ben Peterson
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