The official 2024 GOP Presidential Candidate Clown Car thread!

[horn4life 3,760]

Well since we now officially have two candidates in former President Trump, and  former Trump convert Nikki Haley, officially in the race the GOP really needs their own Presidential  Candidate thread.  You know that Mike Pence is in... because God told him to run.  You know that Mike Pompeo is in because he lost weight and never answered questions under oath like Hilary Clinton did for hours. You know Ted Cruz is in simply because he has shown himself to be a man completely without shame, and extra low T when defending his wife's honor. 

Here is an image of who CNN thinks is looking at joining the race.  But those first two spots in the clown car are now confirmed.  DeSantis is in obviously.  I don't know about Governor Abbott, if you were him would you want the national media laser focused on his response to the two biggest crisis he has faced in Uvalde and the power outage. In both cases he led with lies...  Tim Scott will likely toss his hat in, just to let Nikki Haley know she ain't that special.  Youngkin and Sununu could be decent candidates, but they are not nutty enough for the main stream GOP and likely one or both will keep their dry. Larry Hogan falls into this same category along with Asa Huchinson.  I think Chris Christi is old news, but he might hop in just to fuck with Trump. Krist Noem might run, only because she is so vacuous that he probably believes she is just what America needs.  Will Hurd? I seriously doubt it, but he might as a protest and just to raise his profile for the future.  

Liz Cheney - I would almost like her to run just to try and put a more serious percentage number on the dwindling sanity and reason within the GOP.  She is the most interesting to me, as like Trump she might actually be able to garner an unshakable core percentage that while unable to achieve victory might put her a position for a real run in 2028.

Add Your clown to the list!

The scary things is that the more clowns there are the greater the possibility of a traitor President returning to office.

Edited February 15, 2023 by horn4life

[Dutchrudder 11,139]

Tulsi Gabbard?  She always seems to run every cycle, even though she has no chance. She could be a VP candidate for Trump, which is where this all inevitably ends up. Desantis needs a clear field to have a chance, it has to be 1v1 with Trump, otherwise the vote gets split too much. All these other challengers are doing Trump a favor, even the ones like Pence and Cheney. The voters they take are the ones that would choose the lesser of two evils if given the chance, but when there are 15 lesser evils, it all boils down to Trump getting the largest % of the vote. 

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

Didn’t John Bolton say he would run? Or that he was at least considering it? He has no shot but it wouldn’t surprise me if he ran. 

[TexasEd 8,067]

I hope Abbott runs.  GOP opponents will eviscerate him and it might be bad enough he finally gets primaried.

[Blotto 23,517]

11 minutes ago, TexasEd said:

I hope Abbott runs rolls.  GOP opponents will eviscerate him and it might be bad enough he finally gets primaried.

 

[Bullneck 19,095]

After scanning those pictures I'm reminded of the feeling I get when dragged to a restaurant I don't like and having to look at the menu five or six times to try and find something I think I might like and wishing I were somewhere else.

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

1 hour ago, Bullneck said:

After scanning those pictures I'm reminded of the feeling I get when dragged to a restaurant I don't like and having to look at the menu five or six times to try and find something I think I might like and wishing I were somewhere else.

Welcome to the Cheesedick Factory, can I start you off with some appetizers?

[troph 24,806]

Liz Cheney has honor, she’s the only one I see that isn’t a clown in the clown car.  Sadly she won’t get anywhere with this. 

[Post Oak 20,213]

8 minutes ago, troph said:

Liz Cheney has honor, she’s the only one I see that isn’t a clown in the clown car.  Sadly she won’t get anywhere with this. 

She doesn't have honor.  Shes just less shitty than the others

[Anastasis 23,471]

I have a small wager at very good odds on Romney via predictit. If he files, it will print. But the dog carrier and the binders I guess might hold him back. 

[Biff Tannen 45,688]

26 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

She doesn't have honor.  Shes just less shitty than the others

She is pro-democracy at least, which is more than the others can say.  But I'm not expecting some revelation from the R voters.  She got kicked out of the party for fuck's sake.

[troph 24,806]

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

She doesn't have honor.  Shes just less shitty than the others

 

39 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

She is pro-democracy at least, which is more than the others can say.  But I'm not expecting some revelation from the R voters.  She got kicked out of the party for fuck's sake.

I can make room for pro-democracy republicans who aren’t advocating for the violent over throw of our government or nazi style eradication or exclusion of queer people. It’s a low bar but old school I just don’t like you and won’t do you any favors sounds like a dreamy Republican. 

[Neonmoon 38,129]

Trump will be the nominee. Everyone else is just going through the motions 

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

8 minutes ago, troph said:

 

I can make room for pro-democracy republicans who aren’t advocating for the violent over throw of our government or nazi style eradication or exclusion of queer people. It’s a low bar but old school I just don’t like you and won’t do you any favors sounds like a dreamy Republican. 

My kingdom for a John McCain.

[YGIFS 19,450]

5 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Trump will be the nominee. Everyone else is just going through the motions 

Yes, he will be.  The nomination will be mathematically settled when Ambassador Haley concedes to Trump in a hotel.  Like one where an Ambassador would stay.  Like in California.  Maybe in a place where people who like to overeat late might be found.  Just a thought.  

[Snake Diggity 4,625]

2 hours ago, TexasEd said:

I hope Abbott runs.  GOP opponents will eviscerate him and it might be bad enough he finally gets primaried.

Who do you think he’s gonna get primaried by, someone better?!

[TexasEd 8,067]

With our luck Ken Paxton

[Satchel 6,938]

8 hours ago, horn4life said:

Well since we now officially have two candidates in former President Trump, and  former Trump convert Nikki Haley, officially in the race the GOP really needs their own Presidential  Candidate thread.  You know that Mike Pence is in... because God told him to run.  You know that Mike Pompeo is in because he lost weight and never answered questions under oath like Hilary Clinton did for hours. You know Ted Cruz is in simply because he has shown himself to be a man completely without shame, and extra low T when defending his wife's honor. 

Here is an image of who CNN thinks is looking at joining the race.  But those first two spots in the clown car are now confirmed.  DeSantis is in obviously.  I don't know about Governor Abbott, if you were him would you want the national media laser focused on his response to the two biggest crisis he has faced in Uvalde and the power outage. In both cases he led with lies...  Tim Scott will likely toss his hat in, just to let Nikki Haley know she ain't that special.  Youngkin and Sununu could be decent candidates, but they are not nutty enough for the main stream GOP and likely one or both will keep their dry. Larry Hogan falls into this same category along with Asa Huchinson.  I think Chris Christi is old news, but he might hop in just to fuck with Trump. Krist Noem might run, only because she is so vacuous that he probably believes she is just what America needs.  Will Hurd? I seriously doubt it, but he might as a protest and just to raise his profile for the future.  

Liz Cheney - I would almost like her to run just to try and put a more serious percentage number on the dwindling sanity and reason within the GOP.  She is the most interesting to me, as like Trump she might actually be able to garner an unshakable core percentage that while unable to achieve victory might put her a position for a real run in 2028.

Add Your clown to the list!

The scary things is that the more clowns there are the greater the possibility of a traitor President returning to office.

How could you not include Kitara, Kitara Ravache?

[TexArcher 37,774]

41 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

My kingdom for a John McCain.

I disagreed with almost all of McCain's positions.  But at least I could respect him as a decent human being.  And even when I thought he was wrong, at least I knew he was doing what he thought was best and that he truly cared about this country.

No one in that picture gives a fuck about anyone but themselves.

[atomheartbevo 89,674]

58 minutes ago, TexasEd said:

With our luck Ken Paxton

[High Plains Drifter 11,049]

 

Desantimonious is looking a little.... orange... in OP's picture.

 

 

[Hookah Horns 3,083]

9 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Tulsi Gabbard?  She always seems to run every cycle, even though she has no chance. She could be a VP candidate for Trump, which is where this all inevitably ends up. Desantis needs a clear field to have a chance, it has to be 1v1 with Trump, otherwise the vote gets split too much. All these other challengers are doing Trump a favor, even the ones like Pence and Cheney. The voters they take are the ones that would choose the lesser of two evils if given the chance, but when there are 15 lesser evils, it all boils down to Trump getting the largest % of the vote. 

Marjie is a lock for dotard's VP

[atomheartbevo 89,674]

7 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

Marjie is a lock for dotard's VP

Too ugly.  

[Brisketexan 105,144]

Trump will be the nominee. Everyone else is just going through the motions 

This. It’s not anymore complicated than this. In the GQP, there are only two candidates: Trump, and Not Trump. If it was Trump vs a single, strong opponent, then it might be a race. But it won’t be. Trump doesn’t even have to campaign to waltz to the nomination.

[Gatorubet 30,239]

5 hours ago, Anastasis said:

I have a small wager at very good odds on Romney via predictit. If he files, it will print. But the dog carrier and the binders I guess might hold him back. 

Right. His vote to impeach the orange chancre was a nothing?

[Gatorubet 30,239]

54 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Too ugly.  

Way too ugly.   Would love her on the trump ticket. 

[horn4life 3,760]

10 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

My kingdom for a John McCain.

Fuck John McCain.  I was actually considering voting for McCain at one point.  But McCain did the most dangerous thing any Presidential candidate has ever done in my lifetime.  Nominated somebody completely and totally unqualified as his Vice President because of his own personal desire for power.  As the oldest man running to that point there needed to be some minimum bar of quality and competence.  McCain discarded that reasonable guideline and put the country at risk.

In fact I dare say that that McCain's embrace of the lunacy of Sarah Palin certainly helped pave the way for Donald Trump.

Up until that point I had a great deal of respect for McCain.  But the danger he put out country in with Palin was simply not worth the risk.  And he knew it was risky!!!

[horn4life 3,760]

After seeing Nikki Haley basically say, "all my policies are the same as Donald Trump" and I agree with everything he says. Why is she running?  To raise her profile for 2028? To be Trump's VP?

I honestly don't understand announcing and then basically saying Donald Trump and I are exactly alike!  Wouldn't you think she would have something to differentiate herself from the only other challenger in the race? I mean something right?

[DigglerontheHoof 21,200]

She’s bucking for a VP nod.

[Blotto 23,517]

2 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

She’s bucking for a VP nod.

Then she needs to get to bobbing.

[Red Five 40,859]

9 minutes ago, horn4life said:

After seeing Nikki Haley basically say, "all my policies are the same as Donald Trump" and I agree with everything he says. Why is she running?  To raise her profile for 2028? To be Trump's VP?

I honestly don't understand announcing and then basically saying Donald Trump and I are exactly alike!  Wouldn't you think she would have something to differentiate herself from the only other challenger in the race? I mean something right?

And this is Dotard we're talking about. "Policies". Does this mean she wants to fuck Ivanka too and ok now I'm listening. 

[Blotto 23,517]

add another clown to the queue

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-presidential-candidate-2024.html

I read the following quote from Bill Ackman

Quote

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman appeared to throw his support behind Ramaswamy last week.

“I am going to make a bold and early call. [Vivek Ramaswamy] will run for POTUS and win. I think the country is ready for his message,” Ackman tweeted. 

“He is a very talented and successful entrepreneur who understands business, economics, health care, politics, history and geopolitics. You won’t likely agree with all of his views, but you will respect his candor, acumen, discipline and energy. One to watch,” he added.

Lulz, Bill. He should have changed his name first, because there aint no way in hell Billy Joe Guntard is gonna vote for a dude named Vivek Ramaswamy over his favorite diapered racist. Just aint gonna happen. 

[horn4life 3,760]

Well I guess I should add Vivek's pic to the clown car.  I guess the greatest thing about the GOP 2024 Clown Car... right now it's more diverse than ANY group ever elected by Republicans!  Donald is saying AWESOME!  The more clowns I can get into the car, the more likely the most dangerous clown can become President again.

[Snake Diggity 4,625]

Dems and moderate Republicans need to find and fund a viable nut job to outflank Trump in the GOP primary.  Then they need to coalesce around a moderate candidate (DeSantis ain’t it).  If they don’t get somebody to draw some of the crazies away from Trump then he has already won.

Edited February 22, 2023 by Snake Diggity

[TexasHooch 5,122]

10 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Dems and moderate Republicans need to find and fund a viable nut job to outflank Trump in the GOP primary.  Then they need to coalesce around a moderate candidate (DeSantis ain’t it).  If they don’t get somebody to draw some of the crazies away from Trump then he has already won.

That is entirely possible in a state like mine that allows people who aren't registered as GOP to vote in the primary.  But how common is that?  Don't most state require that you're registered in the party whose primary you're voting for?

[Snake Diggity 4,625]

9 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

That is entirely possible in a state like mine that allows people who aren't registered as GOP to vote in the primary.  But how common is that?  Don't most state require that you're registered in the party whose primary you're voting for?

I’m not talking about voting.  I’m mostly talking about funding.  Find some kind of Hulk Hogan crossed with David Duke crossed with Chris Kyle crossed with Elon Musk type dude and give him enough money to take 10% of Trumps primary votes from the far right.  Then, if you have the right moderate candidate you have an actual chance.  

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

8 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

I’m not talking about voting.  I’m mostly talking about funding.  Find some kind of Hulk Hogan crossed with David Duke crossed with Chris Kyle crossed with Elon Musk type dude and give him enough money to take 10% of Trumps primary votes from the far right.  Then, if you have the right moderate candidate you have an actual chance.  

A moderate Republican? What’s that look like?

[Snake Diggity 4,625]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

A moderate Republican? What’s that look like?

Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, or Chris Sununu.

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

3 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, or Chris Sununu.

Sununu’s a phony. Fuck that guy. Hogan has no shot. Can’t say I’m all that familiar with Charlie Baker. The guy who’s taking over as head of the NCAA? Yeah, that ain’t happening.

Any of them who run are going to be running on the culture wars. There’s no room for common sense in that party anymore. I don’t trust any of them. 

[Snake Diggity 4,625]

14 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Sununu’s a phony. Fuck that guy. Hogan has no shot. Can’t say I’m all that familiar with Charlie Baker. The guy who’s taking over as head of the NCAA? Yeah, that ain’t happening.

Any of them who run are going to be running on the culture wars. There’s no room for common sense in that party anymore. I don’t trust any of them. 

I wasn’t making a prediction.  I agree the GOP is fucked.  It’s Trump’s/Putin’s party.

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

21 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

I wasn’t making a prediction.  I agree the GOP is fucked.  It’s Trump’s/Putin’s party.

I’ve heard predictions that Hogan might run. And it’s true that he’s a moderate. But I don’t trust him either. I don’t trust any of them. I figure if Hogan runs then the word “woke” is going to come out of his mouth because that’s the party line now. What the GOP needs isn’t a moderate voice. What they need are a few more ass kickings so the party is forced to rid itself of the extremists, of the election deniers and conspiracy theorists, of all the batshit crazy wingnuts who’ve taken over. 

[Brisketexan 105,144]

I’ve heard predictions that Hogan might run. And it’s true that he’s a moderate. But I don’t trust him either. I don’t trust any of them. I figure if Hogan runs then the word “woke” is going to come out of his mouth because that’s the party line now. What the GOP needs isn’t a moderate voice. What they need are a few more ass kickings so the party is forced to rid itself of the extremists, of the election deniers and conspiracy theorists, of all the batshit crazy wingnuts who’ve taken over. 

There is no curing the GQP. Ever. It is what it is, and it’s terminal. There is only killing it left to do. You think it’s ugly now….just wait till it becomes truly existential for the party of actual fucking insanity.

[Gatorubet 30,239]

10 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

A moderate Republican? What’s that look like?

[TexArcher 37,774]

I would vote for that hyebra nightmare thing over every Republican pictured above.

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

Apparently Reuters had to fact check a rumor spreading on Facebook that the U.S. Army executed Mike Pompeo. The Department of Defense stated that the rumors are fabricated. The Q people are still out there.

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N35124N

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

Also....

 

[Bullneck 19,095]

This brings up the question of whether one is required to be on the ballot in all states in order to run.  RI has 4 electoral votes and has gone D all but four times.

 

Edited February 25, 2023 by Bullneck

[TheStoicPaisano 9,922]

Hogan will not run in 24.

Presumably Larry and Hulk.

[RomaVicta 29,908]

On 2/15/2023 at 8:20 PM, Neonmoon said:

Trump will be the nominee. Everyone else is just going through the motions 

John Bolton or Liz Cheney or Romney running would be about more than being the nominee. If this is just a prediction thread, then it's not going to mean much.

@horn4life writes: Liz Cheney - I would almost like her to run just to try and put a more serious percentage number on the dwindling sanity and reason within the GOP. 

This is why I will likely pay more attention to the primary campaigns and debates than I normally do. We will see open debate about what the GOP is in its components and what finally wins out.

The national MAGA plurality surely has the upper hand, but I want to see if more traditional GOPs who can't get past the decades of hate-engine propaganda develop a strong tie to one of the three mentioned above. If they do, and can stomach the eventual MAGA winner enough to vote against the interests of the republic, I think we get the refined results of where all GOPs stand.

I never predict outcomes because my record probably falls short of a monkey throwing darts at the list of names. The process is interesting, and this season's process may be historic.

[RomaVicta 29,908]

On 2/17/2023 at 11:15 AM, Blotto said:

Then she needs to get to bobbing.

I don't think there's enough there to allow bobbing according to Stormy. 

I feel dirty writing that. A porn actress describing a lunatic president's penis. Yay American politics!