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A Guide to 2008 Presidential Candidates: GOP Edition

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Part two of my not-so-smart guide to 2008 Presidential race

Duncan Hunter: I swear, I have no idea who he is...May be Google will, tough call though

Fred Thompson: Has a hot wife.

John McCain: The "maverick" candidate. He was at least partially fulfilling the obligations for that term till he jumped into this race, now he is the most avid fanboy for the Iraq war and is trying to shore up ties with religious fundamentalists, a group once he denounced...But, still he calls himself maverick for some reason.

Mike Huckabee: The surprise candidate. It is a mystery why media is repeating that there is no one in the republican field who appeal to the base. Because Mike is white, southern, and an evangelist. With that three qualities, there is no need for any domestic or foreign policy, and to justify my thought he is the current front runner.

Mitt Romney: One of the leading candidates, has a powerful fund raising machine. Often gets questioned on his Mormon faith, which is awkward but it does help him by conveniently masking his questionable transformation to a somewhat moderate person to a hardcore conservative. In other words, Mitt Romney 2008 will hate the living lights of Mitt Romney 1990-2005.

Ron Paul: If you have not heard about him, then you are not using the Internet. Yes, the world wide web is filled with Paul admirers, quite often their endless canvassing and never-say-no spirit becomes infinitely annoying. The left is taking a look at Paul too, thanks to him being not crazy as other Republicans. It does tells something about Republicans though, when all it takes to appeal to other side is to be not crazy(Thankfully, others in the field don't follow this heretic Paul, so the field is sticking with the Republican spirit). Thanks to this fandom, he is breaking fund-raising records. No one knows, why this fandom is not transforming into votes, but since the pattern of Paul supporters and Spam e-mailers match, it is suspected that there is only a handful behind making an average Internet user yearn for V1agara or low rate mortage instead of Ron Paul.

Rudolph Giuliani: He was alive on 9/11, was in NYC during 9/11. Remains in the state of 9/11, wants to have a 9/11 based approach to his policies. His policies range from 9/11 to 9/11. Wants everyone to remember 9/11, forget his countless follies as a mayor. Probably going to hate me for not mentioning 9/11 in the later part of the previous sentence. Claims he will always remember 9/11, and may be that will explain why he has no clue about 9/12 or 9/13 or 9/14...

Tom Tancredo: Will get two votes, his and his wife's. His children remain undecided.