Ask Tim Dickinson: ______ for President!

8/30/07, 1:28 pm EST

Dr. Ralph asks: The whole political spectrum is a mess… If you alone were able to decide who would lead our country for the next four to eight years who would you choose and why?

Doc, I’m stumped. I’m going to open this one up to the peanut gallery. Make your case in the comments for whom you would hand-select as the next president.


Comments

Dr. Ralph | 9/9/2007, 10:49 am EST

OUTSIDE THE BOX PEOPLE… Mountain Girl, David Duke, Louis Farrakhan, Osama Bin Laden, Snoopy… how much change do we really want?

Anonymous | 9/3/2007, 4:29 pm EST

Bill Moyers

SayWhat? | 9/2/2007, 6:23 am EST

Al Gore
RFK Jr.

ray | 9/1/2007, 12:01 am EST

PT Barnum

ben | 8/31/2007, 4:33 pm EST

Willie Nelson may be too old, and Jello Biafra is too hard to understand. I’ll vote for Ian MacKaye.

Merkwurdigliebe | 8/31/2007, 3:32 pm EST

Kinky Friedman…the man just begs to be president

or Cal Worthington, if he’s still living…his “dog” spot can be VP

Merkwurdigliebe | 8/31/2007, 3:32 pm EST

Kinky Friedman…the man just begs to be president

or Cal Worthington, if he’s still living…his “dog” spot can be VP

mikie | 8/31/2007, 12:05 pm EST

I’d say I ‘d nominate whomever would appoint Willie Nelson to the post of Sec. of Agriculture, Mike Moore to Health & Human Services, and Ted Nugent to head ATF. m

gracesw | 8/31/2007, 11:18 am EST

John Edwards, by far. He is the only one out there advocating change to the system as a whole, rather than bits and pieces that play to special interests. He rocks, and he has my vote all the way.

Jed Clampett | 8/31/2007, 11:10 am EST

it is not the precidency, it is the system itself. When people are more concerned with protecting business rather than the people, then the statutes posited by the declaration of independence and the constitution have been usurped.

when you read the declaration you should understand that they understood their connection to nature and the laws of nature. Pay close attention to the words they used, it took a long time to find the appropiate, most accurate words to express what they thought. They made it clear that their ‘inalienable rights’ belonged to all peoples, regardless of nationality, race, social status or economic background. It is unconscionable to assume that anyone would be more valuable by virtue of the orifice they were ejected from or the land they happened to land on.

Unfortunately, the elite among us feel priviledged just for that, and look down upon others for not having the same fortune. This, our politicians have raised to a high science, helping their wealthy friends to the detriment of all others, filled with the same arrogance exhibited by Leona Helmsley when she said ‘only the little people pay taxes’. In her words are evidence two things.1) they consider us ‘little people’ in other words somewhat worthless and only usefull to make them wealthier. 2)though they feel the rest of us must pay taxes, they should be exempt by mere virtue of their wealth.

Merkwurdigliebe | 8/30/2007, 9:36 pm EST

on the democratic side–biden or richardson…both have years of experience, and are close enough to the center that they could peal of enough of the center vote…plus, i may not agree with everything they say, but they at least have a set of points on certain issues that one could debate, as opposed to merely offering emotionally loaded bloviating

on the republican side–i like romney, but really it all boils down to “Dr. NO”, Ron Paul

he may be running for the republican ticket, but make no mistake, he runs a libertarian and individual rights, anti-opressive government of any shade, at heart

Mazerunner | 8/30/2007, 9:08 pm EST

Definitely Joe Biden. The more I hear from him, the more I like him. He brings a whole lot of competence and straight talk to the campaign, and that’s what this nation needs more than anything.

How does Biden-Obama sound?

MC Rove | 8/30/2007, 8:56 pm EST

Henry Waxman
Bernie Sanders
Bill Clinton, hell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt!
Al Gore

Other people I’d expect to stick it to the man: Eliot Spitzer, Jerry Brown… this game is kind of fun.
Karl Marx!

joseph | 8/30/2007, 6:39 pm EST

Iacocca, Buffet, and Gates, Sr. are all probably too old, but at least they’re sensible and have an idea about the greater public good.

I hate it that all I can think of are businesspeople for the top office. But it’s a tough question. I want someone competent, sane, who has name recognition, organizational and other appropriate skills, and isn’t already a politician seeking power.

Hallzee | 8/30/2007, 6:08 pm EST

Newt Gingrich.

Smart.
Strong on Defense.
Strong on Immigration.
Fiscal Conservative.
And he scares the crap out of Hillary.

dbo | 8/30/2007, 5:14 pm EST

Bill Gates/Steve Jobs ‘08!

David... | 8/30/2007, 4:49 pm EST

… (d) none of the above.

Tyler Durden | 8/30/2007, 4:46 pm EST

Patient:Dr. Ralph
Prescription: Quiet time. Meditation. Vow of silence until you can speak without spouting useless generalities like “the whole political spectrum is a mess” and asking other people to make up your mind for you.

jkbowman | 8/30/2007, 3:59 pm EST

John Edwards - most progressive, most electable, universal health care

ray | 8/30/2007, 3:41 pm EST

Barack Obama

chris | 8/30/2007, 2:56 pm EST

saddam hussein

chris | 8/30/2007, 2:56 pm EST

saddam hussein

andy | 8/30/2007, 2:43 pm EST

ron paul… duh.

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