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A Tribute to the Fallen GOP '08 Presidential Candidates [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 6:55 AM on March 6, 2008.


Now that McCain has wrapped up the GOP Nomination, the Young Turks take a trip down memory lane and pay tribute to the wingnuts that have faded away.
Tribute to the Fallen GOP Candidates

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Wow, I totally forgot about Fred Thompson. Remember that guy? He was supposed to be the next Ronald Reagan. This video doesn't even include Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore and Tommy Thompson who were in this race at some point and time. Anyway, this video nicely encapsulates the batshit craziness of the Republican candidates this year (excluding Ron Paul) and it's almost bittersweet because some of these guys would have been really fun to run against in the general election. Ok, so the Whitney Houston (I presume) background music is a little annoying but the Romney Reagan repetitions are priceless. Check out the video to your right for more.

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Tagged as: mccain, republican party, giuliani, romney, huckabee, paul, thompson, tancredo

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.


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Posted by: Fishbone Soldier on Mar 6, 2008 8:38 AM   
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I did a "for fun" primary retrospective and unfortunately had to leave out some of these dudes as well, simply because I couldn't remember a damn thing about them.

My deal:
2008 Primaries via The Big Lebwoski

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Ron Paul - Kind of Ironic
Posted by: austex_chris on Mar 6, 2008 11:39 AM   
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You know, I always found it kind of ironic that as someone who considers themselves progressive I find myself agreeing with Ron Paul on some occassions, despite him being a right wing nut job. He was the only one making any remote sense about Iraq in this clip.

Paul had some crazy ideas, like pulling out of the UN, but on some level he made more sense than anyone else the Republicans have put out there. McCain went from calling Iraq a distraction from the war on terror in 2002 to saying he would keep troops there 1000 years if he needed to as President.

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» Don't Feel Bad Posted by: warriornation
» RE: Don't Feel Bad Posted by: eve6andahalf
Ron Paul!!!
Posted by: alxtav on Mar 6, 2008 12:29 PM   
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Ron Paul is still in the race.

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