Everybody Running for President is Crazy

I was reading an interesting article on Cracked entitled "The Six Most Insane People Ever to Run for President.", which you can find here. I recommend it. They've found some really odd platforms for president. It got me thinking about everybody running right now. Think about it. Is there anybody out there without a radically different position from yours?

                      

Just look at this year's nominees.

• Barack Obama: If somebody told me my ideal liberal choice was a man using drones to shoot Pakistani civilians, I would look at them funny. Yet, here we are.
• Mitt Romney: Cannot remain consistent whatsoever. He has switched positions on abortion during a twenty-four hour period.[1] Yet half of America still considers him the best choice.
• Jill Stein: The Green Party candidate has been arrested three times during her campaign, including once when she tried to break into the presidential debates, which I assume seemed like a great idea at the time. She has spent her time out of jail doing such things as comparing workfare to mandatory labor.
• Gary Johnson: The Libertarian Party candidate wants to close the IRS and Department of Education and audit the Federal Reserve. No word on what organization he wants to use to audit the federal reserve.
• Virgil Goode: His entire economic plan hinges around removing immigrants, who he blames for introducing socialism into the country. I’m suspecting the Constitution Party is a bit racist.
• Roseanne Barr: From the Peace and Freedom Party, Roseanne (yes, that Roseanne) has provided lots of rhetoric, but given concrete plans about nothing, except for: legalize marijuana, end aid to Israel, and kill rich people who don’t pay taxes.
• Peta Lindsay: Lots of good-looking policies… also she wants to abolish capitalism.
• Dean Morstad: He wants to repeal the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
• Jim Carlson: Running with the Grassroots Party ticket, whose only goal is to legalize drugs. There doesn’t seem to be anything else he’s worried about.  

If you dig deeper, you can find all sorts of insane people running in one state or another. Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who started Burn a Koran Day and hanged an effigy of Obama, is running as an independent. The Naked Cowboy is running as well, despite being The Naked Cowboy. The only candidate I couldn’t find something crazy for was Rocky Anderson, of the newly formed Justice Party. I’m sure in time, some insanity will turn up.

Happy next four years!

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[1] http://americablog.com/2012/10/romney-flip-flops-twice-on-abortion-in-one-day.html