Would Anyone Take This Guy Seriously?

Clayton Cramer with some good questions:

Imagine if the Republican nominee for President:

1. Attended a church for twenty years whose pastor preached that the U.S. government was involved a massive conspiracy to kill its own citizens because it hated them so much (think of someone like Rev. Fred Phelps);

2. Was good friends with, and had sizable personal and political financial entanglements with a convicted felon and claimed to be surprised by the conviction;

3. Went to someone for political support who had set off bombs back in the 1960s and was unrepentant about it (think of some of the Klansmen that blew up churches back then);

4. Suddenly announced that he was going to skip public financing of his campaign because he had so much money compared to his opponent;

5. Had served not even one term in the U.S. Senate--and now proposed to be President.

Would anyone take this guy seriously?  As either a Republican or a Democrat?  If Obama wasn't black, would anyone regard this guy as a serious candidate?

Comments

[Daniel MacEnchroe]

Amen.

There were to many questionable factors for both sides of the race. Frankly, they should have an option on the ballets for 'New Candidates'

[The Reticulator]

You don't have to imagine. Just look at how they're going after Joe Plumber for some alleged connection to Charles Keating.

[Fred]

You racist jerk, how dare you? (channeling my inner-dem)