Buchanan is a fascist-masquerading-as-a-populist, but he might blunder into screwing up the WTO by accident. If we could reawaken his Jesuit education, and convince him to abandon his commitment to white supremacist ideology, he might make be just a really bad President, rather than an American Mussolini. George W. Bush (a.k.a. "Shrub") is the Eternal Frat Boy; thinks Jesus is a philosopher; can't execute people fast enough; and is no less racist than Buchanan just more sly about it. His abandonment of Texas environmental policy to the evil-pig-oil-men is a bit of cowardice Texas children will pay for for decades. You'd get bad policy from both, Shrub'd give us hefty doses of hypocrisy along the way, and total subservience to Big Business.

Choice: Buchanan in a photo finish.

Mike Billips

Shrub is pretty much just Bush Lite. And his poppy, while annoying, was one of the least awful Republican presidents. He even raised taxes on rich people. The Buchmeister, on the other hand, is not only wrong about everything, he's meaner than a copperhead with an infected fang. Actually, considering his racist politics and Old South worship, he is a Copperhead.

Choice: George Jr. in a walk.

Bijan Parsia

Porker populist-come-lately or "compassionate" mocker of the executed? Someone who thinks Hitler wasn't so bad or someone who can't think? I'm afraid that, with much vomiting, I'd have to go with Buchy, if only to bring the Revolution that much closer. Plus, after reading about GWB's Karla Faye Tucker "joshing" I get violent intestinal cramps just thinking about him in office. Plus, no one can delude themselves about Buchy. It's those quiet guys that steal all the linen, sleep with your pregnant hamster, and stab you in the back with a lethal injection that you have to watch out for.

Choice: Pukey Buchy in a hurl.

Rob Beauchamp

Pretty easy to go with Shrub here. His many flaws are shared by Buchanan, but he has a few virtues that are not -- chief among them being his lack of the virulent racism and homophobia that characterizes Buchanan's populist rhetoric. As a plus, Bush is also a free-trader; Buchanan wants the state to control not just who you sleep with, but who you can buy from.

Choice: Shrub.

Summary

Bush Buchanan

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