Suitably Flip

Vandalay, Art Vandalay

The Associated Press recently asked 14 Oval Office hopefuls about their dream careers, were they to be denied the flesh-pressing jet-settery of the life of a highfalutin Presidential campaigner.

The answers range from the credible (Bizarro-Huckabee would be making a living doing what Actual-Huckabee does in his free time) to the sickeningly pandering (Rodham Clinton) to the outright phony (the well-coiffed Mr. E'wards) to the inspiringly Costanza-esque (Biden and Obama) .

Where would they be now?
Alternate career choices for some 2008 presidential contenders:

Democrats
• Sen. Joe Biden, Delaware: Architect.
• Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York: "Continue to work for causes and issues I care about, in a setting like a university or foundation."
• Sen. Chris Dodd, Connecticut: Teacher.
• Former Sen. John Edwards, North Carolina: Mill supervisor.
• Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Ohio: Astronaut.
• Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois: Architect.
• New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: Center field, New York Yankees.

Republicans
• Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas: Farmer.
• Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Sports announcer.
• Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: Bass guitar player for a touring rock band.
• Rep. Duncan Hunter, California: Outdoor writer.
• Sen. John McCain, Arizona: Foreign service.
• Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: Auto company executive.
• Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado: President.

With 14 candidates responding (7 Democrats and 7 Republicans), there are 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat among the announced candidates that either were not reached or declined to answer.

For posterity, they are:  Democrat Mike Gravel (former Alaska Senator and my fervered pick among the Democratic field) and Republicans Tommy Thompson (former Governor of Wisconsin), Jim Gilmore (former Governor of Virginia), and Ron Paul (10-term Texas Congressman and obstetrician).

Is to too late to draft Jason Alexander?  I suspect he might mount a more convincing Presidential phantasm than those we've seen thus far from many of the exalted frontrunners.

(Alas, Costanza seems to back Clinton's play.  I wonder if he knows that Hillary is among the fringey 71% of Democratic candidates that don't pine for a life of architecture...)

(HT: Fark)

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Vandalay, Art Vandalay

The Associated Press recently asked 14 Oval Office hopefuls about their dream careers, were they to be denied the flesh-pressing jet-settery of the life of a highfalutin Presidential campaigner.

The answers range from the credible (Bizarro-Huckabee would be making a living doing what Actual-Huckabee does in his free time) to the sickeningly pandering (Rodham Clinton) to the outright phony (the well-coiffed Mr. E'wards) to the inspiringly Costanza-esque (Biden and Obama) .

Where would they be now?
Alternate career choices for some 2008 presidential contenders:

Democrats
• Sen. Joe Biden, Delaware: Architect.
• Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York: "Continue to work for causes and issues I care about, in a setting like a university or foundation."
• Sen. Chris Dodd, Connecticut: Teacher.
• Former Sen. John Edwards, North Carolina: Mill supervisor.
• Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Ohio: Astronaut.
• Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois: Architect.
• New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: Center field, New York Yankees.

Republicans
• Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas: Farmer.
• Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Sports announcer.
• Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: Bass guitar player for a touring rock band.
• Rep. Duncan Hunter, California: Outdoor writer.
• Sen. John McCain, Arizona: Foreign service.
• Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: Auto company executive.
• Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado: President.

With 14 candidates responding (7 Democrats and 7 Republicans), there are 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat among the announced candidates that either were not reached or declined to answer.

For posterity, they are:  Democrat Mike Gravel (former Alaska Senator and my fervered pick among the Democratic field) and Republicans Tommy Thompson (former Governor of Wisconsin), Jim Gilmore (former Governor of Virginia), and Ron Paul (10-term Texas Congressman and obstetrician).

Is to too late to draft Jason Alexander?  I suspect he might mount a more convincing Presidential phantasm than those we've seen thus far from many of the exalted frontrunners.

(Alas, Costanza seems to back Clinton's play.  I wonder if he knows that Hillary is among the fringey 71% of Democratic candidates that don't pine for a life of architecture...)

(HT: Fark)