Quiz: What do these struggling or failed political aspirants all have in common?
- Vaughn Ward, a GOP candidate for Idaho's 1st congressional district who plagiarized Barack Obama's famous 2004 Democratic National Convention speech and thought Puerto Rico was a separate country;
- Nikki Haley, the South Carolina gubernatorial candidate embroiled in controversy with a political blogger who claims he had an affair with Haley, who is married with two children;
- Doug Hoffman, the conservative candidate in last fall's special House election in upstate New York's 23rd district who ultimately lost in an upset to Democrat Bill Owens;
- Tim Burns, the Republican candidate to fill the late Pennsylvania Democratic congressman John Murtha's 12th district who lost to Democrat Mark Critz;
- Clint Didier, the Republican candidate for Senate in Washington state trailing incumbent Democrat Patty Murray by anywhere from 15 to 26 percentage points; and
- John McCain, the Republican loser in the 2008 presidential election
Hahahahahaha!! Good one, Syrin!!
Posted by: sjohnson | 05/27/2010 at 12:56 PM