Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
December 22, 2011 at 3:37pm
Nine-year-old Ari Garnick asked GOP candidates in New Hampshire the question everyone wants to hear them answer. If they could be any superhero, which superhero would they be? (Via Ben Domenech's Transom newsletter.)
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Apr '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
I am a little concerned that some of these answers show the candidates to be ... DC insiders.
Uh thank you.
May '10
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It's clear Mitt's been adding "a hint of disheveled" to his styling, but he needs to trim his eyebrows.
Mar '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Valiuth is right. It's Captain America.
Can't be Superman...he wasn't born here.
EDIT: Ah, sorry Valiuth. I read that too fast. I still say Captain America, though. Go Red While and Blue or go home.
Edited on December 22, 2011 at 6:07pmJul '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Huntsman chose Spiderman in order to "help people in need." RINO!
Dec '10
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
I'm sorry. I get the fun. Really, I do. And I am a pretty big dork, although I never read comics.
But Ron Paul was the only one with an appropriate response. Metaphorically, he said "Kiss your own **** baby."
We on the right expend a lot of energy talking about how our nation, seriously, is in a very big mess. A mess so big that America as we know it may be a non-issue.
Ron Paul, sometimes, is the only one that acts like he actually BELIEVES this.
Of course, this makes him a rotten politician.
May '10
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
No one went for Pureheart the Powerful?
They all actually came off as pretty likable, though. I didn't even find Huntsman stuffy or off-putting the way some did. He seemed to take it good-naturedly.
Feb '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Uh thank you. · Dec 22 at 8:25am
Awesome groaner! I love it!
Feb '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Duane Oyen: No one went for Pureheart the Powerful?
They all actually came off as pretty likable, though. I didn't even find Huntsman stuffy or off-putting the way some did. He seemed to take it good-naturedly. · Dec 22 at 10:28am
Actually, I thought Huntsman came of as creepy: hunched over, too close, too quiet, and brow too furrowed in earnest seriousness.
Feb '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
James is right, Santorum pulled his bacon out of the fire just in time. He actually finished with a genuine answer.
May '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Has to be Superman. Only he could spin the Earth backwards thereby going back in time to say 1900. He could then prevent Wilson and the 2 Roosevelts from ever taking office. A lot of today could have been avoided.
Aug '10
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
The guy from the Incredibles? Are you kidding, Rick Santorum? That guy's not even a real superhero.
Apr '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
KarlUB: I'm sorry. I get the fun. Really, I do. And I am a pretty big dork, although I never read comics.
But Ron Paul was the only one with an appropriate response. Metaphorically, he said "Kiss your own **** baby."
We on the right expend a lot of energy talking about how our nation, seriously, is in a very big mess. A mess so big that America as we know it may be a non-issue.
Ron Paul, sometimes, is the only one that acts like he actually BELIEVES this.
Of course, this makes him a rotten politician. · Dec 22 at 10:11am
I think its nice to know that our some one who will be president is actually capable of being human and slightly nerdy. We put a lot of power and trust in a president to not mess things up. We have to have a feeling of who they are as people to know what to make of them...this question helps...I know none of them actually read comics with any enthusiasm...I would ask a more serious question of them like what is your favorite fictional novel? That might elicit some better answers...
Mar '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Oh, I dunno... I marveled at the answers.
Dec '10
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Valiuth
I think its nice to know that our some one who will be president is actually capable of being human and slightly nerdy. We put a lot of power and trust in a president to not mess things up. We have to have a feeling of who they are as people to know what to make of them...this question helps...
Yeah, I get it. And I don't mean to sound like a scold.
But with your logic here, Paul's answer-- in a weird sort of way-- is the most revealing, isn't it?
"Beat's me, kid. Get off my lawn. The septic is all whacked out."
Perhaps I'd feel differently if any of the answers sounded sincere. Or if Ron Paul went on a short diatribe about The Watchmen...
Nov '10
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
"Airy, you got it."
Perry's drawl is hilarious.
Mar '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
On the MM choice, I would've just hit the kid with Batman's answer: ""I have a $ 70000 sliver of radioactive meteor to stop the one from Metropolis. With you, all I need is a penny for a book of matches".
Nov '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
If politicians were honest, they'd have to admit that they all strive to emulate that Cape & Tights Super Hero whom we fondly refer to as The Astonishing One.
May '10
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Ed G.
Duane Oyen: No one went for Pureheart the Powerful?
They all actually came off as pretty likable, though. I didn't even find Huntsman stuffy or off-putting the way some did. He seemed to take it good-naturedly. · Dec 22 at 10:28am
Actually, I thought Huntsman came of as creepy: hunched over, too close, too quiet, and brow too furrowed in earnest seriousness. · Dec 22 at 10:38am
I didn't think so. Huntsman is really a kind of introverted wonk, and I thought he was laboring, as he always does, to loosen up a little bit. Wonky nerds have a very hard time letting themselves go, and the strain can be visible, yet the reality is not phony. It is simply a personality type. I thought he was a lot less calculating then he usually appears.
May '10
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
The actual superhero, though, is the Douglas DC-9.
A bullet travels at about 610 MPH, the plane can move a bit faster, especially with a decent tailwind. A large train diesel nominally runs around 3,000 HP, and a jet engine thrust output is more like 20,000. As we all know, the nominal airliner cruising altitude is around 35,000 feet, while the 100 floor skyscrapers are less than half a mile tall.
Thus, the aircraft is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and avble to leap tall buildings at a single bound.
Aug '11
Re: Iowa, Schmiowa. Who Wins The Superhero Primary?
Ron Paul should be a fan of The Question. Surprised no one said Booster Gold, he did save Ronald Reagan's life.