8 of the 22 most commonly mentioned possible Republican candidates for the presidency gathered in Iowa to garner support. Generally the Republican Party supports illegal wars, opposes environmental protection, fights against protection for animals, supports draconian punishment for nonviolent pot smokers etc.
REPUBLICANS
1 Rand Paul is perhaps the strongest antiwar candidate of the 22 Republicans most often mentioned
2 Steve King Iowa congressman who fights any attempt to improve the life of Iowa farm animals, dogs and birds
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/k3dodo/steve-king-on-chicken-cages Steve Colbert spoof
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/q82dz5/steve-king-s-dogfighting-de http://mercyforanimals.org/hatchery living Iowa chick males crushed into paste
3 Marco Rubio wants US citizens to stay in 1962 in regards to Cuba
4 Scott Walker unionbuster who sent mass transit money back to DC
5 Mike Huckabee sexist
http://www.salon.com/2014/04/09/mike_huckabee_manages_to_be_spectacularl 6 Ted Cruz
said he will not support Christian groups in Mideast which are not proIsrael
7 Rick Perry along with G W Bush the most executing governors in US history
8 Chris Christie
brought brutal bear hunting back to NJ and vetoed a bill to make
pig factory farms a little less cruel
9 Jeb Bush cocreator of 2 wars, executioner of 21
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/12/17/18765731.php 10 Mitt Romney
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/12/18723605.php 11 Carly Fiorina former exec with Hewlett Packard thinks only victims of rape or incest should be allowed to have abortions
12 Paul Ryan an oxymoron: a prolife warmonger and hunter
13 Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) voted no on shareholders right to vote on executive compensation
14 Former Gov Sarah Palin elevated from being mayor of a 600 resident
town to governor by British Petroleum which paid for her inauguration
.... shot a caribou in the face with an arrow
15 Former Senator Rick Santorum: that oxymoron a prolife warmonger
16 Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) tool of the oil industry
17 Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.)
http://www.ontheissues.org/Susana_Martinez.htm 18 Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-Nev.) opposed BLM in their brutal mustang roundup
http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Gov-Brian-Sandoval-attacks-BLM-in-cattle-ro 19 Gov. Jay Nixon (D-Mo.)
executioner who has created racial strife with his inept handling of the
Ferguson crisis
20 Dr Ben Carson
21 Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)
22 12 Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)
DEMS
1 GovJerry Brown California an excellent candidate
2 Senator Elizabeth Warren Mass a woman of great compassion for all
3 Vice President Joseph Biden has not separated hmself from Obama's wars
4 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) a pawn of the Minnesota dairy industry
5 Gov Andrew Cuomo NY
6 Hilary Clinton Secretary of State has promoted several illegal wars
7 Former Gov Martin O'Malley of MD
8 Sen.Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
9 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) a hunter who in the House received a 100% NRA rating
10 Former Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.)
11 Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
12 Former Gov of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell
LIBERTARIAN PARTY has been a game changer taking 4 or more % of the vote
http://lp.org http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/31/18763564.php GREENS
1. Potential candidate Jill Stein, MD (her record re physician vivisection of animals is not yet known to this poster)
http://gp.org SOCIALISTS
1 Bernie Sanders
2. Socialist Party of the US
http://socialistparty-usa.org 3 Socialist Workers Party
http://socialistworker.org/ COMMUNIST PARTY OF US
http://www.cpusa.org/ THE CONSTITUTION PARTY
http://www.constitutionparty.com AMERICANS FOR FAIR TAXATION
Kerry Bowers Americans For Fair Taxation (AFFT)
TEA PARTY
http://teaparty.org PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/ INDEPENDENT
1 Donald Trump
http://reidreport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/20120614-222543.jp 2 Dennis Lynch, documentary filmmaker and conservative commentator
Despite the fact that animal rights and animal protection have more supporters than any other issue, the website ontheissues.org censors coverage of animal rights votes.
