Unforeseen Contingencies

"Happy Election Year, everyone!  What a wonderful time, to see democracy in action!  What a wonderful slate of candidates, all so qualified, each with the highest of character and such great ideas that no matter who wins, it's a victory for America, for our liberty, for our happiness, and for our prosperity!"

Imagine if this were true.  What a great thing that would be.  But unfortunately, it's not true...it should be true, but the actual case is almost the exact opposite.  Four the top four parties -- Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green -- these are probably the very worst candidates they've run in my lifetime.  If one of these four wins, the country, and the world, loses.  As Jonah Goldberg says, no matter what happens, this election ends in tears.

"We" at Unforeseen Contingencies recognize that we've been slacking in our duties; this is a crux time, the public craves light and guidance, "how are we to make sense of the campaign chaos unfolding before out eyes?"  Well, we shall be lax no more.  Unforeseen Contingencies is proud to present "Candidates from Hell," a series of posts on the job-seekers running in this year's presidential election.

And who knows, if we go far enough down the list, we might even find some who aren't dreadful scoundrels!

First up among our menagerie of devils will be Gary Johnson and his demonic imp, William Weld.  Stay tuned!