Right wing fanatic made up of self-serving values.

I actually know this guy and he is a good man. Speaks his mind. This is America, after all?

Everyone needs a spokesman.

Old Pop-Eyes himself. Sort of a low-rent version of Old Scratch.

A christian fundie freak sent straight from the bowels of Hell.

Oliver Cromwell must have been just like this guy. He ran for President back in 2000 on a religious platform. Bauer worked for Focus on the Family, a group who essentially wants to legislate a dogmatic type of morality. Bauer is the type who like to push a certain brand of Christianity up people's throats and that's simply the wrong way to minister to people. I don't believe that morality should be legislated. Law and government should have a fundamental core based on ethical values, but it should take into account other views as well. Both the left and the right are way too interested in legislating secular values and religion respectively. The result of all this is a farcical culture war that this completely unnecessary in my view. There are common sense solutions to issues like gay rights, school prayer and abortion. The problem is that people aren't willing to be reasonable on these issues. Bauer's views represented the Religious Right within the Republican party which has been growing stronger over the past few years, probably because of the inclusion of the South into the parties electoral coalition. Of course, there were issues with Bauer's campaign style. When challenged, he would take it personal, not a way to win votes exactly. It doesn't help that he has zero charisma and a complete inability to connect with his audiences.

this guy ran for president?

I cannot believe this wacko is rated higher than Jesse Jackson. Damn am I glad I'm not an American, you people are so screwed up.

A truly dangerous character. Here's an inconsequential opportunist who represents no discernible constituency or group, yet trumps up some sort of phony think tank as his home 20 in a pathetic attempt to establish credibility. This only works on the droolers who have less than two brain cells. Bauer is essentially a Johnny One Note alarmist who has no use for the separation of church and state and wants to shove his mutant Christian morality down everybody else's throat. And we're expected to be grateful for this because supposedly it's good for us. This is the type of pinhead who emboldens other anti-abortion wackos to commit crimes against humanity, to harm and kill innocent people for the sake of an ill-advised and illogical political agenda. Bauer should shut his ignorant trap and actually do something that benefits the children we have living in the world already instead of manipulating programmed religious nonthinkers and wasting the time of everybody else by incessantly pushing hot button issues and coming up with no plausible solutions or answers. Maybe he should be lobbying heavily for better education, universal health care for children, crack-downs on deadbeat fathers. He should be putting together adoption support networks that would empty the orphanages and charity wards of every unwanted child instead of stroking his own ego and muddying the waters of public discourse with his platitudes and nonsense.

Too good of a person to be involved in American politics! Too bad there aren't more like him but no surprise since morality in this country has deteriorated to a very sad level!

A good man in way over his head. As a member of the Religious Right, he doesn't have a chance and that is as it should be. In a society as diverse as this one, as soon as someone start screaming Jesus (their version, of course), they start alienating a whole lot of people who dont' believe in the same way. I really believe that he doesn't realize just how dangerous a catalyst he could be in unleashing unforeseen forces in a free country. Everyone's a hypocrite in some way, especially when they're pointing the finger at someone else.

Fascist disguised as a christian...whatever "christian" means anymore. I miss Jesus & his humble teachings. These tax-evading bible thumpers have bastardized christianity. Remember, gluttony is still a sin you right wing SUV driving...why I oughta!!!

Pray he never gets in any public office.

The real terrorists are on your side of the court, bucky.

Although I rate him a one, I do believe he was the most honest of the candidates--the only one of those who claim to be God fearing who actually is--also the most articulate. I just don't understand his God. Mine doesn't tell me that it's my duty to personally see to it that everyone follows His rules as I have interpreted them to be.

He means well. The personality of a turnip.

Man that says what he means and means what he says. No wonder the American populace can take it.