The candidates... in a word.

Tranquility Base is asking you — quick — to give your first word association for each of the presidential candidates:

John McCain

Barack Obama

Mike Huckabee

Hillary Clinton

Fred Thompson

John Edwards

Mitt Romney

Rudy Guliani

Ron Paul

The order of the names might affect your thinking, but I've preserved the order used over there — where there are some pretty funny results already.

IN THE COMMENTS: Ricardo makes them rhyme:

Platoon
Soon
Tune
Immune
Cartoon
Pontoon
Tycoon
Goon
Loon

So does Michael Farris, who insists he didn't get the idea from Ricardo:

John McCain - mean

Barack Obama - sheen

Mike Huckabee - green

Hillary Clinton - queen

Fred Thompson - umpteen

John Edwards - preen

Mitt Romney - machine

Rudy Guliani - obscene

Ron Paul - lean

And Trooper York is off on a meme of his own:

John McCain Mr. Wilson

Barack Obama Urkel

Mike Huckabee Junior Sample[s]

Hillary Clinton Alice Kramden

Fred Thompson Fred Flintstone

John Edwards Chrissy Snow

Mitt Romney Ted Baxter

Rudy Guliani Chachi

Ron Paul Mr. Furley