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Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

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Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
 
Bernie Sanders was my #2.

I am sure that I picked well.
 
radcen said:
Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
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I would have been thrilled if President Gingrich had been inaugurated for his second term last January.
 
radcen said:
Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
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It's an awkward question. Rand Paul was my #1 pick. Once he dropped out Trump was my GOP pick but Bernie was my preferred overall. I would easily have voted for Bernie Sanders but he didn't make it. Thanks to the Dems engaging in Sabotage my vote for Trump was easy because there's no way in hell I'd ever vote for Hillary.

Tangent: Despite my libertarian leanings, Johnson was out of the question. It wasn't his "what is Aleppo" that killed it for me...it was his blind and hardcore support of "FREE TRADE", which is not free trade at all.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
When the first three people vote "Other" not so much.

Wrong again you are.

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Hawkeye10 said:
When the first three people vote "Other" not so much.

Wrong again you are.

:2wave:
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I doubt many liberals are interested in anything other than painting everyone who disagrees with them as a fascist loving Nazi. Their song and dance became old by August 2015.
 
reinoe said:
I doubt many liberals are interested in anything other than painting everyone who disagrees with them as a fascist loving Nazi. Their song and dance became old by August 2015.
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Label garbage, discard without examination.

Being civil and willing to learn is more work I know, but people used to be able to manage.
 
radcen said:
Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
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I would have chosen either Kasich or Bush.
 
I don't think I qualify as a Trump supporter. I defend him against unfair accusations and twisting his words. I respect the office. Didn't vote for him.

Bush was an excellent governor of Florida, even on environmental issues. Probably would have voted for him.
 
radcen said:
Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
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Should have listed independents/democrats. Not everyone who voted for Trump, voted for him as much as voted against Clinton. Would have preferred Biden or Bloomberg running as an independent.
 
Rand Paul, but he never had a shot....Sanders was my primary first choice. But when the DNC gassed him, well....I got mad, and went Trump. And I don't regret it.
 
I'm most definitely not a Trump supporter, but I found John Kasich to be the person I was most interested in. He seemed fairly moderate in the ways I want a President to be moderate, but most importantly, he was running a campaign about doing what was best for other people, not what was best for himself. You couldn't say that about either Trump or Clinton.

I know there would have been several issues on policy I probably would have disagreed with him, but at least our country would not have been embarrassed by him as President.
American said:
Neither has a sack.
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Neither was a childish imbecile, like our current President.

It's always amusing how so many simple minded people confuse courage and idiocy.
 
Slyfox696 said:
I'm most definitely not a Trump supporter, but I found John Kasich to be the person I was most interested in. He seemed fairly moderate in the ways I want a President to be moderate, but most importantly, he was running a campaign about doing what was best for other people, not what was best for himself. You couldn't say that about either Trump or Clinton.

I know there would have been several issues on policy I probably would have disagreed with him, but at least our country would not have been embarrassed by him as President.
Neither was a childish imbecile, like our current President.

It's always amusing how so many simple minded people confuse courage and idiocy.
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He was awesome running the budget committee during the Clinton years; in fact, Bill Clinton owes him a lot of gratitude. But I wasn't impressed with him during the primaries. I think he's a good person, but not enough umpf.
 
American said:
He was awesome running the budget committee during the Clinton years; in fact, Bill Clinton owes him a lot of gratitude. But I wasn't impressed with him during the primaries. I think he's a good person, but not enough umpf.
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I'd rather have a good person who is interested in doing what is best for America than a person who only cares about himself and doing what is best for himself.

To me, "umpf" doesn't mean much, being a good person and a good president does. We don't have a good person and we don't have a good president right now, we have a selfish, immature, self-centered child as president right now.

I'd take John Kasich over Donald Trump in a heartbeat.
 
radcen said:
Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
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Guess you should have added, Bernie Sanders to the poll. :lamo I mean, are Trump supporters really this uninformed? How is Bernie Sanders the next logical step after Trump? I don't get it.
 
Slyfox696 said:
I'm most definitely not a Trump supporter, but I found John Kasich to be the person I was most interested in. He seemed fairly moderate in the ways I want a President to be moderate, but most importantly, he was running a campaign about doing what was best for other people, not what was best for himself. You couldn't say that about either Trump or Clinton.

I know there would have been several issues on policy I probably would have disagreed with him, but at least our country would not have been embarrassed by him as President.
Neither was a childish imbecile, like our current President.

It's always amusing how so many simple minded people confuse courage and idiocy.
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I was also not a Trump supporter, and never could be or will be.

I am one of the rare posters who actually had a choice of all of the Republican primary candidates in 2016. I voted for Marco Rubio. My husband voted for John Kasich, who I also very easily could have and would have supported. Once it became clear that Trump was headed towards the nomination, I became an avid Kasich supporter, and remain one to this day. He would have made a fine President, and I wouldn't be cringing on a daily basis because he's acting like a school child in the office. And most importantly, Kasich would not have spent every waking hour trying to find ways to destroy the Republican Party, like Trump does - aided and abetted by his supporters.
 
tres borrachos said:
I was also not a Trump supporter, and never could be or will be.

I am one of the rare posters who actually had a choice of all of the Republican primary candidates in 2016. I voted for Marco Rubio. My husband voted for John Kasich, who I also very easily could have and would have supported. Once it became clear that Trump was headed towards the nomination, I became an avid Kasich supporter, and remain one to this day. He would have made a fine President, and I wouldn't be cringing on a daily basis because he's acting like a school child in the office. And most importantly, Kasich would not have spent every waking hour trying to find ways to destroy the Republican Party, like Trump does - aided and abetted by his supporters.
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I voted for Kasich in the the primary and wrote him in, in the general. I didn't want Trump and wish he wasn't president. However, I will defend him from the left's rabid nonsense, which knows no bounds. They will do anything anti-Trump they can just to be anti-Trump and be part of the resistance. I don't think you realize though that in the primary, Trump won because the Republican voters themselves wanted to blow up the Republican party. It wasn't Trump who wanted to destroy the party but the voters themselves. And, the general election also proved that the Democratic voters themselves wanted to blow up the Democratic party. But, due to Hillary and the DNC rigging the election and the superdelegate system, Bernie was unable to destroy the Democratic party as Trump was able to do with the Republican party. Both parties are now in disarray because voters are sick of both dynasties (Clinton and Bush) and the establishment status quo. You make the same mistake Democrats do in thinking that a small minority elected Trump president.
 
Moderate Right said:
I voted for Kasich in the the primary and wrote him in, in the general. I didn't want Trump and wish he wasn't president. However, I will defend him from the left's rabid nonsense, which knows no bounds. They will do anything anti-Trump they can just to be anti-Trump and be part of the resistance. I don't think you realize though that in the primary, Trump won because the Republican voters themselves wanted to blow up the Republican party. It wasn't Trump who wanted to destroy the party but the voters themselves. And, the general election also proved that the Democratic voters themselves wanted to blow up the Democratic party. But, due to Hillary and the DNC rigging the election and the superdelegate system, Bernie was unable to destroy the Democratic party as Trump was able to do with the Republican party. Both parties are now in disarray because voters are sick of both dynasties (Clinton and Bush) and the establishment status quo. You make the same mistake Democrats do in thinking that a small minority elected Trump president.
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And I will criticize Trump for his own actions, and not blame the left or Democrats or Clinton or Bush or anyone for his irresponsible, ignorant, crude, callous, and unPresidential behavior.

That's what people who believe in personal responsibility actually do.
 
radcen said:
Q for Trump supporters: If Trump had not been elected...

...in 2016, who would you have preferred win and become President? Of the people who actually ran. Either as Plan A or as Plan B, doesn't matter.
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Cruz was my pick in the primaries. Scott Walker was my first pick overall and I’d have been fine with Fiorina.
 
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