7 Candidates on the right eligible for debate, who do you like?

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  1. Darthcervantes

    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    My top 3 are (in the order you presented them)

    Vivek (although I think he'd be a great VP)

    Trump

    DeSantis

    Tim Scott is good but he's against some stiff competition.

    The bottom line is I'd vote for any conservative before I vote for a liberal democrat.
     
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    In the end they will all kowtow to Trump. I can't stomach casting a vote for Trump or Biden therefore voting third party yet again
     
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    Haley and Christie are the only two that could be trusted to form an administration that wouldn’t try to overthrow the Constitution.
     
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    The biggest surprise of the race has been, to me, Vivek Ramaswamy. He's done a great job handling himself on both friendly and opposition media and seems like he can discuss any policy subject. He's not going to be President of course but he might be running for a cabinet position, sort of like Pete Buttigieg.
     
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    Anyone whose last name isn't Christie or Pence.
     
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    I like Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikkie Haley. Ron DeSantis would come after those three.

    At the bottom of my list is Mike Pence because he reminds me of the Bush Republicans who roll over an play dead when the Democrats push them at all PLUS all of the less than 1 percenters who have no business in the race.
     
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    I like Tim Scott the best but will probably vote for Joe Manchin on the No Labels party if it comes to be because Scott probably won't make it.
     
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    For me, perhaps the better question is which ones would I consider voting for? Trump is out, I could never vote for him even if his opponent was Atilla the Hun. DeSantis, I went from liking him as a first term Governor to not liking him at all for all his antics he has done since he won a second term. Christie is a border line no consider. But any of the other 4, I would consider. That doesn’t mean I would vote for them in the general election, but I sure would consider voting for them depending on who their opposition is.


    For me, perhaps the better question is which ones would I consider voting for? Trump is out, I could never vote for him even if his opponent was Atilla the Hun. DeSantis, I went from liking him as a first term Governor to not liking him at all for all his antics he has done since he won a second term. Christie is a border line no consider. But any of the other 4, I would consider. That doesn’t mean I would vote for them in the general election, but I sure would consider voting for them depending on who their opposition is.
     
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    Sorry, by any comparison to "Pothole Pete" Buttigieg is an insult. Among the many failed Biden cabinet appointments, "Pothole Pete" is at the top or bottom of the list depending upon how you rank "total failure."
     
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    Please remember that Joe Manson voted for Biden's "Infrastructure Boondoggle Bill" in exchange for a pipeline vote which never came across because he thought that people with the "AOC mentality" would keep their word. Talk about naive. Mansion broke his word, and that finished me with him.
     
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    We need to get rid of the two parties so gridlock can end. No Labels would be a ticket of a Democrat and a Republican. I'm not against infrastructure but need to find a responsible way to pay for it. Yes, Biden and the left pulled a fast one on Manchin.
     
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    Right now, given what the Federal Government is up to, I'll take gridlock. The trouble is there is no gridlock for the bureaucracy. For them, it's full speed ahead. They are more powerful than the president and the Congress, and far more politically radical to the far left. Shame on Congress and the president for letting this happen.
     
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    Which is why we need a split ticket and decisions being made by the sane people and not the extremists. Both parties are in a race to see which one can have a successful political coup first, where they take over all government and cram their policies down the throats of the 100%.
     
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    Sure he's a failure in his job, but the comparison was about IQ (Buttigieg and Ramaswamy probably have the two highest IQ's compared to their competitors), youth and inexperience, and goals. I don't think Buttigieg thought he was going to be President either, but I bet he planned to raise his profile and get an administration job. I'm figuring that's Ramaswamy's goals as well.
     
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    If "Pothole Pete" has tested for a high IQ, then the test is fatally flawed and invalid. He's a gutless moron.
     
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    Having a high IQ doesn't mean you can be thrown in a job in which you have zero experience in and excel. However if had a transportation background, either in private industry or government, he might have done well. Instead it was a political appointment to please the gays and he probably thought he could skate through the administration and prepare himself for another White House run. Instead, it turned out we needed a really pro-active transportation secretary in this particular time and ole Pete was not up for the job.
     
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    I think that is a very good choice. That way you can complain whomever the POTUS in 204. If you do vote for one of them, you have to accept the consequences of your vote. Who wants to be accountable when you can vote 3rd party and blame everyone else.
     
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    at least he isn't voting for Biden, the WORST option of them all
     
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    And yet you’ve never seen my complaining about the job any president has done.
    Even when I voted for Repubs in the past it never mattered. Let’s see if you can figure out why.
     
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    I’d love for Ron DeSantis to be the main attraction for debates solely so someone can ask him if he’s filming another Nazi video in his spare time.
     
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    So out of those 7 candidates, which one do you dislike the least?
     
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    I like Tim Scott. Of the GOP choices, I think he presents the most optimistic vision. On the Left, it's RFK.

    I like to hear what Tim Scott has to say about the Dept of Injustice fixing Hunter's case, and what he would do to clean out the sewer that the DOJ has become.

    CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: The FBI Verified Details About Hunter Biden’s Shady Business Deals, but It Didn’t Matter to the Prosecutor.

    What will Tim Scott do about these corrupt politically weaponized prosecutors. I like to see prosecutors who fix cases and politicize prosecutions sentenced to 10 years in a Fed prison, per offense.

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    Father and Son Felons.

    'Evidence is growing that Joe Biden was far more involved in Hunter Biden’s business dealings than anyone has admitted. And the Delaware U.S. attorney, who investigated Hunter Biden and negotiated a plea deal with him, knows it.'
     
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    Previously I’d have said Trump, but as long as DeSantis is on the board he’ll always be worse.
     
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