# Aside from Trump, who are you rooting against most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 25, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676 "2016-10-25T12:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/21 "2016-10-25T14:50:51Z")
1. Marco Rubio. God, do I ever hate that smarmy fuck. 2. Pat McCrory. What **Totenfeier** said. 3. Ron Johnson. Wisconsin deserves better. Longshots that I’d also like to see lose, but don’t really qualify since they’re almost certain to win: 1. Paul Ryan. I have no idea whether he’s got any realistic chance to be beaten, but Lord, it would be sweet. 2. John McCain, who has been the Old Man Yelling At Clouds ever since losing in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![montag01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@montag01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montag01)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/22 "2016-10-25T16:21:50Z")
I should add Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the list. It seems he’s losing his re-election race badly. He might have been a very decent lawman once, but he’s long since fallen into the sewer. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/23 "2016-10-25T16:28:51Z")
The GOP retaining its majorities in the House and Senate. Of course. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/24 "2016-10-25T16:39:03Z")
A lot of the congressional and senate races above interest me, but I’m less vested in them because I have no control. Neither of my senators are up for re-election and my congresswoman has no real opposition. The race I’m really holding my breath for is, as trivial as it may seem, my local representative to the state assembly. The GOP currently holds a super-majority of the Tennessee assembly, so you can imagine what their priority has been: flood the state with guns, take any mention of Islam out of our textbooks, make the Bible the official state book, prohibit cities from expanding non-discrimination statutes, shut down abortion clinics, etc. So any moderate voice we can get in there is a big win. Susan Lynne is my current rep. She is best known for: - being a puppet of charter school organizations and fighting for expansion of school vouchers; - sponsoring the TN “Bathroom bill” forcing transgendered students to use the bathroom of their birth sex; - being admonished by the assembly for distributing anti-Muslim propaganda to state congressional mailboxes; - repeatedly voting down equal pay for women legislation So I’ve been campaigning and canvassing for her Democratic opponent, Trisha Farmer, who is running for elected office for the first time. We’ve had a tremendous influx of registered voters since 2012 in this district, and they skew toward being younger and more educated. The feedback we’ve gotten while canvassing and phone banking has been encouraging. Farmer also got the endorsement of the _Tennessean_, which is a pretty conservative paper. So I’m holding my breath… ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/25 "2016-10-25T16:41:37Z")
> [@totenfeier](#): > > My very own craven, lickspittle toady-of-the-far-right-state legislature-governor Pat McCrory, whose John Hancock handsomely sits at the bottom of the world-renowned HB2. - 1,000,000 I’d be delighted to help him pack. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/26 "2016-10-25T16:58:17Z")
I don’t like to root against people, but even Rubio seems pretty indifferent to Rubio being in the Senate. So his losing would not only make me happy, but seems like he’d be kinda ok with it to. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/27 "2016-10-25T17:08:37Z")
Rubio. Mainly because it boggles my mind that a guy can spend the presidential primary saying how worthless his senate job is and then everyone says “Hey, let’s make him our senator again!”. His loss would benefit my sanity. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/28 "2016-10-25T17:13:28Z")
I’d like to see Liz Cheney lose the election for the House in Wyoming, but… well, it’s Wyoming. So not likely. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/29 "2016-10-25T18:09:30Z")
I voted for Tammy Duckworth, so I’d like to see Russell Kirk lose. But that Looks very likely. I’d like to see John McCain go down, first for supporting Voldemort, but mainly for the piss-poor judgment he showed in choosing Palin. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/30 "2016-10-25T18:10:20Z")
Roy Blunt needs to go. Ineffective except when he’s promoting his family’s lobbying business, and I think every term he’s probably gotten more and more corrupt. We’ve been absolutely _inundated_ locally with mailers and robocalls desperately trying to link his challenger to Obama and Clinton, so seems like there’s a good chance he’ll be going down. ---
**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/31 "2016-10-25T18:35:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Darrell Issa. That smarmy, hypocritical sonofabitch needs to be taken down hard, and this election there is actually an outside chance of that happening. Slim, but a chance. Oh god please yes. In his desperation to escape the Trumptanic he’s apparently even using [photos of Obama](http://www.trbimg.com/img-580689eb/turbine/la-pol-ca-congress-issa-obama-20161018/600) to tout his ‘bipartisanship.’ [Really](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/obama-issa-darrell-230218) :dubious:? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/32 "2016-10-25T18:50:02Z")
Everybody with an ® beside their name. Don’t care, they gotta be punished for supporting Trump. On a national name basis, would love to see Rubio go down. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/33 "2016-10-25T18:56:34Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Roy Blunt needs to go. Ineffective except when he’s promoting his family’s lobbying business, and I think every term he’s probably gotten more and more corrupt. We’ve been absolutely _inundated_ locally with mailers and robocalls desperately trying to link his challenger to Obama and Clinton, so seems like there’s a good chance he’ll be going down. Yup, that’s mine. Not only because Blunt is so damn sleazy, but also because Kander seems to be a pretty reasonable guy. I agree Blunt/RNSC must have some pretty bad internals to be dumping as much money in MO as they are. I wonder if it’s their #1 firewall to 51. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/34 "2016-10-25T18:57:54Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > 1. > 2. Ron Johnson. Wisconsin deserves better. In more ways than one. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/35 "2016-10-25T19:04:20Z")
Rob Portman. I don’t think my one vote for Strickland will do much good, though. And of course that ass hole, Darrell Issa. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/36 "2016-10-25T19:31:26Z")
Chuck Grassley. Pretty much no chance he gets ousted, but he’s one of the few politicians I would actually like to see tarred and feathered. Throw Steve King in there too. His continued tenure is an embarrassment to Western Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/37 "2016-10-25T19:43:52Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Rob Portman. I don’t think my one vote for Strickland will do much good, though. > > And of course that ass hole, Darrell Issa. Same. As I’ve posted in other threads I’m no fan of Strickland and wanted Portman to lose so badly. Sadly it seems highly unlikely. Issa is probably my # 1 though. Then Portman, and McCain. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/38 "2016-10-25T21:23:49Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Oh, that and I hope Louie Gohmert and Pete Sessions get voted out. They both seem like colossal morons and embarrassments to my state. Gohmert would be an embarrassment to slime mold. His was the first name that came to mind when I read the thread title, though there are plenty of others listed here that I’d love to see kicked to the curb. (Issa and Arpaio are pretty far up my personal list, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/39 "2016-10-25T21:27:20Z")
> [@montag01](#): > > I should add Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the list. It seems he’s losing his re-election race badly. He might have been a very decent lawman once, but he’s long since fallen into the sewer. +1 I just moved back to Arizona (just outside Phoenix) and haven’t met many of my new neighbors yet, but I heard from someone else that Sheriff Joe lives on our street :eek:! Hopefully that person was mistaken, but at least I’ve confirmed that he does not live on either side of me or directly across the street. I remember when I lived in Tucson back in the 90’s I always thought Arpaio was a jackass, but at least I didn’t live in his county. Now… ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/40 "2016-10-25T21:39:32Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Gohmert would be an embarrassment to slime mold. A couple of years ago my wife and I got passes to the House and Senate chambers. Not only did we have to wade through a Tea Party rally to get to the Capitol, but once we got to the house there was exactly one representative there (although I suppose someone had to be presiding - maybe he/she was asleep below their desk) - Louie Gohmert, up at the podium, ranting to an empty House chamber (and I assume C-SPAN) about Benghazi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676.md?page=3)