# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/41 "2016-10-25T22:08:24Z")
I’d love it if Paul Ryan lost but I won’t hold my breath. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/42 "2016-10-25T22:12:06Z")
I’ve always had a serious man-crush on Feingold. I’m not saying I’m voting for Heck for NV congress, but his challenger has been 100% attack ads so that turns me off. I have literally no idea what she stands for except for generic Democrat stuff. At best I’ll sit that one out. Kamala Harris. I forgot about Sheriff Joe, that’s an easy choice to vote against. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/43 "2016-10-25T22:24:05Z")
Issa. Couldn’t get a ham sandwich indicted. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/44 "2016-10-25T22:33:57Z")
> [@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. ^Him. ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/45 "2016-10-25T23:09:56Z")
> [@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. > [@Balance](#): > > 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.) > [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > +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… > [@campp](#): > > ^Him. [You’re welcome.](http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/10/25/maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio-officially-charged-criminal-contempt/92472998/) “Sheriff Joe charged with Criminal contempt”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/46 "2016-10-25T23:42:41Z")
Eh, he’s been charged with plenty of things before. And even if he gets convicted this time, it really doesn’t matter. Sheriff Joe isn’t the problem; the problem is that there’s been a majority who keep re-electing people like him. So him being voted out is better news than him being charged with a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/47 "2016-10-26T00:24:35Z")
I will enjoy seeing Pence go down. I have heartily disliked him as governor of my state, even signed a recall petition regarding him, and think he’ be equally terrible in any Federal level office. For someone I have no personal connection to - Joe Arpaio. For reasons already stated by others. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/48 "2016-10-26T00:28:41Z")
Without reading the rest of the thread: Grasshole, I mean Grassley, in Iowa. He’s been in the Senate since the Ice Age. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/49 "2016-10-26T00:30:22Z")
Any Republican state legislator. Never too early to lay the groundwork for the 2020 redistricting. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/50 "2016-10-26T01:19:26Z")
Mark Kirk. I don’t know if it’s the stroke talking or he’s given up on pretending to not be loathesome. All I know is that I want him out of the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/51 "2016-10-26T01:32:14Z")
Any & all Republicans. I have come around to the idea that the GOP is really Evil. ---
**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 26, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/52 "2016-10-26T01:50:26Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/53 "2016-10-26T02:03:52Z")
Lots and lots of good picks here, and mine will be mere repetition… but put that despicable, disingenuous, gratuitous, crooked, horse-toothed, slimy insult-to-all-car-salesmen Darrell Issa at the top of my list. And that waste of protoplasm Joe Arpaio, too. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/54 "2016-10-26T04:08:21Z")
Here in San Diego I recently saw a TV ad tying Darrel Issa to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/55 "2016-10-26T07:15:04Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Here in San Diego I recently saw a TV ad tying Darrel Issa to Trump. Why bother? Do either of these characters need the other to bolster their jerkwad _bona fides_? Seriously, I guess this implies there are voters in that district who typically vote for Issa, but find Trump so distasteful that guilt-by-association may be enough to change their minds. Hard to see much logic in that, but okay. I guess maybe someone might think, “I never really liked Issa, but I voted for him because at least I thought he was smart, and could get stuff done for our district. But if he’s supporting a dummy like Trump, then I don’t even have that.” ---
**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 26, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/56 "2016-10-26T12:43:46Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Here in San Diego I recently saw a TV ad tying Darrel Issa to Trump. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Why bother? Do either of these characters need the other to bolster their jerkwad _bona fides_? Eh. The ad was probably put up by Issa’s opponent. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/57 "2016-10-26T13:03:05Z")
It was. Issa’s own advertising tries to tie him to Obama! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/58 "2016-10-26T13:07:27Z")
Each and every Republican, but in particular Joe Arpaio. I hope he gets caught smuggling dope abroad and spends the rest of his days in a third world hellhole. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/59 "2016-10-26T13:43:04Z")
Arpaio’s not losing. This thread is for candidates who actually might lose. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676/60 "2016-10-26T13:54:12Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Arpaio’s not losing. This thread is for candidates who actually might lose. [Right again, adaher!](http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/20/arizona-poll-maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio-paul-penzone/92427426/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676.md?page=4)