# None of the Above

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287 "2016-03-08T15:46:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287/1 "2016-03-08T15:46:40Z")

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Today, the editor of Florida’s Sun Sentinel offered a scathing rebuke of the remaining GOP candidates and presented reasons why the Sun Sentinel is declining to endorse any of the Republican candidates for President.

[Why we can’t endorse Trump, Rubio, Cruz, or Kasich.](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-editorial-gop-nonendorsement-20160304-story.html)

> [@Sun Sentinel](#):
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> We cannot endorse businessman Donald Trump, hometown Sen. Marco Rubio or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz because they are unqualified to be president. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is the best of the bunch, but if you measure a candidate by the caliber of his campaign, Kasich’s lack of traction and organization make a vote for him count for little.

Watch the video, then read the entire article that details the shortcomings of each candidate.

My perspective is the editor is spot on. The problem, however, is the nominee is going to be one of these guys, and most likely not Kasich.

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**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287/2 "2016-03-08T15:49:01Z")

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The answer is to vote for the Democratic candidate. Of course, a newspaper needs to pretend to offer options for each party; it’s a bad election cycle to be a Republican.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287/3 "2016-03-08T16:41:57Z")

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Does the paper simply refuse to endorse a Democratic candidate? Are they of the opinion that it’s a Republican or no one?

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287/4 "2016-03-08T16:47:53Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Does the paper simply refuse to endorse a Democratic candidate? Are they of the opinion that it’s a Republican or no one?

I haven’t researched, but I suspect they are a Republican-leaning paper that would typically endorse a Republican candidate.

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**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-above/748287/5 "2016-03-08T16:48:13Z")

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Monty Brewster it is, then.