# Republicans: who would you pick for 2016? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 18, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284 "2015-05-18T03:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/41 "2015-05-21T00:29:30Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Oh, sure. But _normally_ one expects people with so much interest in the subject to be aware of the problem and to consciously try to account for it. That’s enough, Elvis. Personal comments about another poster edge perilously close to violating the ‘post, not poster’ rule. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/42 "2015-05-21T00:45:05Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > Anyway, I’ve been saying for a while now that the Republicans are making a massive mistake by letting the Democrats be the first to run all the minorities. Just go find a black/hispanic/female candidate who supports all the ordinary conservative-white-guy issues. It is beyond foolish to just hand the Democrats the opportunity to be the “party of minorities” because the minorities are going to be majorities pretty soon. They really have no choice. Angry White Men are pretty much the GOP’s base now, and the GOP is pretty much stuck with that and can’t afford to lose them, and many AWMs will stay home rather than vote for a woman or an ethnic minority no matter what politics come out of that pol’s mouth. > [@dracoi](#): > > Everyone is an old white guy. And the GOP’s base is also disproportionately old. (And, of course, we’re talking about politics, a field in which one is a baby at 50.) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/43 "2015-05-21T13:46:10Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I was considering Christie until he made a huge deal about being against legalizing marijuana. Now, I dunno. Too early to care much. Let them thin the herd, and either one of them will impress me enough to earn my vote, or I’ll look at the Dem nominee if it is anybody other than Hillary, or I’ll write myself in while concentrating on local races down the ballot. It seems a waste of a vote to write yourself in. What is it about Hillary that disqualifies her? Perhaps that issue(s) could be overcome by things that you may agree with her on. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/44 "2015-05-21T14:25:32Z")
As a moderate Republican my favorite candidate is Hillary. I’m probably more interested in her than most Democrats. 😃 Out of the field in my party… who can tell this far in advance when the field is starting to look like a baseball roster. I heavily weight foreign policy in selecting who gets my vote for President. Its not a field with much if any experience in that area so there’s a lot of work to do to sort the wheat from the chaff in the next 9 months. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/45 "2015-05-21T14:53:18Z")
Look on the bright side, if is 100% chaff, its gluten-free! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/46 "2015-05-21T16:23:54Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You \*might \*admit you don’t think there can be such a thing. Because, you know, that’s what we’ve _had_. If we’d had it, then Democrats wouldn’t be at their lowest point in 80 years when it comes to Congress and state legislatures. The people seem to tolerate Obama well enough, or at least prefer him to Republican alternatives, but they’ve had no problem firing Democrats and replacing them with Republicans by the trainload. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/47 "2015-05-21T16:37:43Z")
Ah, yes, that would be the vast majority of Americans who are dead set on making abortion illegal or unobtainable, totally against marriage equality, and united in their affection for America’s financial industries. Also, determined to destroy socialized medicine. Shit, I guess Hillary is doomed. Darn. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/48 "2015-05-21T16:42:03Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > If we’d had it, then Democrats wouldn’t be at their lowest point in 80 years when it comes to Congress and state legislatures. The people seem to tolerate Obama well enough, or at least prefer him to Republican alternatives, but they’ve had no problem firing Democrats and replacing them with Republicans by the trainload. More people voted for Democratic US reps than Republican last time out. It’s only due to gerrymandering that Mr. Orange has a gavel in his hand. And why do Republicans control gerrymandering in so many places? It’s because they rode the anti-ACA hysteria to win in state districts in 2010. The 2020 election will correct some of this. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/49 "2015-05-21T16:44:31Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Look on the bright side, if is 100% chaff, its gluten-free! If it’s an another all fiber general election… I’m tired of having to take Immodium to avoid soiling myself at the polls. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/50 "2015-05-21T19:10:51Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > As a moderate Republican my favorite candidate is Hillary. I’m probably more interested in her than most Democrats. That’s pretty much the way I feel. I’m still a nominal Republican but that’s mostly because of state and local politics. When I look at the national candidates, I wonder what the hell is wrong with the party. The Democrats are offering better Republican candidates than the Republicans are. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/51 "2015-05-21T19:57:47Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > It seems a waste of a vote to write yourself in. What is it about Hillary that disqualifies her? Perhaps that issue(s) could be overcome by things that you may agree with her on. Hillary hates guns, men, and the South. There’s really no way she could earn my vote. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/52 "2015-05-21T20:29:04Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Hillary hates guns, men, and the South. What do you base that on? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/53 "2015-05-21T20:32:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Hillary hates guns, men, and the South. There’s really no way she could earn my vote. That’s some bold assertions you’ve got there. Can you cite what makes you believe that Hillary hates guns, men, and or the South? Because that sounds like the sort of drivel that RW media promulgates, but is based on demonizing fairly reasonable policy positions on Hillary’s part. Mind you, I actually am for gun control (but I don’t hate guns), I believe women should have equal rights and pay (but I don’t hate men), and I think the South is largely run by racist imbeciles (but I don’t hate the actual people… at least the ones who aren’t racist imbeciles). ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/54 "2015-05-21T20:37:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What do you base that on? My guess, he’s a gun-owning Southern man, and Hillary tied him to a tree and hurled circular saw blades at him. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/55 "2015-05-21T20:46:06Z")
She’s a Democrat, she’s a strong woman, and she didn’t go back to Arkansas after 2000. Is that it? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/56 "2015-05-21T21:00:20Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But what if the most conservative candidate that can win in the general is Hillary Clinton? The only way Hillary could be the most conservative candidate is if Michael Bloomberg get’s the Republican nomination. And if that happens I shall flee the United States and move to Baldwinia. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/57 "2015-05-21T21:12:44Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > My guess, he’s a gun-owning Southern man That part is true. And I beat Hillary in a fiddling contest near Atlanta years ago. Won a golden prize that night. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/58 "2015-05-21T21:16:49Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > The only way Hillary could be the most conservative candidate is if Michael Bloomberg get’s the Republican nomination. And if that happens I shall flee the United States and move to Baldwinia. Michael Bloomberg is certainly more conservative than Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/59 "2015-05-21T21:19:14Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Michael Bloomberg is certainly more conservative than Hillary. Depends on the issue. He’s all about the nanny state to push his agenda. Wants to ban guns and big Cokes. May as well hold hands with Hanoi Jane and Hillary, find a mountain top, and sing about buying the world a bottled water or some shit. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/60 "2015-05-21T21:26:37Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Michael Bloomberg is certainly more conservative than Hillary. On what issue, pray tell? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284.md?page=4)