# The best of enemies poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668 "2007-12-20T03:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/21 "2007-12-20T16:10:59Z")
Liberal here (though in general I loathe the Democrats too). I guess I’d have to say McCain. Although he’s whored himself out like a cheap rent boy for the last few years, I think underneath it all he still has principles. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/22 "2007-12-20T16:29:45Z")
So can I vote even though I don’t belong to either party? I vote Democratic or 3rd party more often, and would have to go with McCain here. I would hesitate to buy a car from Romney or Giuliani, let alone allow them to run the country, they’re that smarmy. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/23 "2007-12-20T16:56:54Z")
I’m a Democrat. I could live with McCain. ---
**Author:** ![neorxnawange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@neorxnawange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neorxnawange)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/24 "2007-12-20T17:10:06Z")
Not a registered Republican, but I tend to vote that way. Hillary is the most serious, experienced, and realistic candidate on the other side in my opinion. I personally dislike her, but I think she’d make a far better president than the other Dem candidates. I’m leaning toward McCain myself. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/25 "2007-12-20T17:23:31Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] … I wouldn’t vote for Hillary if her opponents were all aliens bent on conquering the Earth and enslaving us all. 😃 [/QUOTE] Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos. Democrat, and I could, if I had to, live with McCain as President. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/26 "2007-12-20T17:32:47Z")
Republican (kinda, mostly libertarian): I’d go with Biden or Obama, mostly because they seem to be fairly honest guys, and straight talking, even if I don’t agree with their positions. I’ll also put in a plug for my man Paul on the GOP side. 😛 And I seriously can’t understand why any Democrat would find Giuliani tolerable. I mean, sure, he’s a LITTLE more liberal on the social issues, but the jackbooted thug that makes up the rest of him is something I figure a Democrat would run screaming from. If this election comes down to Rudy vs. Hillary, I weep for our nation… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/27 "2007-12-20T19:23:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Only an idiot takes a position on an issue and never changes it, but evidently candidates think the voters like idiots. Gee, I wonder why an American presidential candidate would think a thing like that? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/28 "2007-12-20T20:19:00Z")
Dem - Thompson. I dunno, just trust him a little more than the rest, coming a close second would be McCain. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/29 "2007-12-20T20:37:50Z")
Republican more often than Democrat, so… Biden or Obama. Hell, I liked Dodd too. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/30 "2007-12-20T20:50:39Z")
Democrat here: 1 Ron Paul, 2 John McCain, 3 Fred Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/31 "2007-12-20T21:00:07Z")
I am a registered Republican and a Green. I find HRC to be the most moderate of the leading Dems and I like Richardson the best of the dems but understand he has no hope. If it comes down to any Republican except Rudy or McCain, I am voting Dem anyway. So, I am not the best Republican for your poll. If it is HRC vs. either Rudy or McCain, I might not make my final decision until November 1st. Jim ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/32 "2007-12-20T21:02:02Z")
Democrat here. Giuliani is least horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/33 "2007-12-20T21:07:32Z")
Ideologically, Giuliani, though I can’t stand the man. McCain scares me. Anybody who thinks we’ve won the war in Iraq is dangerously delusional. That leaves me with – God help me – Romney. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/34 "2007-12-20T21:18:28Z")
Long time Libertarian here. The last “real” candidate I voted for was Jimmy Carter. I was hoping to cast a vote for someone who would actually be in the running this time around, but it doesn’t look good right now.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/35 "2007-12-20T22:11:48Z")
Democrat/Green: Ron Paul ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/36 "2007-12-20T22:18:52Z")
Probably Senator Obama. I respect what appears to be a strong person of integrity; I hope I’m not fooled by a veneer that just hasn’t had time enough to crack. I like his staking out a position on net neutrality; I strongly support his initiative to grant legal immigrants who serve in the US Armed Forces and have been in combat expedited procedures towards citizenship. Not wild about his support for unionization measures or raising the minimum wage, but he’s upfront about them. Truth told, in the unlikely event that Duncan Hunter were the GOP nominee, I would vote for Obama, ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/37 "2007-12-21T00:55:03Z")
Independent. So I’d like to see Ron Paul running against Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/38 "2007-12-21T01:13:23Z")
I’m not literally a Democrat (self-described independent, not registered as a Dem) but my voting pattern at the Federal level definitely brays and does not trumpet. Another “Dem” for Giuliani as best in contention for the Republican nom. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/39 "2007-12-21T01:27:58Z")
Democrat – Giuliani ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/40 "2007-12-21T01:30:26Z")
Civil libertarian. As much as I would’ve liked at one time to say Ron Paul, I have no idea what he’s on about these days, so probably Giuliani. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668.md?page=3)