# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/41 "2007-12-21T01:32:59Z")
Dem, I like McCain and would at least consider voting Republican if he won the GOP nomination, which is more then I can say for the rest of the Repub field. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/42 "2007-12-21T02:02:00Z")
I’m a registered Democrat who has voted for Libertarians every time I’ve been able to vote. If that makes me a Libertarian, then I’d have to pick Barack Obama (D). If it makes me a Democrat, then I would probably take Ron Paul. Giuliani is like Bush without the charming folksiness, the dedication to the rule of law, and the respect for the civil liberties of the populace. Romney is like Clinton, only he’s not married to a masterful statesman and he’s less graceful about taking both sides of every issue. ---
**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 21, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/43 "2007-12-21T02:07:23Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > Giuliani is like Bush without the charming folksiness, the dedication to the rule of law, and the respect for the civil liberties of the populace. Bush? Dedication to the rule of law? Respect for civil liberties? You’re kidding, right? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/44 "2007-12-21T02:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Bush? Dedication to the rule of law? Respect for civil liberties? You’re kidding, right? [/QUOTE] Reminder-this is _not_ a debate. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/45 "2007-12-21T03:48:29Z")
Democrat here… I’d go for Giuliani, even though I dislike his moral ethics. I don’t hate his politics, too much. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/46 "2007-12-21T03:53:38Z")
Liberal-leaning non-voting immigrant here. Guiliani or McCain. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/47 "2007-12-21T05:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] 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. [/QUOTE] I’m baffled by this too. He’s about the biggest Iraq hawk in the race and generally pretty clueless (in a scary way) about foreign policy. He’d be a disaster. I also don’t understand the respect for McCain. I’d guess I’d have to go with Ron Paul. But it’s pretty frightening when he’s the least scary candidate. Guy is nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/48 "2007-12-21T10:31:16Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Reminder-this is _not_ a debate. [/QUOTE] ``` But we can ask for clarification,no? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/49 "2007-12-21T12:21:02Z")
[QUOTE=Carson O’Genic] But we can ask for clarification,no? [/QUOTE] I’d rather people stuck to actually answering the poll for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/50 "2007-12-21T12:22:41Z")
May third parties participate? Or is this business as usual in the political arena. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/51 "2007-12-21T12:32:32Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] May third parties participate? Or is this business as usual in the political arena. 😃 [/QUOTE] What is the political opposite of your party? If there is one, pick a candidate from that group. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/52 "2007-12-21T12:42:01Z")
I would say that the Republicans are my opposite on social issues, and so from them I would pick Ron Paul as the one I dislike least. I would say that the Democrats are my opposite on financial issues, and so from them I would pick Dennis Kucinich as the one I dislike least. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/53 "2007-12-21T14:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I would say that the Republicans are my opposite on social issues, and so from them I would pick Ron Paul as the one I dislike least. I would say that the Democrats are my opposite on financial issues, and so from them I would pick Dennis Kucinich as the one I dislike least. [/QUOTE] I think, just to keep this poll manageable, we’ll limit it to Republicans and Democrats. Multiple choices based on different issues would make this useless as a poll, I think. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/54 "2007-12-21T14:43:54Z")
Liberal independent here…I usually end up voting for Democrats. I actually like McCain quite a bit, I would not hate it at all if he ended up president. Although I don’t agree with a lot of his politics, he strikes me as a person of integrity. ---
**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 22, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/55 "2007-12-22T02:59:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Reminder-this is not a debate. I wasn’t debating his response to the question in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/56 "2007-12-22T03:09:20Z")
Not American but conservative: I’d wish for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/57 "2007-12-22T09:45:55Z")
Generally left leaning. I would like to see Ron Paul in office, not because I think he’d be a good President (I don’t), but because he would be the most _entertaining._ ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/58 "2007-12-23T17:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] (. . . Only an idiot takes a position on an issue and never changes it, but evidently candidates think the voters like idiots.) [/QUOTE] You say that as if you think the voters don’t like idiots. Tris ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/59 "2007-12-23T17:55:58Z")
I’m liberal, not a Democrat, but I’ve voting Democrat this election. The Pub I have the most respect for is McCain. I think he’s a fundamentally decent person and not a complete nut. I don’t feel that I can say both of those things about any other Republican candidate this time. ---
**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 23, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668/60 "2007-12-23T19:43:32Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > You say that as if you think the voters don’t like idiots. See [post #27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9292741&postcount=27). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-of-enemies-poll/430668.md?page=4)