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Abu Pepe

(637 posts) Thu Aug 31, 2017, 11:13 AM Aug 2017

Would Pence be worse than Trump? [View all]

In a word, 'no'.

I would probably oppose one hundred percent of his policies, whereas I actually agree with Trump's infrastructure impulses (that really don't amount to much).

Trump is an immediate danger to the Republic. A RW administration that stayed for the most part within our constitutional guardrails would be destructive but not cataclysmic.

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Would Pence be worse than Trump? [View all] Abu Pepe Aug 2017 OP

yes cause the wing nut congress would back him dembotoz Aug 2017 #1

Well, we probably wouldn't all die. Bleacher Creature Aug 2017 #2

no it isn't Abu Pepe Aug 2017 #4

People like that put too much weight on the fact that Trump is faking it. Bleacher Creature Aug 2017 #10

Yes I see both he and Trump killing sick people slowly Abu Pepe Sep 2017 #32

Yes. But in a different way. Even more subversive. Lint Head Aug 2017 #3

I disagree. Pence is a True Believer, a Christofascist of the first order & he scares the hell catbyte Aug 2017 #5

A trade off, one set of problems for another. defacto7 Aug 2017 #27

They both suck. I hope we get to watch the demise of at least one of them, if not both. nt. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #6

No. He'd be terrible but the damage could eventually be reversed. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #7

I'll take Pence over the madman Motley13 Aug 2017 #8

It's not about having a choice. It's about your Country. rockfordfile Aug 2017 #24

Which is exactly why I would take him over the madman Motley13 Aug 2017 #25

No....We'll Take Him With Plans.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2017 #9

Pence would be a mixed bag vis a vis Trump IMO.......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2017 #11

They're both extremely dangerous. The good news is ecstatic Aug 2017 #12

and he's REALLY anti-choice and would appoint SC justices who would just as soon CTyankee Aug 2017 #13

This is my opinion too. mythology Aug 2017 #14

This is the problem. We think he's ineffective because the destruction of the enough Aug 2017 #16

No, because we would be less distracted and able to put all our effort to fighting enough Aug 2017 #15

Pence doesn't have "it". He won't be able to fire up the base like Trump does. Kaleva Aug 2017 #17

But, but, but Muther Pence is on his team Achilleaze Aug 2017 #19

Worse Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2017 #18

There's a far better chane of Trump blowing the place up then with Pence. Kaleva Aug 2017 #21

Yes because Pence would get more bad stuff done. Willie Pep Aug 2017 #20

Kind of like asking if incurable Gonorrhea is worse COLGATE4 Aug 2017 #22

Both are the same. After Trump then we take on Pence. Country before party. rockfordfile Aug 2017 #23

Pence looks like how I'd imagine Lucifer looking if jrthin Aug 2017 #26

I think he looks like a crooked cop who Abu Pepe Sep 2017 #33

Your description also seems spot on. nt jrthin Sep 2017 #35

Yes because Trump is too stupid to hide what he does blueinredohio Aug 2017 #28

Maybe Pence was the plan all along. Trump is part of the Luz Aug 2017 #29

Just different types of risk.. Casprings Aug 2017 #30

One benefit to getting Pence as Pres soon is that he's blocked to only 1 Term of his own. OliverQ Aug 2017 #31

If it happens now. If the Dems do it in 2019 Abu Pepe Sep 2017 #34