Would Pence really be worse than Trump?

[Rocknrule]

I think he would be marginally less horrible, if only because he's a lot less likely to unleash a nuclear holocaust over a tweet. That being said, his agenda is much more insidious, and he openly idolizes the Dark Lord himself as a VP.

[MFM008]

1. yes

just in a different way.

[chelsea0011]

2. Yes, he would get things done. And none of it good.

[Hekate]

3. Yes, because he looks sane and plausible. However, he is a theocrat like Ted Cruz...

Yeah, Ted Cruz without the slime trail.

100% anti-choice, among other things. Just check his record.

[Siwsan]

4. I think he would be equally horrible in a whole different way

Trump is just an idiot with ZERO legislative experience. He is totally ego driven.

Pence has the legislative experience and is totally driven by his right wing whacko fundamental evangelical zealousness.

[vlyons]

5. Much much worse in my book

He's Christian Dominionist. Wants to shove his religious views down everyone's throat.

[Jim Beard]

6. I have often thought that the republicans are voting for him (Ryan) so

they can impeach him when he wins and then install a more reasonable Pence. Easy to find something on Trump.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. I don't "know him" as well as Trump, but it's bothersome that he's...

... a religious kook.

After studying Trump's behavior (thanks to our media's love affair with him) and getting repeated confirmation of my suspicions from Tony Schwartz and others, Trump absolutely concerns me in regard to the nuclear football.

I don't trust either of them. The simple fact that Pence is Trump's running mate puts his character in a more dubious light too.

[procon]

8. Yes, Pence is much worse because he's a politician.

Trump is an ignorant novice who neither knows, nor understand politicking at an international level, and he doesn't want to learn. Pence is an inside government guy who knows all the tricks to work the system, and he would enact far more horrors than Trump, who would be too busy with multiple twitter attacks on his many detractors from around the world.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Much, much worse.

Don't even suggest it.

[ecstatic]

10. Policy wise, yes. Donald has no policies.

Pence is an extreme right winger. He would rule as such.

Trump is temperamentally unfit and thinks like a dictator, but he's mainly just a thin skinned entertainer with no particular ideology other than getting money. If the GOP pissed Trump off, he'd dump them quicker than he dumped his first two wives.

[BainsBane]

11. No.

[Turbineguy]

12. What would you rather have

a dumb brute torturer or a smart, more subtle torturer?

[JI7]

16. in terms of policy. But trump Would be dangerous outside of policy

[WinkyDink]

17. Yes. Pence is an ideologue.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. He's a homophobic creationist bigot who thinks condoms should be illegal.

Short answer, they're both unacceptable.