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2016 Postmortem

BlueMTexpat

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14. They are BOTH

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2017, 11:14 AM

Jan 2017

awful in different ways.

But one can perhaps anticipate Pence's awfulness more consistently, given that he has a record - abysmal as it is - in public service. If that can be considered a virtue, Pence might be marginally better, but only by comparison to Trump.

IMHO, we are thoroughly f*cked either way.

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Whats Scarier: President Trump or President Pence? [View all] womanofthehills Jan 2017 OP

because of Nuclear Weapons Issue I will say Trump JI7 Jan 2017 #1

Pence won't blow up the world murielm99 Jan 2017 #2

Well, that depends on whether Pence is an end-of-world Protestant. longship Jan 2017 #6

Neither. YOHABLO Jan 2017 #3

If scandals wreck Trump's administration to the point where many other Republicans cheyanne Jan 2017 #4

That is like choosing between nevergiveup Jan 2017 #5

Question abut Pence becoming President if Trump is removed. MuseRider Jan 2017 #7

because the removal would be based on evidence Trump knowing worked with Russia JI7 Jan 2017 #8

Thanks. MuseRider Jan 2017 #9

The worst case scenario... Yurovsky Jan 2017 #10

Both are scary, but I at least can see to 2020 with Pence. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #11

Only because I can imagine him causing the end of the world via nukes, I'd say Trump. Vinca Jan 2017 #12

Trump, by far. (nt) Paladin Jan 2017 #13

They are BOTH BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #14

Pence over Trump Runningdawg Jan 2017 #15

That's a hard one, given Trump's propensity to shoot himself in the foot! LAS14 Jan 2017 #16

Yes. nt JTFrog Jan 2017 #17

Good question andym Jan 2017 #18