Trump vs. Palin

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

Maybe I hadn't been paying close enough attention before, but when Palin pushed her way onto the scene and came way too close for my liking to becoming our Vice President, I was genuinely shocked.

Sure, Dubya was alarmingly unenlightened, belligerent, and intellectually deficient. His habitual butchering of the English language was embarrassingly un-presidential. Particularly disturbing was his manner of speaking to the public as if we were learning disabled pre-schoolers, when it was the minds behind the BS his speech was meant to sell which deserved to be talked down to.

And that's just for starters.

But still, the support Palin garnered astonished and mortified me. She had most of Dubya's negatives plus a few. Her blatant, unashamed racism. Her exceptional ignorance of international affairs. I could go on.

Now we have Trump. Whether he even gets the nomination, much less becomes president, I find his popularity as a candidate for the highest office in the land (and probably world) stupefying.

I'm not sure though which is worse, Palin or Trump. What do you think?


(Moved after inadvertent posting in Democratic Primaries on the advice of 99Forever.)

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	Trump would be the more embarrassing president, but a Palin presidency would have been more disastrous
	1 (17%)
	Palin would have been the more embarrassing president, but a Trump presidency would be more disastrous
	0 (0%)
	Trump would be the more embarrassing president, but neither would do much harm
	0 (0%)
	Palin would be the more embarrassing president, but neither would do much harm
	0 (0%)
	They are equally embarrassing, but even if elected president neither would do much harm
	0 (0%)
	The election of either would (have) produce(d) equally disastrous consequences
	5 (83%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[cali]

1. Embarrassment is the least of my concerns

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. It would be a blessing if that were the worst that could come of it.

Still, I hate to be part of a country that finds these two vote-worthy in any race, much less the presidential. I think there must be a better word than embarrassment for what I'm talking about, but I couldn't find it.

It will be interesting to me if any DUers see a clear difference between the two worth noting.

[Gmak]

3. Mark Twain quotation always comes to mind when either Palin or Trump -or several other politicians -

are referenced. "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence and then success is sure." Perfectly describes them, I think.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. I knew a band once that called itself the Belligerance Brothers, and their motto was

"ignorance with confidence." I wonder if they got it from Twain.

They were kidding though. They were liberals and pretty decent guys.

And a great band!

[Gmak]

8. Love it!

[hifiguy]

4. South Park dealt with a very similar question

Can't remember how they resolved it, but it sumsup the choice:

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. I know it's meant to suggest that there's no difference, but still,

I can't help but wonder which one is which.

I tend to think the sandwich is Trump. You know, because of his crappy hair.

[hifiguy]

7. LOL.

I think it's what the gamblers call a push.