Posted on 11/12/2016 5:32:33 PM PST by PJ-Comix
Okay the election is over and all is well but now I have to ask the question: Could any other Republican besides Donald Trump have beaten Hillary in the election?
Personally I don't think so. Jake Novak of CNBC wrote that Trump was essentially a third party candidate who was endorsed by the Republicans. Many Democrat voters in the Rust Belt which was key to victory voted not for a Republican but for Trump who himself repudiated by many/most of the Republican establishment.
When I look back at the other Republican candidates, I see no one who would have been capable of beating Hillary. Jeb Bush? Puh-lease. He would have spent a lot of his general election campaign apologizing plus he was a complete throwback to the past.
Ted Cruz. Okay I initially liked Cruz but I have come to see faults in him as a candidate. For one thing he had sort of a preachy tone which doesn't translate well to the campaign trail.
Chris Christie? Good on the campaign trail but Bridgegate would have doomed him.
John Kasich? A disgusting human being as we found out.
Marco Rubio? It would have been like a boy campaigning.
All I can say is we are extremely lucky that Donald Trump came on the scene. Only he was able to save us from a Hillary Regime which would have brought a liberal Supreme Court, eroded the Second Amendment, brought hordes of illegals and terrorist "refugees" across America, and, I believe, the basic end of our civilization.
Instead we dodged that horrible Hillary Bullet and the Democrats are now in total disarray. America has been saved and we have one man to thank for that...Donald Trump.
In a word: NO!
None of them would have said boo about all her lies and corruption, they would have played nicey-nicey.
NO!
No, all would have been curled up in the fetal position when the first woman came out to say they sexually harrassed them. Trump is a street fighter and that’s why he won.
No.
nope
Rubio would have had the best shot but I bet we’d find out much more about ‘foam parties’.
I can’t imagine any other than Trump who could get that rust belt turnout or would have even thought of it.
Negative. The GOPe’s that would have run aren’t manly enough for a street fight.
No, but on a different note: Ann Coulter consoled Jeb Bush with the fact that he could still be the countries first woman president.
Not A Chance!
I take back everything bad I've ever said about Ann Coulter.
I don’t believe that there was any other candidate who could have flipped one state won by 0bama in 2012, much less the FIVE states that Trump flipped.
Can you imagine the LOW ENERGY Clinton campaign, and the LOW ENERGY Jeb campaign, it would have put everyone to sleep.
Easy answer! No.
The more mud thrown at Trump, the harder he fought back. This is the kind of determination we need in a President.
NO, nobody could have beaten the Clinton machine for one reason: political correctness. Trump pounded on corruption, wikileaks, Clinton Foundation, media, etc.
If those other candidates couldn’t beat Trump, what makes anyone think they could have beaten Hillary?
Nope. They had no balls. Trump has balls of gold
Cruz might have had the fortitude and fire.
The others were too bound by the official narrative “you’re racist, sexist, phobic, start from your inferior evil position” or refused to argue aggressively while liberals cheated.
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