If you had to choose: Jeb Bush or Chris Christie as nominee? (Allahpundit relishing the trolling)

Hot Air ^ | December 16, 2014 | Allahpundit

[C19fan]

I asked this on Twitter and naturally 50 people instantly responded “SMOD.” Sorry, we’re not that lucky. With Jeb in the race, Christie very likely to get in, and Romney and Rubio now likely to pass, the field of loud-and-proud centrists appears to be set at two. And since the donor class loves centrists and the donor class tends to get its way in presidential primaries, that means one of these two guys is likely to be nominee. If it comes to that, whom do you prefer? And before you say “I’ll stay home,” let me note: (1) conservatives say that every time a moderate lands the nomination and every time they end up turning out for him in the general, and (2) I’m not asking whether you’ll vote for either of them. I’m asking who you’d rather see as president. Jeb, right? Bush has been louder than Christie has in pushing immigration reform but we’ll all be shocked if Christie is any less of a RINO on amnesty in practice than Jeb is. Meanwhile, Jeb at least is well regarded by the NRA; Christie’s relationship with the NRA is more contentious. But then, if you’re worried about electability, Christie has none of the baggage that comes with the Bush name. And Ben Shapiro is right that Jeb is more closely identified with amnesty among voters who pay attention, even if he and Christie doubtless share many of the same positions on the issue:

[C210N]

I choose BOTH. In fact, Willard and Rubio, too... I choose to vote for ALL FOUR. I want all four to run. At the same time.

[Then, in the ballot booth, with the RINO's splittin their votes, I'll pull the lever for Cruz]

[Iron Munro]

Pick one?

For which party?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Option #3 I’d kill myself. :-)

[X-spurt]

Don’t think that is going to be a possibility, but if it does, for the first time would sit it out.

[Vigilanteman]

My feelings exactly.

Observation: Jeb would be far more likely to carry Florida than the Pillsbury doughboy would be to carry New Jersey.

[nomad]

I`d seriously consider following that example, screw the republiCrats.

[VideoDoctor]

Jeb Bush or Chris Christie as nominee?

Sounds like a TRICK question.

Which is HEAVIER?... a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? /s

[Wallace T.]

Has there ever been a Yankee Republican that was worth a damn?

Calvin Coolidge (Vermont); Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. (Massachusetts); Bruce Barton (New York); Hamilton Fish, III (New York); Joseph Martin (Massachusetts). If you want to extend the Yankee definition to the upper Midwestern states largely settled by New England, you can count Ronald Reagan (northern Illinois); William Howard Taft and Robert Taft (Ohio); H.R. Gross (Iowa); Howard Buffett (Nebraska, of New York born parents); Dan Quayle (Indiana).

[MaxMax]

Why not just ask, Al Franken or Al Sharpton? Idiot.

[GeronL]

I don’t drink, but I might have to try

[Mariner]

Same here.

I'd vote for the Dem candidate just to get it over with and bring the country to chaos sooner.

After the Trials and Hangings, we can start over.

[Responsibility2nd]

Thanks for that list. Some of those names go way WAY back.

I know there are solid conservatives who live on the East Coast. Trouble is, there are so few of them and so even when a Republican is elected - they are far left of moderate.

[Vendome]

Friggin Smawt Azz...Wicket Smawt...

[RatRipper]

Arsenic or cyanide???

[pt17]

Let’s see here, which steaming pile of crap in the barnyard does one prefer? The least stinky? How about none?

[reasonisfaith]

Not a chance I’d vote for either one of them.

[mass55th]

I’ll stay home.

[Mark]

Jim Thompson

[DiogenesLamp]

If you had to choose: Jeb Bush or Chris Christie as nominee?

Oh, that's an easy one. I'd vote for Hillary, or Warren, or Al Gore or something. I figure if we are going to go to h3ll in a handbasket, we might as well hurry it up.

[stockpirate]

I will stay home, I am no longer a republican.