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View Poll Results: Who is your favorite anti-establishment candidate
Donald Trump 11 37.93%
Ben Carson 2 6.90%
Ted Cruz 2 6.90%
Rand Paul 3 10.34%
Carly Fiorina 3 10.34%
Bernie Sanders 8 27.59%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-24-2015, 08:42 AM
 
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Who is your anti-establishment favorite and why?

Who is your second choice and why?

If you feel an established politician is better for the job, who would that be and why?

I support Trump because of his financial background and negotiation skills.

Second is Ben Carson because of his wisdom and character.
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Old 09-24-2015, 08:45 AM
 
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Anti establishment? Ben Carson is the poster boy for the establishments positions. Fiorina comes pretty darn close.
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Old 09-24-2015, 08:47 AM
 
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Fiorina is heavily supported by Wall Street, together with Clinton, Bush etc. That's as establishment as it gets.
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Old 09-24-2015, 08:50 AM
 
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I wanted to make this public so no cheating. How do I go back and do that?
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Old 09-24-2015, 09:46 AM
 
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How in the (bleep) do you have Cruz as anti-establishment? Cruz is the quintessential modern Republican. Likewise Fiorina, although a political outsider without much political experience is not exactly anti-establishment either.
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Old 09-24-2015, 09:50 AM
 
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How in the (bleep) do you have Cruz as anti-establishment? Cruz is the quintessential modern Republican. Likewise Fiorina, although a political outsider without much political experience is not exactly anti-establishment either.
Because he is the only one who stood up to the establishment. He doesn't go along to get along.
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Old 09-24-2015, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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I think the only people who are qualified to be called anti-establishment candidates are perhaps

1. Donald Trump
2. Rand Paul
3. Fiorina
4. Bernie Sanders

I like Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders, I think these two are decent people.

but politically, I support Rand Paul and Mr. Donald Trump. I like Paul's foreign policy and his views on tax. I think Trump will get a lot done.
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Old 09-24-2015, 09:56 AM
 
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Gary Johnson.
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Old 09-24-2015, 10:01 AM
 
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Who is your anti-establishment favorite and why?

Who is your second choice and why?

If you feel an established politician is better for the job, who would that be and why?

I support Trump because of his financial background and negotiation skills.

Second is Ben Carson because of his wisdom and character.
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Sanders, Cruz and Rand Paul are ALL "establishment".
They are all US Senators and Politicians in office -- part of the problem.

Sanders is a Socialist - which I guess would make him "anti-establishment" IF he did not vote with the Democrats on everything and IF he was not running in the Democratic Primary.

Rand Paul is actually Libertarian Light in the mold of his Dad - he won't do any better than Ron Paul did.

Ted Cruz is the most disappointing - he has chosen to go the Razzle-Dazzle Obama Populist route instead of using his VAST knowledge of the Law and the Constitution to battle in the Senate.

Carson, Trump & Florina are truly "anti-establishment" as they are outside the D.C. insider club.
All 3 have some good points - Florina is the only one who has any knowledge of Foreign Affairs (which I think is crucial). None of the 3 know anything at all about how a Legislature works or what it takes to pass Laws. We need to learn a lot more about all 3 and more importantly - Learn about who their "team" is, who their advisors are. You learn more about the Candidate when you figure out who they are listening to for advise on issues they know nothing about.
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Old 09-24-2015, 10:34 AM
 
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Lightbulb Who is your favorite anti-establishment candidate

Jim Webb

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