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Who would Ayn Rand Vote For?

Posted by robgambrill 8 years, 6 months ago to Humor
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"I really believe that if Ayn Rand were alive today, she would vote for Trump. But since she is dead, she will most likely be voting for Hillary."

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  • Posted by $ rainman0720 8 years, 6 months ago
    If Montgomery Brewster's "None Of The Above" was running, I think Ayn Rand would vote for it.

    Beyond that, I don't think she'd even recognize what elections have become.
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  • Posted by ProfChuck 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If you have ever watched "Watters World" you should be able to predict the outcome of the election. "In a democracy the people get the government they deserve."
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  • Posted by strugatsky 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Do you really believe that America is still "great"? American greatness was, by design, built on individual freedom, free market and private property, and equality before the law. None of these exist any more. So what is "great" about America today?
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  • Posted by Eyecu2 8 years, 6 months ago
    I think that you have accessed the situation perfectly.
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  • Posted by Foresttrowbridge 8 years, 6 months ago
    Well said. Not voting for Trump is tantamount to voting for Clinton. Don't people get that? The country is in damage control mode.
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    Posted by Billpro 8 years, 6 months ago
    Do I like Trump? No. Do I like Hillary? NO, NO, NO!! Am I a registered Libertarian? Yes, BUT, I understand that any vote for a "can't win candidate other than Trump" is a vote for Hillary. I'll be holding my nose as I cast my vote for Trump. He's going to have a tough time with the RINOs on the hill, assuming they retain control. I think, in general, he is far less dangerous to the Nation.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If Hillary gets in, she WILL destroy my current business, put 10 people out of work, and then take most of what I might leave to my heirs. She might even get us into nuclear war with Russia over stupid things like safe zones in Syria. Trump wont do any of those things. Will he stop the movement to socialism, NO. But he will slow it down
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If she decided to vote, it would have to be for Trump, as he is definitely less evil than the alternative Hillary and will give more time for education to take hold and reverse where we are going. Perhaps she might vote for Johnson.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hopefully NOT. Hillary will speed us all into the oblivion of socialism faster than any of the candidates. Plus, she is the posterchild for crooked cronyism that I cant believe people are overlooking.
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  • Posted by ProfChuck 8 years, 6 months ago
    "And the dead shall rise and make their presence known." The zombie vote may decide this election.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: “She would not have voted for Donald Trump. He is unintellectual, range-of-the-moment.” Depends to what extent she would have considered Hillary dangerous to America’s survival. She reluctantly supported and voted for Nixon in 1972, even after he had imposed wage and price controls, because she thought that George McGovern’s domestic and foreign policy views might destroy the country.
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 8 years, 6 months ago
    My first connection was that Ayn Rand is in hell and voting for Hillary Clinton because I believe that Hillary Rodham sold her soul to the devil. But then I got the voter fraud humor. Cute.

    In real life, Ayn Rand wrote against voting for Ronald Reagan. I do not think that she voted Democrat that time, though. She did admire Adlai Stevenson, but, as I recall reading, she voted for Dwight Eisenhower. Her attraction for the liberals was that they had an intellectual approach to problems and offered solutions. She disagreed with those specifics, but she praised the process. On the other hand, the conservatives and Republicans were just "me, too" traditionalists with no program and no perception of the actual problems.

    She would not have voted for Donald Trump. He is unintellectual, range-of-the-moment. He is a demagogue, appealing to fear. His campaign slogan "to make America great again" assumes that America is no longer great. It admits a defeat that never happened.

    While it can be impossible to do productive, creative work without the government being overly involved, Trump actively courted favors for his real estate deals. He did work his way through college, granted. But he did that with HUD houses. Again, there is a reality to that which an honest person could come to grips with, but Donald Trump seems never to have asked any basic questions about eminent domain.

    I think that Ayn Rand would not vote for anyone for President in this election.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me dino brain did not connect with the "since she is dead" part or it being in humor.
    And it is kinda late . . .
    Making a general mess of things. Thatr's what dinos do.
    Silly dino . . .
    Uh, that was kinda bare bones laid out there, though.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Nope not me. Forgive me if it offended, the joke pokes fun at democrats and voter fraud.

    I don't know really know what Rand would think of Trump or how she would have voted in this election.

    Again sorry if it put you off. Internet Humor is sometimes coarse. #speakfreely
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 6 months ago
    I really hope you're " " quoting someone.other than yourself.
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