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Buffoon in Oval Office better than lying crook

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks Wednesday to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks Wednesday to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas. AP

As a life long registered Republican I have always been proud of my voting record. I am proud to say I used my brain to vote with, which means I did not always vote Republican, I voted who I thought would be the best for our country, state, city.

But now Democrats and Republicans have a dilemma: Our choices are between a complete buffoon and a lying crook.

So I will tell you, I voted for the buffoon because when he screws up, Congress will impeach him; but Clinton has proven that she can make the Mafia Don (Teflon Don) John Gotti look like a Boy Scout and you wouldn’t be able to impeach her (even if she gets indicted) if you had every lawyer from Morgan and Morgan working on the case; and please, all you defenders of her, open your eyes and be honest with yourselves.

Tom O’Brien

Bradenton

This story was originally published October 23, 2016 at 5:42 PM with the headline "Buffoon in Oval Office better than lying crook."

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