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Group Says There’s Interest in Third-Party Run From Governors, Senators
ABC News ^ | SHUSHANNAH WALSHE

Posted on 06/17/2016 3:35:53 PM PDT by ErikJohnsky

A third party presidential campaign effort that has been working to recruit an alternative to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton says over a dozen possible candidates have been in contact about a possible run just days after the effort was officially launched.

"Better for America” was set up to ensure a third party candidate will be on the ballot in all fifty states. John Kingston, a Boston-based conservative donor who bundled for Mitt Romney, is bankrolling the group, and stresses this new effort is bipartisan. The group has been in touch with both independents and Democrats -- “senators, governors, congressman, highly regarded people from the Armed Services" - who are willing to take on the New York real estate mogul and former secretary of state.

“You wouldn’t believe the types of people we are talking to,” Kingston told ABC News. “It’s an American crisis moment, this is what it is. Is somebody of the right mettle courageous enough to step into this? It’s hard, it’s not easy.”

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billkristol; nevertrump
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its like they want to destroy the GOP, and become the Bush Cheap Labor Party vs. the Clinton Cheap Labor Party
1 posted on 06/17/2016 3:35:54 PM PDT by ErikJohnsky
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John Kingston, a Boston-based conservative donor who bundled for Mitt Romney

Let's play spot the contradictions in this sentence.

2 posted on 06/17/2016 3:37:02 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: ErikJohnsky

This carp has to stop. Enough of the establishment trying to dictate new rules when they lose by the ones they created.


3 posted on 06/17/2016 3:40:33 PM PDT by Fungi
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Do they name names?


4 posted on 06/17/2016 3:41:11 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ErikJohnsky
Group Says There’s Interest in Third-Party Run From Governors, Senators

The stooges won't have a fund raising problem either.

The Clintons will be happy to set up a PAC for them with unlimited financing.


5 posted on 06/17/2016 3:41:52 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If liberals were in charge of the oceans, in 5 years the water would be gone.)
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To: Iron Munro

IDK about this. It seems to me that a 3rd party might hurt the Clintdog more than Trump


6 posted on 06/17/2016 3:43:18 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I'm not a crank! I just act like one.)
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To: ErikJohnsky

Never in my life have I seen so many supposed Republicans so willing to give up their freedom to Hillary Clinton..the one thing Trump has done is expose these people for what they are


7 posted on 06/17/2016 3:43:22 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ErikJohnsky

TRUMP will prevail.


8 posted on 06/17/2016 3:44:18 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: ErikJohnsky

If there is a 3rd party candidate it won’t be a Democrat. It will be a GOPe.


9 posted on 06/17/2016 3:44:24 PM PDT by Angels27
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It isn't the number that have been contacted, it is the number that responds positively that counts.

If the polls are any indicator, Johnson is already running a fair 3rd party ticket.

It depends on who they run as to whether he/she will impact Clinton or Trump more.


10 posted on 06/17/2016 3:45:00 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ErikJohnsky

This is the Cheap Labor Express trying to insure that the citizens cannot stop them.
They will elect Hillary if they can.


11 posted on 06/17/2016 3:46:17 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Yeah, but he’s not a severely conservative donor.

In a way, much like all the other games the GOPe has tried against Trump, this may just backfire too.

Consider. We the pothead Gary Johnson for the Bernie kids to vote for in place of Hillary. And we’ll have some “severely” conservative no name for the nevertrump morons to vote for in place of Hillary.

Trumps wins with 42%. Now that would be poetic justice for Ryan and the boys.


12 posted on 06/17/2016 3:46:56 PM PDT by phoneman08
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Trump and Clinton. Sure.

They throw in `Hillary Clinton’ and `former secretary of state’ so that it isn’t obvious that their actual raison d’être is to bleed-off just enough votes from Trump to elect Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state.

Romney is an a$$whole with arms and the Bushes are no better, along with every other nevertrumper/Clinton supporter who still insists on being called a “true conservative”.


13 posted on 06/17/2016 3:47:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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“It’s an American crisis moment, this is what it is”. These malcontents just won’t give up, figures that an ex Romney money-man is part of the group (so it’s plain to see who’s pulling the strings). The proverbial stab-in-the-back is at hand.


14 posted on 06/17/2016 3:48:34 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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I don’t think I ever want to hear House GOPe Republicans talking about “maintaining discipline” by voting against their districts and for the leadership, ever again!


15 posted on 06/17/2016 3:48:53 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen... -Emerson)
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This is the Cheap Labor Express trying to insure that the citizens cannot stop them.

That and globalists who are on the cusp of taking over America. They've already destroyed our manufacturing, obliterated our military, and diluted our population with the enemy.

They're not going to let go when they're this close.

16 posted on 06/17/2016 3:52:12 PM PDT by Kenny (e)
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To: dirtboy

Ok I’ll take a shot at it (1) Boston conservative (2) raised huge money for VERY conservative Romney (3) Romney LOST you idiot!!!!


17 posted on 06/17/2016 3:53:47 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: ErikJohnsky

The ruling class is upset with the choice of the peasants...time for the elites to pull out their trump card...um, in this case the NON Trump card.


18 posted on 06/17/2016 4:02:53 PM PDT by texteacher
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I think they are more afraid of being exposed for all of the $$$$ they received under the table and being exposed in other ways as well. Who knows, they are probably more corrupt than the Dems...hard to imagine that.


19 posted on 06/17/2016 4:08:54 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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So all those uniparty media push polls showing a third party is getting
14 % or 15 % are pure BS !

The real polling must show Trump looking good otherwise why such panic but the Uniparty and the Hilary Media con jobs ?


20 posted on 06/17/2016 4:15:09 PM PDT by ncalburt
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