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Trump's impending nomination means it's time for a third candidate
Washington Post ^ | May 3, 2016 | Eliot A. Cohen

Posted on 05/03/2016 7:43:44 PM PDT by kevcol

Eliot A. Cohen served in the Defense and State departments in the George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations, respectively.

It's over. Donald Trump, a man utterly unfit for the position by temperament, values and policy preferences, will be the Republican nominee for president. He will run against Hillary Clinton, who is easily the lesser evil but is trailed by clouds of scandal and misconduct and whose party's left wing poses its own threats to liberties of speech, religion, enterprise and association.

It is time for a third candidate, and probably for a third party.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; bush; clinton; districtofcolumbia; election2016; eliotacohen; eliotcohen; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillaryvotersforted; hitlery; newyork; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; wipewater
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LOL...a GOPe third party! might get 3% of the popular vote


1 posted on 05/03/2016 7:43:44 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Loony Tunes...


2 posted on 05/03/2016 7:45:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: kevcol

It’s not going to happen.


3 posted on 05/03/2016 7:45:39 PM PDT by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State)
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To: kevcol

I agree, Bernie Sanders should run as a third party candidate.


4 posted on 05/03/2016 7:45:55 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: kevcol

Jeb still has hope.

(and a garage full of guacamole bowls he needs to move)


5 posted on 05/03/2016 7:46:17 PM PDT by digger48
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To: kevcol

Wow. The Uniparty is being revealed in all its potent villainy.


6 posted on 05/03/2016 7:46:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: kevcol

Nope ... Not this time. First order of business is to stop Hillary. 3rd party can wait until 2020.


7 posted on 05/03/2016 7:46:22 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: kevcol

Sure, take the advice from a liberal rag and split the GOP vote. Great idea.


8 posted on 05/03/2016 7:46:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: kevcol

George Will’s secret lover?


9 posted on 05/03/2016 7:47:06 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: kevcol

Pat Paulsen or Lyndon LaRouche?


10 posted on 05/03/2016 7:47:16 PM PDT by Angels27
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But of course he’s a bushie


11 posted on 05/03/2016 7:47:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: kevcol

The Cheap Labor Express is running out of options to block the citizens from stopping them.


12 posted on 05/03/2016 7:47:34 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: kevcol

Why not just strafe what’s left of Middle America then loot their pockets.


13 posted on 05/03/2016 7:47:36 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Utmost Certainty

It will happen - on the left. They will run a candidate to siphon off Trump votes; they are afraid of a Trump-Hillary matchup. He won’t play by conventional rules like Rick Lazio (where you just let the girl win); he’ll tear her apart.

The left will continue crying “racist” and “sexist” to keep Trump’s support underground, so we have to make this campaign about Crooked Hillary instead...


14 posted on 05/03/2016 7:48:14 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kevcol

Since there seems to be some resemblance, perhaps he is a secret love child.


15 posted on 05/03/2016 7:48:15 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

..Trump’s impending nomination means it’s time for a third candidate...
The liberal press is having apoplectic fits. They realize Hillary is in way over her head. So,therefore the sage third candidate advice. No thanks, Wall.


16 posted on 05/03/2016 7:48:43 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: DoughtyOne

Eliot Cohen, not someone whose opinion I remotely care about. Looking forward to Trump bringing some fresh faces and fresh ideas to Washington.


17 posted on 05/03/2016 7:48:50 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

..Trump’s impending nomination means it’s time for a third candidate...
The liberal press is having apoplectic fits. They realize Hillary is in way over her head. So,therefore the sage third candidate advice. No thanks, Wall.


18 posted on 05/03/2016 7:49:05 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: kevcol

....how they so easily forget What the GOP did with OUR votes.......nothing but stuff their own pockets


19 posted on 05/03/2016 7:49:24 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon sThailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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“... He will run against Hillary Clinton, who is easily the lesser evil...”

This guy worked under a republican administration and he says Hillary is the LESSER evil???????


20 posted on 05/03/2016 7:49:26 PM PDT by JBW1949
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