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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 05/04/2016 12:44:10 PM PDT by C19fan

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.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; nevertrump; potus; trump
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To: C19fan

The writer was part of the Bush White House. Enough said.


41 posted on 05/04/2016 2:08:55 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: scooby321

Washington Post or Jeff Beso


42 posted on 05/04/2016 2:10:14 PM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: C19fan

The Limp Linguini Party can run a candidate for all these lace cuff and snuffbox tutt-tutters who won’t vote for Trump to stop the Stalinist Hillary.


43 posted on 05/04/2016 2:11:35 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: C19fan

I’m sure we’ll see the usual FR chorus of support for Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode, assuming they are both nominated.


44 posted on 05/04/2016 2:13:43 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: C19fan

I stopped reading after he called that utterly corrupt criminal the lesser of two evils.


45 posted on 05/04/2016 2:17:17 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: yuleeyahoo

This time it could be a different John.


46 posted on 05/04/2016 2:23:41 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: C19fan
He will run against Hillary Clinton, who is easily the lesser evil ...

Hearing this sh!t from someone who worked in the U.S. State Department under Condoleeza Rice tells me everything I need to know about the pathetic state of the Republican Party these days.

47 posted on 05/04/2016 2:30:12 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: C19fan

We need a faux liberal to run as an independent who talks Bernie Sanders BS.


48 posted on 05/04/2016 2:31:49 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: SamAdams76

And striped pants. Don’t forget the striped pants.


49 posted on 05/04/2016 2:40:33 PM PDT by Company Man (Trump towers.)
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To: C19fan
Third party? Trump is only starting to create a second party, and already somebody wants a third one?
50 posted on 05/04/2016 3:01:49 PM PDT by Cyberman
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To: C19fan

A Bushie through and through. Have at it you loser. You will find out why trump won and you lost


51 posted on 05/04/2016 3:16:51 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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