Posted on 05/04/2016 9:55:41 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
An anonymous group of conservative billionaires is ready to place their bets on a man dubbed “Mad Dog,” hoping to draft him into the presidential race to confront Donald Trump.
Think of it as a Plan B should Trump be nominated by the Republican Party in Cleveland: swing behind retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis and press him into service yet again as a third-party candidate.
Mattis is the former commander of Central Command, which includes the strife-afflicted conflict zones of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, and has developed a reputation among troops as a general officer who cares about the little guy. This reputation blossomed into the political realm during the 2012 presidential contest, when a Marine Corps veteran started an online campaign to write-in Mattis on presidential ballots—it ultimately lacked the backing to take
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Admiral Thomas Moorer tried to pull a Scott move on Richard Nixon because he thought Nixon was committing treason. Too bad we don’t have any courageous generals and admirals today.
Mattis should have upheld his sworn oath to defend the Constitution and resigned in '08 rather than serve the Usurper Obama for over 5 years.
His own men have a low opinion of them. I will take their opinion as gospel.
I we don’t unite, we lose.
For all those who think this is about, “winning”...wake up.
Yep there are 2 choices Trump or Hillary. Any 3rd party candidate will hand the election to PIAPS. Of course, the elites/uniparty will talk about running a “more conservative” candidate because they don’t want the gravy train and the cheap labor express to come to a screeching halt. But why oh why would anyone on this forum be open to the idea. Wake up people!!
I we don’t unite, we lose.
General Mattis will give the William Tecumseh Sherman response.
Just make him Trump’s VP.
Who wants to bet he’s already on the short list for VP?
What wishful thinking? I am flat out asserting that a vote for X is not a vote for A because it's not a vote for B.
Vote for a 3rd party or independent candidate if you wish, but that is a purely wasted vote
Argue with John Quincy Adams:
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams
Like the ice cream, there is only chocolate and vanilla, you choose something, you lose.
No, there really are other flavors; I could walk over to the freezer and pull out a strawberry right now.
I’d take General Singlaub any day. Hell, he goes back to OSS. He still drives. He and the wife live in Franklin, TN
An attractive day dream but ultimately futile.
Perot sucked away the votes.
Mad at bush about taxes so go elect a democrat?
That was MSM controlling minds and Perot short man little penis wanting the ego trip.
Mattis had Marines in the field getting shot at. He paid the price for speaking his mind about the policy of disengagement. The man upheld his oath!
This is a farce!
No thanks. We have enough Big Goverment leftists running for President now.
He’s an idiot. Hell No!
And he let the Haditha Marines suffer under the cloud of political persecution.
WTH... you got me all ramped up over a 2016 headline... lol
It at the top of the Front Page today but it is from 2016?
Looks like I got played
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