Posted on 07/22/2015 11:23:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Encouraging
He should have kept that 3rd party Sword-of-Damocles hanging over the GOPe bastards!
Thank you. Doing so would have ensured a Rat victory.
This way they can’t say “don’t you see, he’s just Ross Perot for Hillary.”
Another fail for Trump haters.
I suddenly feel a lot less worried about the election.
Hopefully some of his willingness to frame the issues with common sense will rub off on the rest of the Republican field.
I just wish he would spend more energy attacking Democrats, not that some of the Republicans deserve a free pass, but because the media will never hold Democrats accountable themselves.
Nice try but Donald Derangement Syndrome is in full swing.
They will continue to cry about Donald running third party even as Donald is leading in the GOP race.
He is attacking Democrats (Bush, Graham, etc).
That is good to hear, but I wouldn’t trust a word he says.
If Trump wants to run 3rd party he’d just make up a reason for his change of position, state it forcefully, and move on and do what he wants - and Trumpsters wouldn’t hold him to account.
The real reason Trump is saying this, I suspect, is because he is currently getting a fair hearing from Limbaugh, Hannity, etc, and those conservative talkers would turn on him quickly if they think he’ll run 3rd party and hand the election to Hillary.
Still, if he means what he says, that would be good news.
The other problem that Perot had--which Trump would not have had--is that he could not speak extemporaneously on television, but looked totally spaced out, reading off a teleprompter behind the camera. I have personally used TV for half hour speeches in a campaign and can attest the effectiveness, if one can extemporize.
The reason to keep the Third Party option viable, is the changing demographics, that the Left is counting on to make Conservatives a permanent minority. A strong and articulate candidate, who lets the mindless acceptors of Leftist premises split their vote between the Democrats and the sort of "Republicans," who prattle their own version of the same acceptance of Socialist values, just might pull it off.
No! I am not suggesting that that is the ideal approach at this point. But a strategy on that order, might prove our last resort, if we cannot recapture the Republican Party next year. (And keep in mind that even if we do, a Cruz nomination might well provoke a Corporate CEO 2016 version of Republicans for Johnson, such as the Rockefeller branch of the Party hit Barry Goldwater with in 1964.)
The problem is complex. So we have to keep all options open.
Plus, another historical note. Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Third Party, which actually outpolled the Republican Party in 1912, lost to Wilson==but the mere threat of a revival by Hiram Johnson or William Borah was the whip that kept Henry Cabot Lodge from cutting off the debate that the irreconcilables finally won to defeat Wilson's League of Nations; leading to the overwhelming landslide of 1920.
Slap that, “owned by Reince Priebus” label on him.
Donald Trump will not be the GOP nominee. Eventually he is going to have to articulate how he is going to do all the wonderful things he claims he is going to do, and he won't be able to do it. Bluster and throwing red meat to the base will only get him so far. Due to the fact he changes his positions depending entirely on what his needs are at that moment in time, there isn't a way to have much confidence in this statement. It's good that he said it, but I doubt many believe him.
We’re talking about Don Trump, not Scott Walker.
He’s already rubbing off on other candidates — Rubio just said “We already have a president now that has no class”, comparing Obama to Trump.
A passive-aggressive nod to Trump.
The odd thing here is Trump is running a straight clean Republican campaign and the Republican Establishment (GOPe) belly achers are looking like the third party.
Ping
Trump much better than an...R!!!!!
Much, much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.