Posted on 04/25/2016 7:58:15 AM PDT by mandaladon
Bill Kristol, son of Irving, names Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 79% , Mitt Romney, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) 79% , and others on his hypothetical shortlist of third-party candidates that he could run if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee.
The “Weekly Standard” editor and self-styled neoconservative power broker is back to talking about a third party, declaring that a Trump victory in Indiana would force him to re-focus on his so-called “Latter-Day Republicans” independent ticket. A third party could help to split the vote on the Right and elect Hillary Clinton president, which would allow Kristol to stave off the Trump threat and regain control of the party in 2020 without actually having to formally support Clinton.
But Kristol now has a shortlist of predictable options, including Mitt Romney and neoconservative rising star Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
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Reagan...proceeded to eat Carter’s lunch in the next two debates...
“There you go again!”
Name me another politician who did as she did- cleaned out corruption in her own party just after taking office. That's why the GOPe feared her. And why I liked her.
Bill Kristol will still be naming third-party prospects months after President Trump has taken office.
And who has failed to pay his party dues, get in line and wait his turn!
What force is that? - I meant that it would be an “independent” run by powerful Republican establishment forces (backed by major figures in congress) rather than some lone wolf run like Anderson.
Frankly, i am sick of all these so called experts who get paid to pose on Fox, CNN and MSNBC for big bucks. They are as bad as tge lobbyists in D.C.
You are right! These folks like George Will and Bill Kristol, Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt blah blah are making it crystal clear what we have been saying is true and not just a matter of seeing the same thing differently.
Well Freepers looks like Rush is failing all over the place after listening to this. Probably won't ever waste the time on his show again.
Kinda sad
Just let them run as democrats
Hillary Clinton was an enthusiastic supporter of neocon wars of regime change and nation building. She voted and supported every war ever fought since Clinton.
I agree with the handled poorly part. She was intentionally sabotaged by Romney’s people. But without Palin, McCain would have only received die hard GOPe votes. Conservatives would have been tepid at best. As for a better pick, there was no VP pick that would have made McCain look better. The best pick would have been a presidential pick other than the GOPee candidates running.
It’s taken eight years but now everything is completely out in the open. We lost because the GOPee wanted to lose. They would rather have liberal democrats in office than conservatives. It was true then and it’s still true now. They are fighting Trump harder they have ever fought any democrat. No accident, that is their plan. Remember Mississippi.
Since when is the neoconservative program of nation-building and global Democracy (disguised as "defense" or "national security") a conservative foreign policy? It owes more to Woodrow Wilson and FDR than to any conservative, and has only come to define GOP foreign policy because of their disproportionate influence. Even within the GOP establishment, the neoconservatives broke with the rest of the party in supporting Obama and Hillary's Libya fiasco.
Kristol hates Trump for his views on immigration and trade, and he also hates Trump for wanting to bring back some sanity to US foreign policy.
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Bingo!
The two best organized fringe parties are the Libertarians and the Greens. Both hate neoconservatives with a passion.
Tough luck, Billy boy.
Cotton attended Sea Island. And Hugh Hewitt has been boosting him since he was a Congressman.
Neither is a good sign.
well said
That is too bad about Cotton. I thought he was a good one.
I had predicted that he'd clear 50% in Pennsylvania and maybe 60% here in the southwest. I underestimated him on both counts.
Bill Kristol has just become pathetic. He needs to retire.
Here’s my scenario:
Trump wins nomination based upon actual voter counts and Romney & others try to wrestle it from him.
Shrillary gets indicted.
Bernie gets Dem nomination.
IF Romney & his cohorts steal the Republican nomination, I will vote for Bernie in protest. I am a life long Republican & I am tired of see the GOPe doing their best to cancel all those votes by Americans.
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