I have more confidence in this one....................
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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The neoconservatives won't back any candidate who opposes open borders immigration and "nation building" wars.
When we don't want to allow people from Third World countries into the US and Europe by the millions, we're just a bunch of xenophobic racists. When neoconservatives want to bomb the people of Third World countries, they're not racist, they're humanitarian.
I have more confidence in this one....................
It didn't hurt that Reagan was smart enough to see this and insisted that Anderson be included on the first debate. How many of us Freepers remember that Jimmy Carter boycotted that debate and was represented by an empty chair? Reagan, having shown himself to be principled and fair minded by including the person who was supposed to take votes from him, proceeded to eat Carter's lunch in the next two debates and never looked back.
Bill Kristol: Jim Mattis happens to be a social liberal. He's more liberal than I am. He's very concerned about the debt. He's a strong national security hawk. Why wouldn't someone like him?
[Bill Kristol Pushes Jim Mattis For Third Party Run: "Patriotic Americans" Will Look At This Choice]
Bill Kristol knows how to pick losers. Let’s not forget that he was one of the first to float Sarah Palin’s name as VP for McCain which turned out to be a disaster for ‘08. Romney - All ready lost...twice. Rubio - All ready lost. Cotton - No one other than conservatives knows anything about him. All will lose general.
It is hard to believe, but more and more evidence shows many Republicans are on Hillary’s stealth team.
Tech billionaires (major Dem donors, Hillary supporters) plot with GOP leaders at exclusive island resort to stop Trump
Ed Sherdlu is also running.
My wife said this about Hillary a long time ago,”Women know a bitch when they see one.”
Bill Kristol will die of a stroke when Trump is elected.
hmmm...... a loser. a loser. Cotton
great list Bill.. i’m impressed >rolling eyes<
Let us ignore this flake and concentrate on how we can help Trump win the Conservative State of Indiana!!
What has gotten into this guy? Yes I’ve had concerns about Trump also, and I’ve posted them on here and no secret of mine, but it’s done now. He’s our front-runner. If they spent half of this energy that they’re spending now going after Trump on Obama instead back in 2008, they would have won.
He should just be booted from the GOP once and for all.
I agree, boot him, the Erick Erickson Red State crowd, and the National Review folks out. They are harmful to the country.
Romney would be dumb enough to run third party, but I think Rubio would run into sore loser laws and I’m sure Cotton is too savvy to get drafted into a third party run. So I think Krystol is grasping at straws.
I mean really? REALLY? Do they think we are that stupid or that we won't notice the unethical machinations they're planning behind the scenes that could cancel out the will of the Republican primary voters? They are all arrogant bastards, like Bill Kristol, who thinks his sh*t don't stink but everybody else's does.
I think Romney is the most likely. He has no political future anyway. He would probably win Utah, and perhaps influence a couple other western states.
Mitt Romney could hardly bring himself to say one word against Obama in 2012, but he's all full of fight now with the NeverTrump movement.
It goes to show that the GOP establishment sees a grassroots insurgency on "their" own side as a much bigger threat than having a Democrat in office. They can live with another Democratic President, because it gives them the chance to play at fake opposition as they've been doing for the past 7+ years with Obama. Not holding onto the White House isn't a problem, having a candidate who they haven't vetted and approved do so is intolerable.
What has happened to Bill Kristol? He used to be a good reporter/analyst.
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