I am not poo-pooing his achievements. I am pointing out the obvious silliness of choosing a total unknown to run third party against the two candidates with 100% name recognition.
It shows how badly Mr Kristol’s ill-advised and indeed, downright anti-American*, gambit has cratered.
*Definined as created to help Hillary win just so that Mr Kristol and his fellow pointy-headed establismentarians can retain control of the GOP amongst the flaming ruins of a once-great nation called the United States of America ...
David French will be one of the speakers on the National Review cruise. I can imagine Kristol bragging to his cruise ship passengers how he made the elections tough on the candidates who spent millions to get nominated. We are seeing a man who has turned his conservative journey into a exercise of the ego and a way to line his pockets. Not a principled outcome.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.