Posted on 03/19/2016 7:38:47 PM PDT by Rockitz
Establishment Republicans are looking to retired senator Tom Coburn or retired Texas governor Rick Perry as possible third-party options if they can’t stop Donald Trump at a brokered convention in Cleveland.
Neoconservative pundit Bill Kristol, son of Irving, has been one of the leading forces trying to broker the convention to throw out the will of the people if Donald Trump fails to make it to 1,237 delegates before July. But even if Trump reaches 1,237, Kristol and the gang are considering running a third-party candidate against him to split the vote, ensure that Hillary Clinton wins, and keep control of the party that is slipping out of their grasp.
The New York Times reported Saturday:
The names of a few well-known conservatives have been offered up in recent days as potential third-party standard-bearers, and William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, has circulated a memo to a small number of conservative allies detailing the process by which an independent candidate could get on general-election ballots across the country.
Among the recruits under discussion are Tom Coburn, a former Oklahoma senator who has told associates that he would be open to running, and Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who was suggested as a possible third-party candidate at a meeting of conservative activists on Thursday in Washington.
Clinton would be a better choice for the establishment Republicans, who can still fundraise off of their opposition to her. Clinton would also presumably give them more establishment-friendly policies than Trump, who is looking to push economic policies that benefit the middle and lower classes and small businesses.
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If they bolt, they’ll work to destroy the movement, lose the election, then regain control of the party. Look at what the puppetmasters have done EVERY TIME to defeat any Constitutional Conservative. Extreme example....Cochran. They’ll do ANY despicable thing to keep control of the party.
If I was Trump I wouldn't either.
It's all about losing their power.So much so that they are ready to put hillary in power just so the NWO doesn't have to go around a Trump presidency which they will in a heartbeat.
Sooner or later we have to take these criminals on.They will not go away.Once they know we know who they are and we are not afraid of them we will beat them.They can be taken on.
Kristol has lost it. He and his Magazine are about to disappear into oblivion.
We are learning a LOT during this primary about the Establishment.
Other good signs:
Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3391513/posts
[Such as IRS workers who targeted the Tea Party? Let’s cross our fingers!]
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Donald Trump’s 2016 NRO Critics Were President Obama’s 2009 Fan-Boys
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3387252/posts
[friends of Kristol?]
SPAM ...
Spreading
Patriotism
And
Muckraking!
And this will all be necessary only if Trump gets the nomination. Because they KNOW they ain’t givin’ it to Cruz!
Oh, well. Maybe Perry has had time to remember that third government agency he wants to abolish.
Krystal is not saying their candidate would win. He will stop Trump from winning and give it to Hillary. Maybe Jeb can be her veep and they’ve promised Ted the SC.
I appreciate your concerns, but false alarm. Think of it as a PG-rated send-up of chick flicks, as Blazing Saddles was an R-rated send-up of Westerns.
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