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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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.
It's all about control of the party. FUBK!
tom obama lover assburn...bwahahahahhaaa!!!
I know it was Baghdad Bob, but Bill is really following in his footsteps.
“We need a third party bid,...”
Like a spare...
So was this crystal guy somebody 20 years ago?
look at this moron coburn doing some boy lovin on obama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi5qmVGuVOQ
So what would be the platform of this 3rd party candidate? Open Borders? Unlimited war in the Middle East?
are you a robot? strictly speaking, posting this thing in every thread could be considered spam.
I think of Kristol as a pundit and not a leader in the GOPe.
A third party run sponsored by the Republicans would be the death of the Republican party (with God’s help).
"The Era of Reagan IS OVER..!"
CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION..!!
Kristol and all the GOP didn’t hear us.. nor do they believe us. They don’t know what goes on outside the beltway.. so if they run a 3rd party.. do they actually believe they will get enough votes to win this? They’d better do some checking first... they are so into believing they know it all.. they’d make a stupid mistake like this? Didn’t they ask the Donald to sign a pledge..and didn’t he sign it? So now, who is the liar in all this..
Awww, John, I’m gettin’ all misty.
You poor thing...
Are you going to be alright?
Bill Kristol (Son of Irving!) still doesn’t get what’s going on. He can keep planning to rearrange those wobbly chairs on the Titanic if he wants to. Smart folks are abandoning ship now.
I would advise ANY REPUBLICAN thinking about a Third Party run to THINK IT OVER, VERY HARD.
Trump will not be happy and they can be VIRTUALLY ASSURED that Trump will spill out their lives and the lives of their families for all to see.
I don’t say this as a threat (as I have no connection to the man), I just note it as a pattern with Trump. He doesn’t play by the old rules and if the GOPe REALLY wants to try to DOUBLE CROSS him, he will hit back with such fury that it would be quite difficult for anyone who runs to go back to anything resembling a ‘normal’ lifestyle.
Anything to keep the Uniparty the Uniparty. One-party rule and big government trumps all (pun not intended).
Great way for Kristol to end his snide career. He will die with the NR. Good riddance.
The post after mine says it all. I have posted to you before and you have replied. Please give a reason for this. Do we really need this?
What a crappy bunch of candidates.
A nerd from Oklahoma with glasses. All he did was produce Club for Growth reports about government waste. Yawn.
A really elitist dummy in Raza Rick Perry.
They’d probably get more votes if they ran Felipe Calderon.
All the GOPe needs is some patsy with some kind of name recognition. Jeb Bush would do. Then back him with millions of dollars worth of ads.
Could that patsy win? No way. but he'd take away enough soft Republican votes from Trump to throw the election to Hillary. And that would be just fine with the GOPe.
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