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Bill Kristol Names Romney, Rubio, Tom Cotton As Third-Party Prospects If Trump Wins Nomination
Breitbart ^ | 25 Apr 2016 | Patrick Howley

Posted on 04/25/2016 11:21:58 AM PDT by detective

Bill Kristol, son of Irving, names Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mitt Romney, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) 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.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Florida; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2016election; 3rdparty; 3rdtime; alreadyposted; arkansas; billkristol; election2012; election2016; florida; gopliars; gopsaboteurs; irvingkristol; krystal; marcorubio; massachusetts; mittromney; nevertrustromney; nevertrustthegop; newyork; romney; tomcotton; trump
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In 1980, the Republican establishment ran moderate Republican John Anderson as a third party candidate against Reagan.

In 2016, the Republican establishment will run a third party candidate against Donald Trump.

1 posted on 04/25/2016 11:21:58 AM PDT by detective
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2 posted on 04/25/2016 11:23:04 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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To: detective

How about Dan Quayle/David Duke?


3 posted on 04/25/2016 11:23:07 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: detective

Kristol is a pimp. He never could have outfought Donald.

But I never knew, until this day, that it was Romney all along.


4 posted on 04/25/2016 11:24:21 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Cruz never could have outfought Trump. I never knew, until this day, that it was Romney all along.)
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To: detective

What happened to THE PLEDGE?


5 posted on 04/25/2016 11:26:03 AM PDT by McGruff (Rush Limbaugh: Jeb Bush could mount a convention comeback)
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To: detective

hey eff you Kristol.... go join up with Hillary and the Dhimmicrats and MYOFB.


6 posted on 04/25/2016 11:26:39 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: detective

Tom Cotton is a good man....the other two, not so much.


7 posted on 04/25/2016 11:26:47 AM PDT by traderrob6
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I can’t stand him......pompous jack-ass


8 posted on 04/25/2016 11:27:53 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: detective

Could this schmo be further out of touch? Really?


9 posted on 04/25/2016 11:29:23 AM PDT by Kahuna
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

With the election of Hillary, the complete takeover of the U.S. government by international bankers and corporate interests (the 1%) will be complete! Proof that in truth liberals despise the middle class.


10 posted on 04/25/2016 11:38:13 AM PDT by FiddlePig
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To: detective

Kristol has run off the rails, jumped the shark, gone loco, etc....


11 posted on 04/25/2016 11:41:04 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: traderrob6

Yeah, Cotton actually cares about the country, and would undoubtedly tell Kristol to go pound sand if approached to run in his kindergarten party.


12 posted on 04/25/2016 11:46:13 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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Does Billy boy think he has more power than RUSH and Levin

Billy Look at Virginia then look at your self

13 posted on 04/25/2016 11:58:20 AM PDT by scooby321
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Here is an idea for Bill Kristol: why not run sixteen third party candidates, just like in the primaries?


14 posted on 04/25/2016 11:59:48 AM PDT by mvonfr
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Anybody think Kristol is just a journalist? He is a NWO cabal spokesman. He is an enemy of this country


15 posted on 04/25/2016 12:00:02 PM PDT by ground_fog
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To: detective

These people are insane.

If they want a neocon, just vote for Hillary.


16 posted on 04/25/2016 12:01:42 PM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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“If they want a neocon, just vote for Hillary.”

That is exactly what the GOPe is going to do.

17 posted on 04/25/2016 12:05:35 PM PDT by detective
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“Kristol is a pimp. He never could have outfoxed Donald. But I never knew, until this day, that it was Romney all along.”

OK, that was funny! (I corrected “outfought”; it was “outfoxed”. Figured a fellow Godfather fanatic wouldn't mind.)

18 posted on 04/25/2016 12:09:39 PM PDT by utahagen
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Look, Bill, I don’t want to see you go away mad.

I just want to see you go away.


19 posted on 04/25/2016 12:13:58 PM PDT by sevlex
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Dear Bill Kristol:

Go pound sand.

Sincerely,

5.56mm

20 posted on 04/25/2016 12:18:27 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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