David French is a staff writer at National Review, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the author or co-author of several books including, most recently, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore.
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 ...