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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 02:11 PM Sep 2015

Bill Kristol: Cheney-Cotton 2016





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If you thought Trump could not fall any lower in Kristol’s estimation, he has now told CNN that despite his prominent role as part of the Republican establishment, he will be looking for a third-party candidate should Trump get the party’s nomination.

“I doubt I’d support Donald. I doubt I’d support the Democrat,” Kristol said on Tuesday. “I think I’d support getting someone good on the ballot as a third party candidate.”

So while Trump has signed the Republican National Committee’s “loyalty pledge,” vowing not to run as a third-party candidate in 2016, Kristol is not willing to make that same commitment to the party.

As for who he wants to run on an independent ticket, Kristol proposed the dynamic — and very-much Republican — duo of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator Tom Cotton. He’s even promoting their non-existent website on Twitter:

On the Cheney-Cotton 2016 front (http://t.co/LMRZ9bB1CX), Cheney & Cotton spoke at AR GOP event last night. Were seen in private convo…
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 15, 2015


http://www.mediaite.com/online/bill-kristol-would-support-third-party-candidate-if-trump-wins-nomination/
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Bill Kristol: Cheney-Cotton 2016 (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Sep 2015 OP
Wow. Put a Cheney-Cotton duo in the White House and PatrickforO Sep 2015 #1
Who cares what that dumb-fuck thinks anyway? DinahMoeHum Sep 2015 #2
weaker standards. BarbaRosa Sep 2015 #3
Cheney already had 2 terms as President MiniMe Sep 2015 #4
And Left With A Dreadful Approval Rating ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #5
There is absolutely no way he is in good enough shape to run for president. Initech Sep 2015 #6

PatrickforO

(14,577 posts)
1. Wow. Put a Cheney-Cotton duo in the White House and
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 02:13 PM
Sep 2015

this country will be a fascist dictatorship in no time.

A disaster for the American people. A disaster for the world.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
5. And Left With A Dreadful Approval Rating
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:30 PM
Sep 2015

His approval numbers were lower than and disapproval numbers higher than even the idiot prince's.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
6. There is absolutely no way he is in good enough shape to run for president.
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:34 PM
Sep 2015

Hell I am surprised that Dick Cheney is still alive. What is Bill Kristol smoking and where can I obtain some?

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