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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:23 PM Jun 2016

I知 not the right person to challenge Trump and Hillary... (Neo-Con David French bows out for 2016)

Source: The National Review

Indeed, the path is there. I spent the last several days with some of the best minds in politics. I learned that the ballot-access challenge can be met with modest effort (by an existing network ready to activate), that the polling for a true outsider independent was better than most people know, and that there are many, many Americans — including outstanding political talents — who are willing to quit their jobs — today — to help provide the American people with an alternative. But given the timing, the best chance for success goes to a person who either is extraordinarily wealthy (or has immediate access to extraordinary wealth) or is a transformational political talent. I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve my country, and I thank God for the successes I’ve had as a lawyer and a writer, but it is plain to me that I’m not the right person for this effort. I believe with all my heart that there is an American movement ready to both resist the corruption, decadence, and dishonesty of the American elite and restore the promise of the American Dream. But that movement may not emerge for some time, and it might emerge only after further heartache and pain. Let me also say that each person involved in the effort to recruit an independent candidate is a patriot. They are standing strong on principle when the GOP leadership — in lockstep — now marches to Trump’s beat. I admired them before this process began, and I admire them more even now.


Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436222/david-french-not-running-president

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I知 not the right person to challenge Trump and Hillary... (Neo-Con David French bows out for 2016) (Original Post) big_dog Jun 2016 OP
He's right. no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #1
Right indeed Zambero Jun 2016 #3
So much for Bill Kristol's make-a-difference contender Zambero Jun 2016 #2
national review used as a news source on DU? nt msongs Jun 2016 #4
He says he firmly believes there is an American movement LibDemAlways Jun 2016 #5
I am actually sad DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #6
The Johnson-Weld Libertarian ticket is more formidable Zambero Jun 2016 #9
er, not as much DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #11
But then those brains could suddenly switch on again... Zambero Jun 2016 #13
Which is appealing to many antigovernment conservatives IronLionZion Jun 2016 #14
Kristol Meth is one helluva drug . . . hatrack Jun 2016 #7
"I spent the last several days with some of the best minds in politics. " Angel Martin Jun 2016 #8
Rednecks for French! sofa king Jun 2016 #10
Yeah, I mean, he'd have to get a wikipedia page if he ran for president too bluestateguy Jun 2016 #12
Tea partiers don't like the French. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #15
Bill Kristol's latest scheme aborts before launch...... yellowcanine Jun 2016 #16
maybe she was using a cigarette holder Bucky Jun 2016 #17
Shouldn't his name be David "Freedom Fries"? n/t Yavin4 Jun 2016 #18

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
2. So much for Bill Kristol's make-a-difference contender
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:29 PM
Jun 2016

Why doesn't he throw his own hat into the ring? Flapping his Neocon gums is easier than actual campaigning I suppose.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
5. He says he firmly believes there is an American movement
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:36 PM
Jun 2016

"ready to both resist the corruption, decadence, and dishonesty of the American elite and restore the promise of the American dream." He's right. It's already happening and the message is resonating with the American people. What he seems not to realize is that it's being led by a democratic socialist named Bernie Sanders.

DonCoquixote

(13,615 posts)
6. I am actually sad
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:38 PM
Jun 2016

because he would have split the Trump vote. I will bet the department of Discovered Photos, Cement Shoes and Kneecap adjustments paid him a visit.

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
9. The Johnson-Weld Libertarian ticket is more formidable
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:44 PM
Jun 2016

Since they are both former GOP governors but nonetheless apparently sane (unlike the presumptive GOP nominee), their ticket can be expected to cost Trump votes aplenty, as his suicide mission train wreck continues to careen down the tracks.

DonCoquixote

(13,615 posts)
11. er, not as much
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:46 PM
Jun 2016

because all the Trump people have to do is shriek "THEY WANNALEGALIZEWEEEEED!" and the brain will shut off.

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
13. But then those brains could suddenly switch on again...
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 10:15 PM
Jun 2016

Once they get the sales pitch that legalized weed sales will generate beaucoup revenue for gov't coffers, therefore shifting and offsetting a share of the tax burden on the middle class. A somewhat different way in which to vote one's pocketbook, but it will resonate with some.

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
14. Which is appealing to many antigovernment conservatives
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 10:16 PM
Jun 2016

if they can pick off enough votes in enough swing states they can make the difference, especially out west where Johnson is from.

Angel Martin

(942 posts)
8. "I spent the last several days with some of the best minds in politics. "
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:42 PM
Jun 2016

who dat ?

Romney and Jeb! campaign advisors ?

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
16. Bill Kristol's latest scheme aborts before launch......
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 09:17 AM
Jun 2016

Don't forget that one Bill Kristol was partially responsible for the phenom DUers affectionately refer to as "Caribou Barbie." Recalling his never ending wrong predictions, has Kristol ever actually had a political success? Well there is Dan Quayle, I suppose. (Snort!) Further reading on Bill Kristol and Sarah Palin, if you have the stomach for it:

The rise and fall of Bill Kristol's crush on Sarah Palin
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/onetime-booster-bill-kristol-sours-on-sarah-palin/

My favorite quote from the piece:

Kristol publicly predicted that John McCain would tap the then-largely-unknown Palin as his running mate in June 2008; he reportedly pushed the McCain campaign to select her after being dazzled by Palin during a 2007 lunch in Alaska. Kristol said in November 2008 that Palin "reminds me a lot of FDR."

Besides the obvious question of what constituted "dazzled by Palin" for Kristol, who knew that Bill Kristol had a crush on FDR? How is that even possible?

Bucky

(53,795 posts)
17. maybe she was using a cigarette holder
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 11:16 AM
Jun 2016

It's a pretty random comparison: generous, progressive, aristocratic. About the only similarity is that before his illness FDR was pretty athletic and Palin, for all her sins, at least seems to be a pretty avid sportswoman.

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