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RexImperator · 2016-05-29 11:17:00 · #33105
Progressives/leftists see everything in terms of a civil rights struggle. It's how they frame their entire world view. Anyone who is not on their side is racist.
Latinopan · 2016-05-29 14:54:00 · #33106
(05-28-2016 08:53 AM)I DIDNT KILL MY WIFE Wrote:  



cuck feels brave enough to clown on a mom with her kid, gets bitchslapped by husband and screams HELP! HEEEELP!

couldn't lol harder at a video, typical anti-Trump protestor in a nutshell

Funny thing is, he uploaded the video to his own YT channel that has his full name thinking somehow people will be sympathizing with him as some sort of hero for "standing against bigots", comments started hammering for attacking a mother and her child and people were already doxxing him, the video on his channel is now private.

(05-28-2016 01:01 PM)Roadrunner Wrote:  
(05-28-2016 12:28 PM)Fisto Wrote:  
(05-28-2016 11:51 AM)T and A Man Wrote:  How are white Americans illegal in the SW?

Mexicans loyal to Mexico claim the land was stolen from them.
Sore losers. "The strong do what they can and the weak bear what they must." If you are alive then it is because of some so called 'injustice' done to a competitor by your ancestor. If they follow their own logic all human beings need to fly the fuck back to bumfuck Ethiopia and commit suicide as remittance for our ancestors surviving and winning at the cost of someone else. I have no interest in any kind of balancing of so-called historical inequity because inequity is the way of the world in a Zero-Sum Game and any such appeal is nothing more than a power grab for the particular Tribal group that espouses it. Believing the world is unfair and that you are the descendant of marginalized victims is the most pathetic, self-loathing Ideology I can think of. If you aren't ashamed of your ancestry there is no way to avoid mental gymnastics and self-loathing by believing in such things.

Had a rough grappling session so gonna avoid typing more, apologies.

The land Mexico is now used to be owned by Spain, 5 de Mayo is a celebration of Mexicans winning against French retaking Puebla, are they going to give Mexico to Spain and Puebla to France?

When two or more tribes are fighting over land, the winner keeps the land, USA won, Mexico lost, is that simple.

(05-28-2016 04:03 PM)Truth Teller Wrote:  All this bullshit about "being Presidential" is just code for "being a pussy we can force to do things."

Is hunting a Rhino in Africa presidential?
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What about owning a gun?
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(05-28-2016 04:12 PM)Travesty Wrote:  Oh God the tears, they taste so wonderful! Hate to give this phony a view, yet I love even more.

Start at 10:04




I have been watching liberals lefty YT channels like The Young Turks, is so damn funny seeing the doing mental gymnastic between Sanders losing, Trump winning, and Hillary becoming the Democrat nominee.

Notice at the end how without saying democrats are responsible for the riots at Trump rally (which they are) she says how closer to election this riots are going to help Trump.

(05-28-2016 08:17 PM)Libertas Wrote:  Trump is A/B testing "goofy" vs. "Pocahontas" in real time. Amazing.

She's having a public meltdown and he barely attacked her too.

Why haven't "conservatives" done this shit? Donald Trump has done more damage to the left in one year than the conservative movement has done in 50.

Is not been a year since he announced his presidential race, but they answer is, they do not do it because they do not want to d it, look how strong and united the entire Republican party got in order to defeat Trump, if they showed that commitment to fight democrat they will win every election.

(05-28-2016 09:25 PM)Liberty Sea Wrote:  Goofy works for the same reason that Little Marco works. It'll stick.

However, if Warren had game she would embrace and amplify that nickname. Because it's a somewhat cutesy nickname and can be endearing in certain common-enough circumstances. She can sell herself as that goofy friend every one has who's a bit clumsy and silly at times but also earnest, caring and works their best to help their friends. It can also help her create the impression that she's not a fraud - too goofy to deceive people. Goofy is also the name of a much beloved cartoon character - she can ride on that lovability and take it for herself.

Some Bernie fans have embraced the nickname Crazy Bernie for this reason. Trump's greedy-for-America theme works by the same law.

Not everybody wants a goofy friend for president, but Warren is not running for president. So she can use it to amplify her status as a friendly senator who's only interested in working for the people, in the Senate. "Hey everybody, I'm not a typical smooth and slick politician, I can be a bit goofy, but I work for you!"

But then she's too goofy to make use of it, so there's that.

Politicians are good with politic game when everyone else is playing bu by the rules imposed on them by the people who pay them money, Trump plays by his own rules and career politicians simple are not used to fight somebody like that, they simple are clueless on how to respond.

(05-29-2016 10:28 AM)Horus Wrote:  It's easy to get caught up in the Trump support on this forum and among our peers and assume that everyone thinks this way.

This is an example of a video that the retarded class are sharing.

https://www.facebook.com/motherjones/vid...810687144/

Is this like the Oliver "Drumph" video that was supposed to end Trump?
Mr. D · 2016-05-29 16:05:00 · #33107
Apparently, even comic books have a leftist slant these days:





To quote one of the comments, "Hail Hydra! MAGA! #RedSkull2016 "
The Lizard of Oz · 2016-05-29 18:38:00 · #33108




F'ing awesome, drunken Trump
LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-29 19:24:00 · #33109
It seems we are living in a sort of oligarchical/ochlocratic hybrid society nowadays. For reference, here's how Wikipedia defines these terms:

Quote:Ochlocracy ("rule of the general populace") is democracy ("rule of the people") spoiled by demagoguery, "tyranny of the majority", and the rule of passion over reason, just as oligarchy ("rule of a few") is aristocracy ("rule of the best") spoiled by corruption.

What used to mean something in this country, our traditional values, things like religion, family, hard work and nationalistic pride have been subverted and are now largely looked upon as negatives in our modern society. We've been infiltrated by a cult of political correctness, of Cultural Marxists, and we've been rotting from the inside out ever since.

Unfortunately, many have already been indoctrinated into this system and aren't likely to take the red pill and learn the truth. In fact, they've been encouraged not to:





While democracy sounds like a good idea in principle (and can be provided we aren't living in a society whose functional values have been subverted), don't forget Karl Marx said, "Democracy is the road to socialism," and Vladmir Lenin once said "The goal of socialism is communism." Note: Communism has never been successfully implemented anywhere and yet SOMEHOW there are people in 2016 -- in America -- who think voting for Crazy Bernie is a good idea. Un-fucking-believable!

I can't understand how anyone in this country can be against Donald Trump and his policies. We have more information available at our fingertips today than people of any other time and place throughout history to show how Sanders' ideas won't work and how Hillary is as crooked as a question mark. The only way someone could be opposed to Trump is if they're:

. Americans who have chosen to be willfully ignorant
. Self-interested non-citzens who seek to take advantage of our country
. Self-interested citizens (many belonging to our oligarchical class) also seeking to take advantage of our country.

I hate to sound like George W. Bush, but I think there's a lot of truth to the idea of "You're either with us or against us" in this fight. Make no mistake, this is a fight. We need to do whatever it takes to win. The leftists have been allowed to run amuck for far too long and the shit needs to stop. Now. Rally everyone of your friends and relatives you can to get behind Donald Trump. I feel it's our duty as his supporters to spread his message to counteract the lies the mainstream media are telling (I know many of us are already doing this and that's great).

The media makes Trump out to be the Red Skull or HYDRA Cap. He isn't either. If anything, he's like the true Captain America, a symbol for good who will face seemingly insurmountable odds to stand up for what he believes in. I, for one, firmly believe he can do what he says and make America great again! End of rant. I just had to get it off my chest.

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ball dont lie · 2016-05-29 20:38:00 · #33110
(05-29-2016 10:28 AM)Horus Wrote:  It's easy to get caught up in the Trump support on this forum and among our peers and assume that everyone thinks this way.

This is an example of a video that the retarded class are sharing.

https://www.facebook.com/motherjones/vid...810687144/


Where I'm at in China I haven't met another Trump supporter. Usually at a bar if someone brings up politics and Ive a few drinks its essentially the entire bar against me. I'm a bit older and most of the people in China were jobless political science or geography majors back home that were completely brainwashed in university.
Enoch · 2016-05-29 20:41:00 · #33111
Let's take a minute to appreciate just how many Americans make their living on government largesse, and therefore are by definition anti-Trump.

2.8 Million directly employed with uncle same. Out of roughly 300 million Americans, workforce participation rate is 60%.

Adding in state and local, including teachers comes to about 16 million. So about 9% of the entire working population has a government job.

Now add in how many "private companies" only exist due to the overreaching government. Lawyers, accountants, other professional agencies that help other private companies manage business complexities from government regulation. How many employees of these private companies want less regulation?

Add in companies that get fat off government procurement. What % of working Americans feel they would be worse off with a smaller government? 25%?

Add in people who get a government check every month. (take out Social Security). The number of people sucking on the tit is phenomenal and they are ALL scared of Trump.
robreke · 2016-05-29 21:23:00 · #33112
(05-28-2016 06:24 PM)Samseau Wrote:  
(05-28-2016 04:12 PM)Travesty Wrote:  Oh God the tears, they taste so wonderful! Hate to give this phony a view, yet I love even more.

Start at 10:04




People can't stop talking about Pocahontas... so fucking funny!!

It's truly a thing of beauty. Leftists like MSNBC's MadCow and other lefties have, for years and years, sat there on their TV shows and sneeringly made fun of conservatives, traditional Americans and anything that is remaining that is decent in the US and the West.

They've sat there on their TV shows and snickered amongst each other as they muttered their sophomoric insults and slights toward traditional America, batting their ideas between each other on the comfort of their panels, which are dominated by like-minded lefties, while they laugh approvingly at, what they think, are each others' witty and pithy observations on the short comings of conservatives and traditional Americans.

Now, Trump comes in with his bemused yet nuclear form of blowing out the leftists for what they are: That is namely, liars, frauds and for many of them, just plain freaks.

He goes right to the heart (jugular) of the matter with these leftist freaks, makes fun of them in devastating fashion, and all the leftist commentators like this R. Maddow can do is hunch over her desk and repeat what Trump said as if she's groveling for outrage from her viewers and come across as exasperated and as if she's almost at a loss for words.

Trump is a huge Fuck You to these media Statists and a growing majority of Americans are agreeing with him that enough, is indeed, enough.

The worm has turned. It's a magical thing.
Easy_C · 2016-05-29 21:39:00 · #33113
(05-29-2016 10:59 AM)El Chinito loco Wrote:  
(05-29-2016 10:51 AM)Easy_C Wrote:  Not just any aging white women. The kind that look fresh out of a trailer park.

They remind me more of the typical New England or San Francisco liberals.

The older set are frumpy wrinkled old bags with weird tics (mostly due to overmedication) and prone to histrionics. They remember the good old days of riding the cock carousel back in the 60's during some hippie gangbang and glom on to every mindless leftist cause.

Now that they have aged into mummies and are multiple divorcees with a rotted out stank pussy it's time to burn down the house (nation) as a past time inbetween greenpeace, feminist studies guest lecturer, and gardening.

Worthless people and an overall burden on society.

Exactly. Washed up sloot with a history of excessive drug use, married to an unattractive man they only keep around because he pays for the massive amount of food they consume?

That's different from your average trailer rat/dependapotamous how exactly?
LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-29 22:09:00 · #33114
Has anyone seen Trump's tweets from today? Is there something developing we've not heard about yet -- is that fucking idiot Bill Kristol maneuvering to ACTUALLY run a third-party candidate? Or is Trump just doing a little preventative maintenance to help keep this from happening?

Quote:1st Tweet:

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

Bill Kristol has been wrong for 2yrs-an embarrassed loser, but if the GOP can't control their own, then they are not a party. Be tough, R's!

2nd Tweet:

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

The Republican Party has to be smart & strong if it wants to win in November. Can't allow lightweights to set up a spoiler indie candidate!

3rd Tweet:

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

If dummy Bill Kristol actually does get a spoiler to run as an Independent, say good bye to the Supreme Court!
911 · 2016-05-29 22:11:00 · #33115
Great news guys!

Third party Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is -get that- PRO OPEN BORDERS. A freakin FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR is pro open borders! Huh Nuts

And if that weren't clueless enough, he picked a pro gun control VP!!!! eek

I was really scared of the Libertarians torpedoing Trump, just like Nader sunk Gore and Perot siphoned Bush's vote, especially with Koch and Soros bent on sabotaging Trump, but they pretty much shot themselves in the foot, with a 357!

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The Lizard of Oz · 2016-05-29 22:18:00 · #33116
(05-29-2016 10:09 PM)LeoneVolpe Wrote:  Has anyone seen Trump's tweets from today? Is there something developing we've not heard about yet -- is that fucking idiot Bill Kristol maneuvering to ACTUALLY run a third-party candidate?

Quote:1st Tweet:

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

Bill Kristol has been wrong for 2yrs-an embarrassed loser, but if the GOP can't control their own, then they are not a party. Be tough, R's!

2nd Tweet:

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

The Republican Party has to be smart & strong if it wants to win in November. Can't allow lightweights to set up a spoiler indie candidate!

3rd Tweet:

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

If dummy Bill Kristol actually does get a spoiler to run as an Independent, say good bye to the Supreme Court!

Yes, it seems that way. Trump is responding to this tweet by Kristol:

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/7...6488978432

Quote:Bill Kristol Verified account
‏@BillKristol

Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate--an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance.

2:00 PM - 29 May 2016

I don't like the sound of it at all. I hope phone calls are being made and serious threats are being leveled against all involved. Trump's people as well as the GOP need to squash this. They need to come down very hard.

We'll see what develops. Kristol's tweet sounds pretty definite. If it does happen, I hope the candidate they come up with is an obvious dud.
911 · 2016-05-29 22:27:00 · #33117
Quote:Bill Kristol Verified account
‏@BillKristol

Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate--an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance.

Shapiro 2016!
LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-29 22:37:00 · #33118
(05-29-2016 10:11 PM)911 Wrote:  Great news guys!

Third party Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is -get that- PRO OPEN BORDERS. A freakin FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR is pro open borders! Huh Nuts

And if that weren't clueless enough, he picked a pro gun control VP!!!! eek

I was really scared of the Libertarians torpedoing Trump, just like Nader sunk Gore and Perot siphoned Bush's vote, especially with Koch and Soros bent on sabotaging Trump, but they pretty much shot themselves in the foot, with a 357!

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911 (or anyone else), do you think Gary Johnson will siphon off more votes from Trump or Crooked Hillary? Also, with the addition of Kristol's candidate (if he's able to make it happen) are we now looking at a four-person presidential race?
The Lizard of Oz · 2016-05-29 22:42:00 · #33119
My worry is that the independent candidate would be Mitt Romney. As I wrote earlier in the thread, he is the only one who would have the loyal donor network to organize a serious campaign. He has tried to recruit someone else to do it but no one else has come forward so it's just possible that he decided to do it himself. Kristol hinted at this possibility recently:

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/lead...c706e8081b

Quote:The first problem with the plan to draft Romney is obvious: the man himself has repeatedly and publicly denied he has any ambition to run for president again. He was even part of the effort to recruit someone else for the job. But according to conservative pundit Bill Kristol, Romney is reconsidering.

“The real last chance here is with Mitt Romney, who has said ‘no’ but who I think is thinking seriously about it,” Kristol said on Bloomberg’s politics podcast yesterday.

“I think he thinks someone should do it. And I think that he thinks maybe he is the right person to do it.”

A Romney independent run would be a real problem. At the very least he would win one state (Utah) and deny Trump those 6 precious electoral votes. And it could be worse than that.

My feeling was that there was a chance Romney would run but that ultimately he would decide against it because he would realize that he could not win and would just make a Hillary presidency much more likely. But it's possible that his straight-laced Mormon's disdain for Trump has clouded his better judgment. It would be bad. But let's see what happens.
Penta Sahi · 2016-05-29 22:46:00 · #33120
Bill Kristol has such a punchable face:



LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-29 22:49:00 · #33121
Damn it! Just as soon as I started to feel a little better about it coming down to Trump and Crooked Hillary -- this shit has to start coming to fruition. How is it they can just drop someone in at this stage of the game? It doesn't seem fair to make Republican and Democratic nominees have to go through the whole song and dance of the primaries only to let some douche hop in the ring at the last minute. If you haven't gone through the primaries, you shouldn't get to run. Period.

I wonder what Trump's game plan will be if this actually happens. I guess you're right, we'll just have to see what happens. But damn it, this sucks!
Kickb · 2016-05-29 23:00:00 · #33122
Won't the true independents be a bit pissed off?
911 · 2016-05-29 23:20:00 · #33123
(05-29-2016 10:37 PM)LeoneVolpe Wrote:  911 (or anyone else), do you think Gary Johnson will siphon off more votes from Trump or Crooked Hillary? Also, with the addition of Kristol's candidate (if he's able to make it happen) are we now looking at a four-person presidential race?

Trump has defined himself as a strong nationalist who is intent on sealing the borders. Conservatives and libertarians also view the 2nd Amendment as crucial. By being pro open borders and pro gun-control, Gary Johnson is pretty much limiting himself to Bernie voters that wouldn't have voted Trump and might have gone for Hillary, blue pill leftist globalists.

All that Trump needs to do to neutralize Johnson is to throw a few attack ads at Johnson in libertarian-prone battleground states like CO, NV and NH.

I am starting to feel pretty good about Trumps chances!
LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-29 23:22:00 · #33124
I don't like this. Romney already stated he couldn't find anyone else willing to run against Trump and re-affirmed he wasn't interested in running either. Of course this could've just been some misdirection and political maneuvering to keep both the Trump and Clinton camps from knowing what he (Romney) and his cronies were up to. Remember how Frank Underwood's machinations to replace Jim Matthews as Vice President included looking for a "suitable" VP candidate before working behind the scenes to become that candidate himself?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2..._idea.html

Quote:May 22, 2016

BILL KRISTOL, WEEKLY STANDARD: I don't think [talk of a neoconservative third party is "dwindling right now"].

The Republican National Committee and the Trump and Clinton campaigns are trying to sort-of strangle it in its infancy. Because they're scared of it. I mean, look at that poll. When you throw Mitt Romney's name in (someone who hasn't run in four years, probably isn't the ideal, in a way, third party candidate, though an impressive man who I think would be a good alternative to Clinton or Trump).

He right away is at 22%. 37-35-22. He hasn't done anything. In other polls, the independent, generic independent continues run 20, 21.

Half of the Clinton voters and half of the Trump voters don't want to be for Clinton or Trump. They're against the other person. If they had an alternative -- The way the country is really set up, a quarter of the country is for Trump. A quarter of the country is for Clinton. Half the country is open to an alternative. The ABC poll shows half, basically half, 45% saying, we would like to have a third choice. I think the ground is there...

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: But nobody is willing to do it right now.

KRISTOL: Let's see. It's a tough thing to ask a politician. It's a tough thing to ask someone to do. Let's see what happens in the next week or two.

I don't see how Kristol thinks he could actually do this -- the clock is ticking and time for the purported candidate is already short. The deadline for making it on the November ballot in Texas passed on May 9th. The next deadline is in North Carolina, where the candidate would need to provide about 90,000 signatures from supporters by June 9th in order to make it on the ballot.
Emancipator · 2016-05-29 23:26:00 · #33125
If anything Weld and Johnson are going to siphon off anti-Hillary centrist votes in the NE, this could result in helping Trump in places like New Hampshire, Maine.

Was catching up with a buddy in Oregon, apparently in Polls Trump is up or within margin of error with Crooked Hillary,

Make Oregon Great Again.
Dusty · 2016-05-29 23:34:00 · #33126
The resurrection of Jeb!?
LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-29 23:45:00 · #33127
I think running "Jeb!" would be a joke. Trump effectively castrated him during the primaries. Would anyone even actually vote for that guy? I'd be more worried about Romney just since he hasn't been in the public eye as much and his 2012 loss might be more easy to overcome. Cuckservatives might even like seeing Romney go up against Trump to get back at him for calling him a "choke artist," etc.

What pisses me off about this whole thing -- it seems the objective of running a third-party isn't actually to win, it's to stop Trump from winning. These #NeverTrump douche bags would actually prefer Hillary to run what's left of the country into the fucking ground than see Trump make America great again, apparently.

I wonder if there's any way Kristol's efforts to run a third-party candidate can be thwarted or if it's already in motion. I would assume by the shithead's tweet he's already got something brewing.

Here's an article about how Kristol could try to bring his plan to fruition and what some of the ramifications could be. Obviously, Vice sucks but it's hard to find quality sources for this story just yet.

https://news.vice.com/article/this-is-ho...-candidate

Quote:At this point in the primary race, nothing short of a meteor strike on Trump Tower could stop Donald Trump from becoming the Republican nominee. But that doesn't mean the end of the Never Trump movement. A circle of Republican elites who are still in the "denial" stage of the grieving process have moved past the primary and are trying to draft a third party candidate for the general election.

Conservative operatives have been quietly working over the past two weeks to find a Republican willing to step up to the plate. These GOP insiders include 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the prominent conservative pundits Bill Kristol and Erick Erickson, as well as veteran Republican strategists Rick Wilson, Mike Murphy, and Stuart Stevens, according to the Washington Post.

Although conventional political wisdom makes the odds of a third-party outsider becoming president extremely slim, a pathway for such a scenario technically exists. According to the 12th Amendment of the Constitution, such a candidate would need to deny Clinton and Trump the requisite 270 electoral votes in the general election by winning several pivotal states.

If a third-party candidate appears on the ballot anywhere it will likely be in New Hampshire, Ohio, and Colorado — purple states with relatively lenient rules for getting on the ballot in time for Election Day. The decision would then go from the Electoral College to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation would be afforded one vote. Since the House is currently controlled by Republicans, the Never Trump crew hopes there could be a shot for an establishment Republican candidate to win.

Though this is a long-shot plan, it's not impossible: the last time it happened was in 1824, when the House chose John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson, despite Jackson winning the popular vote.

It's nevertheless exceedingly risky. If the effort fails, it could harm the Republicans in many of the down-ballot races and end up costing the GOP majorities in both the House and the Senate. Even if the plan somehow works, it would allow Trump supporters to argue that the political establishment had stolen the nomination from their candidate, inflaming voters who already believe the system is rigged and possibly alienating them from the party permanently.

The Never Trump effort is further undercut as more and more of the Republican Party comes to terms with the reality that Trump is the GOP's new standard-bearer. For the first time in the primary, a majority of Republican voters now support him, according to a recent NBC poll. An increasing number of GOP elected officials are also falling in line behind Trump, including figures such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who met with him in DC last week.

Reince Priebus, the chair of the Republican National Committee, made his opposition to a third-party challenger to Trump clear on Sunday.

"They can try to hijack another party and get on the ballot, but look, it's a suicide mission for our country," Priebus said on Fox News, "because what it means is that you're throwing down not just eight years of the White House but potentially 100 years on the Supreme Court and wrecking this country for many generations."


Freshman Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is said to be at the top of the list of possible third-party challengers to Trump. He has earned widespread attention in recent months for being one of the most outspoken anti-Trump Republicans, having remarked that there are "dumpster fires" more appealing than the choice between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Romney has reportedly approached Sasse about a third-party run, but Sasse has said publicly that he is not interested in running. Despite appearing to be an obvious choice — Sasse is considered a rising star in the Republican Party and has said a third-party candidate would be a better option — such a risky move would jeopardize his valuable Senate seat and could effectively ruin his career.

Romney has also reportedly courted John Kasich, who dropped out of the race last month after failing to win a single primary state besides his own. Kasich's position as a moderate, soft-spoken Republican who has been able to work with Democrats in the past make him an appealing option. But he has also repeatedly said that he has no interest in running as a third-party candidate.

Related: Americans Desperate to Flee Trump Can Hook Up With Canadians on This Site

Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, is also said to be an outsider alternative to Trump, but he told the Post that he doesn't see that happening.

"There isn't enough time," Cuban said.

Other options on the anyone-but-Trump list include former Republican Senator Tom Coburn, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and retired Army General Stanley McChrystal.

The mere possibility of a third-party candidate has provoked vitriolic criticism from some conservatives who see it as destructive to the GOP. The pro-Trump website Breitbart called Kristol, the editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, a "Republican spoiler" and "renegade Jew" for daring to endorse an independent candidate.

The risk of splitting the Republican vote, "is a political miscalculation so great and a betrayal so profound as to not be easily forgiven," Breitbart contributor David Horowitz wrote on Sunday.

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911 · 2016-05-30 00:21:00 · #33128
(05-29-2016 11:45 PM)LeoneVolpe Wrote:  I think running "Jeb!" would be a joke. Trump effectively castrated him during the primaries. Would anyone even actually vote for that guy? I'd be more worried about Romney just since he hasn't been in the public eye as much and his 2012 loss might be more easy to overcome. Cuckservatives might even like seeing Romney go up against Trump to get back at him for calling him a "choke artist," etc.

What pisses me off about this whole thing -- it seems the objective of running a third-party isn't actually to win, it's to stop Trump from winning. These #NeverTrump douche bags would actually prefer Hillary to run what's left of the country into the fucking ground than see Trump make America great again, apparently.

I wonder if there's any way Kristol's efforts to run a third-party candidate can be thwarted or if it's already in motion. I would assume by the shithead's tweet he's already got something brewing.

No need to worry, Romney is not nearly that stupid, he knows that a 3rd party "independent" run would be way too transparent of a sabotage operation. It would hand Hillary the presidency with around 40% of the vote, but the fallout from this would be heavy, the party base would bring out the pitchforks and purge itself from cuckservatives and neocons.

Serious independents like Cuban aren't going to be fall guys for Kristol. Only total traitors or losers would consider that kind of stunt. So eventually guys like Kristol will come to their senses and step back from the ledge. They would instead focus on sabotaging the Trump presidency from behind the scenes to make sure he only gets 4 years, and work with Adelson and Koch on saddling Trump with a two-faced VP and other operatives to try to control him.
LeoneVolpe · 2016-05-30 00:27:00 · #33129
(05-30-2016 12:21 AM)911 Wrote:  
(05-29-2016 11:45 PM)LeoneVolpe Wrote:  I think running "Jeb!" would be a joke. Trump effectively castrated him during the primaries. Would anyone even actually vote for that guy? I'd be more worried about Romney just since he hasn't been in the public eye as much and his 2012 loss might be more easy to overcome. Cuckservatives might even like seeing Romney go up against Trump to get back at him for calling him a "choke artist," etc.

What pisses me off about this whole thing -- it seems the objective of running a third-party isn't actually to win, it's to stop Trump from winning. These #NeverTrump douche bags would actually prefer Hillary to run what's left of the country into the fucking ground than see Trump make America great again, apparently.

I wonder if there's any way Kristol's efforts to run a third-party candidate can be thwarted or if it's already in motion. I would assume by the shithead's tweet he's already got something brewing.

No need to worry, Romney is not nearly that stupid, he knows that a 3rd party "independent" run would be way too transparent of a sabotage operation. It would hand Hillary the presidency with around 40% of the vote, but the fallout from this would be heavy, the party base would bring out the pitchforks and purge itself from cuckservatives and neocons.

So even guys like Kristol will come to their senses and step back from the ledge. They would instead focus on sabotaging the Trump presidency from behind the scenes to make sure he only gets 4 years, and work with Adelson and Koch on saddling Trump with an VP and other operatives to try to control him.

911, your post certainly made me breathe a sigh of cautious relief. Is there anything the Republican party can do to thwart the #NeverTrump morons to keep this third-party shit from even happening?
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