Sacre bleu!
“Even assuming his “threat” might achieve it’s objective, it is disgustingly unprincipled and should disqualify him from consideration - he is basically saying “Treat me bad and I will gladly fatally damage your cause (and mine) and dramatically increase the probability of having the democratic nominee win”. Is that the kind of person YOU want to vote for?”
Faux outrage on your part. You purists will never ever win in life. Never. And you obviously don’t know the fine art of playing politics. Trump does, and that’s good considering his business background rather than that of slimy politician. I might add, you do realize you are on a website that on any given day, probably on most days, the various members on political threads are threatening to go third party at the drop of a hat? Man, put your specs on.
Sacre bleu!
“Faux outrage on your part.”
You don’t know me that well. If you did, you would also know that I am about the furthest thing from a “purist” (a/k/a trolling progressive) on this board.
If the situation in this country is as dire as Trump says it is, here is what he would say:
“Some have suggested that I should consider a third party run if I am not successful in becoming the Republican nominee. Let me be clear: while there may be some philosophical differences between myself and my fellow Republican contenders, those differences seem insignificant when comparing them to the yawning chasm between the core Republican values we share and those held by Democrats. While I believe I can be more a more effective leader, given my background and experience, than my Republican opponents, I would gladly support any one of them against any Democrat nominee because I firmly believe it is progressive, and in many cases unlawful policies, that are the root of the many significant issues facing our country today.”
He won’t say that because it is all about him, and much less about his supposed “convictions”.
And there I was, nodding along in agreement with you, until that moment.