Posted on 05/04/2016 9:55:41 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
An anonymous group of conservative billionaires is ready to place their bets on a man dubbed “Mad Dog,” hoping to draft him into the presidential race to confront Donald Trump.
Think of it as a Plan B should Trump be nominated by the Republican Party in Cleveland: swing behind retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis and press him into service yet again as a third-party candidate.
Mattis is the former commander of Central Command, which includes the strife-afflicted conflict zones of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, and has developed a reputation among troops as a general officer who cares about the little guy. This reputation blossomed into the political realm during the 2012 presidential contest, when a Marine Corps veteran started an online campaign to write-in Mattis on presidential ballots—it ultimately lacked the backing to take
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All he has to do to be Secretary of Defense is call Trump.
What fools are going to write 10 Billion Dollars for an unknown
I have no doubt Gen Mattis would make an outstanding president. If he can help defeat hitlarry and her Muslim allies count me in.
“Who do you like in the Preakness?”
This is actually old news. The other day Mattis said he wasn’t interested in a 3rd party run. I’m wondering what this 3rd party would have been named. Maybe, The Disgruntled Neo-Con Artist Party.
NO thanks. He let men swing in the wind after Haditha. And I’m not interested in the childlike life of a military base for the whole country. No sale.
He already said no
No, a lying old man Bush did.
Mad Dog I believe is a Trump supporter anyway.
Too bad Mattis wasn’t a Wuterich supporter.
Mattis was forced to retire by Obama because he wouldn’t go along with his idiot policies.
Yup.
Perot simply did not like the Bush family, and did not care how much damage he was doing to the country.
Ain’t all that secret is it?
And the General has declined
Next
Gen Mattis kinda bears a resemblance to Chesty Puller’s cousin, George Patton; brings back memories of Smedley Butler, Evans Carson, etc...ah...the Old Corps !!!!!
Semper FIDELIS
Dick Gaines, AMERICAN
aka: Gunny G
*****
Dear childish petulant morons.
Grow up. You lost. Get over it.
There is NO ability to get a viable third party candidate on the 2016 ballot now.
Get your childish moronic trust fund baby heads out of your butts. This petulant idiocy has gone on far too long all ready this year.
Any bets that if it looked like a serious threat that trump might offer this good man the VP slot?
“seven political operatives, led by Joel Searby, a Republican consultant based in Florida. The group of strategists also includes lead attorney Mohammad Jazil; ballot access specialist Matthew Sawyer; and former George W. Bush pollster Jan Lohuizen, along with a finance team and a “top firm” that has been secured to lead the ballot access petition gathering, members of the team tell The Daily Beast.
Wilson and Noonan co-authored a memo on how Mattis might capitalize on the current media environment”
“Some conservatives, disgusted with Trump’s candidacy, have already warmed to the idea of a run by Mattis—including conservative commentators Erick Erickson and Kristol.” President
“The general has received the package of memos, according to two individuals involved with the project.”
“Everyone is hoping that Ted Cruz pulls it out, but I think a great deal of Republicans would rally behind an American hero if the choice is between Mattis and Trump,” said John Noonan, a former Jeb Bush aide now involved in the project to draft Mattis.”
“Trump is a fascist lunatic and Hillary has one foot in a jail cell. That means the lunatic can win. I’d be first in line to plead with the general to come save America,” Noonan added.”
“The strategy would not be for Mattis to win"
“Another limiting factor is Mattis himself, who is disinclined to run.”
This article is a phony. A collection of Bush operatives, Erickson and Kristol running to The Daily Beast with a phony story. The General does not even want to run. But it shows you how the GOPe are thinking and it shows what the Bush people are up to.
“..Smedley Butler II...”
Yep, with similar results, I suspect. Downloaded and started reading ‘War is a Racket’ recently. Change the names of nations and corporations, and it sounds very much like today’s headlines. War is no longer the sole international racket, however.
Why aren’t these billionaire nominating the special forces guy that almost got courtmartialed for giving a good beatdown to a pedophile that was raping a boy? Maybe this crew of reprobate billionaires have spent too much time on billionaire Epstein’s rape island.
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