Posted on 04/24/2019 8:17:48 PM PDT by oblomov
William F. Weld is not likely to become our 46th president. But he was here in New Hampshire, no other Republicans were and that was something.
I think its important to at least call out the current incumbent of the White House on his simply amazing behavior, and for the pettiness, his vindictiveness and the unreconstituted meanness he displays, Weld was telling the crowd who had turned out to see him on a rainy Sunday afternoon in March at a house party in the town of Dover. Fergus Cullen, a former chairman of the state Republican Party, was hosting the gathering in his honor.
Weld, a two-term Republican governor of Massachusetts more than two decades ago, is 73, tall and slim with a mop of orange hair and a face the hue of Pepto-Bismol. A Harvard and Oxford graduate, Weld worked in the Reagan Justice Department but quit over a series of ethics scandals involving his boss, Attorney General Ed Meese. He ran briefly for governor of New York after leaving Massachusetts, endorsed Obama in 2008 and raised a bunch of money for Romney in 2012. He has written thrillers, dabbled in historical fiction and was last heard from in 2016 as the vice-presidential running mate to the Libertarian nominee, Gary Johnson. He sets off some dilettante alarms.
But he was the only Republican candidate who had announced his exploratory plans he would officially declare his candidacy in April to run against Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary. This made him the lone official vehicle for the aspirations of a persistent group of Never Trump Republicans. For the better part of two years, they had waited for a premium primary challenger to come along from a fantasy field of Nikki Haleys, Ben Sasses and Mitt Romneys...
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bkmk
“Meaness”
That’s the real objection to this POTUS. They need some safe space.
Huh, I havent seen the wall taxing of remittances or deportations I
voted for and demand so I havent given a penny to GOP
or Trump. Im staying GOP so pukes like Weld dont have
a prayer but you can count on some NeverTrump worm to
attract the libertarians and other crypto-liberals
That will solidify Trump’s base, and win more supporters. The MSM’s stock is in the sub-basement, and likely to go lower. So anyone they pick as their savior is a surefire loser.
It’s absolute meanness when Trump fights back, instead of saying “Thank you sir, may I have another?” like many past Republicans.
The NYet Times suddenly loves Mitt Romney and Jihn McCain
How queer
If a Libertarian ever actually got elected to any office, they would be clueless on how to govern. Ever talked to one? They are more interested in the purity of their debate than actually advancing their agenda.
show me on this doll where george bush touched you.
Tell me why you want to abandon the rule of law, amnesty illegal aliens and turn the USA into North Mexico
Well, the Cheap Labor Express is getting their money’s worth from you.
I did.
God help us if we need party permission for people to run in the primaries.
Who's asking for permission? McDaniel made it clear that the RNC is behind Trump in 2020. That alone should send a message to other RINOs or Never-Trumpers who are thinking of running.
Do you think Trump would have been approved by the party.
2020 is different than 2016. Trump is the incumbent now and it would be suicide for the RNC to have other players against him.
At this point, you want multiple people now to join to dilute the anti-Trump vote.
No, I want the RNC to send a message to those who think about challenging a President who enjoys 90% support of registered Republicans. Having multiple people run against him will only slow his agenda even more than what the Mueller fake Russia investigation has.
Although Republican RINOs are free to run against Trump, the RNC has a duty to enforce party discipline and realize that if Trump is somehow primaried, the base will stay home and that will be the end of the GOP, and possibly the U.S.A.
Best election, best POTUS, best man for the job, evah!
11 posted on 4/27/2019, 7:55:29 AM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3745094/posts?page=11#11
Weld was just in an interview bragging about his 501-C-4 taking ok n millions from anonymous “Big R” contributors. Is Willard one of them?
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