Neocon “Republicans” Prefer Hillary
Over the Memorial Day weekend, neocon gadfly and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol dropped his latest #NeverTrump salvo, another hint that he has found an “acceptable” Republican to head up a third-party, independent run for the White House.
In a tweet that was immediately picked up by CNN, Bloomberg, and other establishment media organs, Kristol said, “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.”
Kristol didn’t say in the tweet who that “impressive” candidate would be, but it appears to be fellow neocon David French, a writer at National Review. At least that is what Mark Halperin, co-host of Bloomberg TV’s With All Due Respect program revealed (“according to our sources,” he said) on May 31. And a close reading of Kristol’s recent writings indicates that Halperin’s sources are probably correct — for the moment anyway, although Kristol has had a tough time recruiting a viable candidate.
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