As concern grows about the repercussions of Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination, a trio of prominent conservative are planning to meet behind closed doors in Washington this Thursday, Politico reported, to discuss the possibility of backing an alternative to Trump. The meeting is schedule two days after Tuesday’s winner-take-all GOP primaries in Ohio and Florida, which are being treated as a do-or-die moment for blocking Trump’s path to the nomination.
According to the Politico report, those slated to attend include Republican figures with deep ties to the conservative movement: Erik Erickson, a conservative media activist; Bill Wichterman, a President George W. Bush aide; and Bob Fischer, a South Dakota businessman.
An invitation to the meeting obtained by Politico says participants will discuss “how to defeat Donald Trump for the Republican nomination” and “if he is the Republican nominee for president, to offer a true conservative candidate in the general election.”
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently ruled out an independent run, having gone as far setting up field offices and cutting a rough version of a TV ad while considering running as an independent candidate.
Running an independent or third party presidential campaign is a costly and ambitious endeavor. Some states require thousands of signatures to get a candidate’s name on the ballot, and the deadlines are tight.
Some smells a chance to fleece the rubes one more time!
I would vote for Bull Connor over Donald Trump.
Trump is that dangerous.
See Wikipedia excerpt below…Although Connor was a monster to African Americans, he did have space in his conception of humanity for white people. Even to the point of being pro-union. Trump has space in his conception of humanity for no one but himself, viewing all people as resources to be used. If a brickmason can “love” cement, then one can say that Trump “loves” humanity. Moreover, anyone claiming that Adolf Hitler had an equal moral compass to Bull Connor, that person is deeply misinformed as to what constitutes a demagogic fascist. A demagogic fascist destroys all people–requiring much stronger methods than those which halted Bull Connor…
From Wikipedia:
“Connor was born in 1897 in Selma, Alabama, the son of Molly (Godwin) and Hugh King Connor, a train dispatcher and telegraph operator.[4] Connor entered politics as a Democrat in 1934 (and never left the DNC), winning a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.[5] As a legislator he supported populist measures and pro-union issues for white people.”
lol
And here you had me thinking this was gonna be a group of influential conservatives.
Old red-hair red-face doesn’t count.
“if he is the Republican nominee for president, to offer a true conservative candidate in the general election.”
A true Conservative is someone who will support failed economic and foreign policies. Who screams the government does not work while doing everything in their power to break it in order to prove their point. Who demands that poor people lift themselves up while lending a hand through tax breaks and other incentives to people and businesses that need no help.
Well, don’t get your hopes up too much, folks. It is very unlikely that they will be able to field a 3rd-party “true conservative” candidate in the general because GOD DOES NOT LOVE ME THAT MUCH.