2016 Postmortem

mcar

(46,366 posts) Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:30 PM Mar 2016

Charlie Pierce: The Guy Who Dropped Out Before Lincoln Chafee Has Some Thoughts on Trump

The Guy Who Dropped Out Before Lincoln Chafee Has Some Thoughts on Trump

And Hillary Clinton.

By Charles P. Pierce
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Remember Thursday morning, when everybody thought Willard Romney was influential enough in the Republican Party to stop the freight train that is He, Trump with a single blast of Romneyesque eloquence?

Yeah, that was awesome.

Here with the Democratic response is former senator Jim Webb.

"I would not vote for Hillary Clinton," Webb said on MSBNC's "Morning Joe." When asked whether he'd vote for Trump, Webb said he wasn't closed to the idea. "I'm not sure yet. I don't know who I'm going to vote for," he said. He said Clinton would simply continue President Barack Obama's policies, but that with Trump, things would change—but he's not convinced it would be for the better. "If you're voting for Donald Trump, you may get something very good or very bad," Webb said. "If you're voting for Hillary Clinton, you're going to be getting the same thing."

Trump-Webb '16—I Mean, Hey, What The Fck, Right?

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Charlie Pierce: The Guy Who Dropped Out Before Lincoln Chafee Has Some Thoughts on Trump (Original Post) mcar Mar 2016 OP

No way Kalidurga Mar 2016 #1

That would be a combo, wouldn't it? mcar Mar 2016 #2

Yes it would Kalidurga Mar 2016 #4

Those sour grapes have made him a bitter little loser. UtahLib Mar 2016 #3

They sure did mcar Mar 2016 #5

Webb may have run as a Democrat NastyRiffraff Mar 2016 #6

I will give Jim Webb credit for one thing DefenseLawyer Mar 2016 #7

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. No way

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:43 PM

Mar 2016

I think Trump has his eye on Palin.

mcar

(46,366 posts)

2. That would be a combo, wouldn't it?

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:52 PM

Mar 2016

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

4. Yes it would

Reply to mcar (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:57 PM

Mar 2016

We can play mix n match on how many different ways the Republicans can lose.

UtahLib

(3,182 posts)

3. Those sour grapes have made him a bitter little loser.

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:56 PM

Mar 2016

mcar

(46,366 posts)

5. They sure did

Reply to UtahLib (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 06:29 PM

Mar 2016

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

6. Webb may have run as a Democrat

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 07:56 PM

Mar 2016

But he is not...he identifies as "Independent."

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

7. I will give Jim Webb credit for one thing

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:07 PM

Mar 2016

He was talking about prison reform and mass incarceration years before most politicians would touch the subject.

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