Longtime supporter of Republican ratfucking operation shocked to discover Republicans fucking rats
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Glad to see you return to reality, pal, but what exactly did you think you were supporting?
Caveats aside, the effort is causing deep tensions with the group’s ideological allies, congressional partners and Democratic Party officials who are scrambling to stop it. Third-party candidates siphoned enough votes to arguably cost Democrats elections in 2000 (Al Gore) and 2016 (Hillary Clinton). Republicans say the same thing about Ross Perot’s role in blocking George H.W. Bush’s re-election in 1992.
“If No Labels runs a Joe Manchin against Donald Trump and Joe Biden, I think it will be a historic disaster,” said Representative Dean Phillips, a Minnesota Democrat and, until now, a strong supporter of the organization. “And I speak for just about every moderate Democrat and frankly most of my moderate Republican friends.”
‘I not expect an organization committed to the idea that Donald Trump and Joe Biden are similarly extremist figures to try to help throw a presidential election to the Republican Party.”
If you didn’t know the players involved, this would be reassuring:
Ms. Jacobson called the project “an insurance policy in the event both major parties put forth presidential candidates the vast majority of Americans don’t support.”
“We’re well aware any independent ticket faces a steep climb and if our rigorously gathered data and polling suggests an independent unity ticket can’t win, we will not nominate a ticket,” she said.
Alas, I would assume the “rigorous” “polling” will be done by Mark Penn, Rasmussen, or both. Certainly, their actions are not consistent with this:
No Labels has long had its detractors, variously accused of ineffectuality, fronting for Republicans and existing mainly to raise large amounts of money from wealthy corporate donors, many of whom give primarily to Republicans.
But the grumbling criticism took on a more urgent tone when Puck posted a partial transcript of a leaked conference call that No Labels held with its funders. On it, Ryan Clancy, the group’s chief strategist, said ballot organizers were at “600,000 signatures and counting,” and nearing slots on the ballot in “roughly 20 states,” with their eyes on all 50.
These clowns are probably too ineffectual and clueless about what the American electorate wants to succeed in their goal of throwing the 2024 election to Trump, but given how close the margins are likely to be…we don’t need anything to increase the odds.