Consistently Wrong Bill Kristol Floats Clinton-Petraeus 2016 Ticket

[DonViejo]

DANIEL STRAUSS – APRIL 21, 2014, 2:54 PM EDT

Bill Kristol is at it once again and his latest forecast is a doozy: a Hillary Clinton- David Petraeus 2016 presidential ticket.

The former secretary of state is perhaps the most popular name mentioned as a 2016 presidential candidate. Petraeus had been mentioned as a presidential candidate before but those prospects sank after an extramarital affair triggered his resignation from the CIA.

Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard, floated the idea as an aside in the latest issue of his email newsletter. "By the way, a savvy friend is absolutely convinced her running mate in 2016 will be David Petraeus—something worth thinking about, perhaps," he said.

The type of GOP candidate who would have to defeat the "elitist and dynastic" Hillary would have to be one from "Middle America who speaks for Middle America in ways understandable to Middle America," Kristol added.

Kristol has made a few 2016 field predictions before. He recently said that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) would certainly not run in 2016. But the pundit has made a few predictions that turned out to be wrong so take these recent ones with a grain of salt.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-kristol-clinton-petraeus-2016

[Xyzse]

1. At some point or another, you'd think they would hide their faces in shame for at least a good month

[Blue_Tires]

2. Petraeus might be the best anti-NSA candidate

since the NSA sniffing around his e-mail account is what cost him his career

[thucythucy]

3. What exactly is it that entitles this clown to be a "pundit"?

What are his qualifications and why should his opinion be taken seriously by anyone?

One of those great mysteries of American politics: how the chronically wrong and egregiously unqualified become "experts" and "pundits" on everything from foreign policy to how things need to be explained to "middle America."

[closeupready]

4. lol, Maureen Dowd is weightier, intellectually, than Kristol.

And at least SHE has a semblance of ethics.

[DonViejo]

5. Birthright, apparently...

His father, the late Irving Kristol, served as the managing editor of Commentary magazine and has been described as the "godfather of neoconservatism".[3] His mother, Gertrude Himmelfarb, was a scholar of Victorian era literature. He graduated in 1970 from The Collegiate School, a preparatory school for boys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kristol

and...

Kristol is associated with a number of prominent conservative think tanks. He was chairman of the New Citizenship Project from 1997 to 2005. In 1997, he co-founded the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) with Robert Kagan. He is a member of the board of trustees for the free-market Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a member of the Policy Advisory Board for the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and a director of the Foreign Policy Initiative. He is also one of the three board members of Keep America Safe, a think tank co-founded by Liz Cheney and Debra Burlingame, and serves on the board of the Emergency Committee for Israel and the Susan B. Anthony List.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kristol

[thucythucy]

7. Ah, that explains it indeed.

Inherited punditry.

"Keep America Safe"?! I bet it took the entire "think tank" hours and hours to come up with that jewel.

[Mike Daniels]

6. Given that he advocated for Palin being a viable 2016 candidate on Morning Joe

a few months back it should be obvious that even Bill Kristol doesn't take himself seriously.

[gratuitous]

8. Another post from Colorado? Or Washington?

And, was it posted on 4/20?

[Autumn]

9. Bill Kristol is an ass. And not the well bred four legged ass either.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

10. I'm tempted to think there is a swipe at Clinton standing beside cheating men in there. nt

[TwilightGardener]

11. Well, sure--when you utterly disgrace yourself in one administration, you

get a promotion in the next. Why not? Neocons stick together!

[Democracyinkind]

12. I'll keep my comments to myself because I suspect that Kristol is trying to push liberal buttons. nt

[11 Bravo]

13. William Kristol is to accuracy as Louie Gohmert is to intellect.

[Skidmore]

14. So Kristol hws been talking to

his own savvy self again.

[TheKentuckian]

15. I dunno sounds awfully forward looking, bipartisan, and strong

Some Turd Way fool may bite, they have before on this clown instead of punting his monkey ass.

[spanone]

16. out. of. his. fucking. mind.

[The Second Stone]

17. I'm pretty sure this is mostly trolling everyone

and partly wishful thinking as it looks like Hillary is going to be very difficult to beat.