GOP megadonor Foster "aspirin between their knees" Friess weighs Senate bid

[Tanuki]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/powerpost/wp/2017/10/09/gop-megadonor-foster-friess-exploring-a-run-for-u-s-senate-in-wyoming/

"Longtime Republican donor Foster S. Friess said Monday that he is exploring a 2018 bid for U.S. Senate in Wyoming, making him the latest conservative figure to consider challenging Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a low-key member of the leadership.

“Normally, over the years, I’ve dismissed these urgings,” Friess said in an email to The Washington Post. “But due to the stature of the people requesting, I sense a responsibility to prayerfully explore the possibility.”
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Friess, 77, did not specify who has encouraged him to run, but a person close to former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon said the two men have had conversations in recent days.

Bannon, who chairs Breitbart News, is a close ally of wealthy hedge-fund executive Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, who are focused on funding a slate of primary challengers. Bannon and the Mercers see Friess as a potential high-profile recruit to their cause to upend the Republican establishment in Congress."....(more)

[mcar]

1. Bring them on

The crazier the better. Republicans in disarray!

[gratuitous]

2. Obscenely rich white guys gotta do everything themselves

It's so damn hard to buy good help nowadays.

[tanyev]

3. Urgings you can no longer dismiss, Foster?

Try holding an aspirin between your teeth until the registration deadline passes.

[Me.]

4. Yes Please

[genxlib]

5. Cut out the Middle Man

Why buy a politician when you can buy the seat instead.

[world wide wally]

6. Probably a shoe-in in Wyoming

[mercuryblues]

7. I guess the billionaires have

finally realized why buy a congressman, when you can be one for less money.