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

[mcar]

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?

[Kalidurga]

1. No way

I think Trump has his eye on Palin.

[mcar]

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

[Kalidurga]

4. Yes it would

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

[UtahLib]

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

[mcar]

5. They sure did

[NastyRiffraff]

6. Webb may have run as a Democrat

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

[DefenseLawyer]

7. I will give Jim Webb credit for one thing

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