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Bill Weld just told Rachel (of TRMS) (Original Post) triron Nov 2016 OP
He more or less endorsed her JenniferJuniper Nov 2016 #1
Yes, he did. KALD Nov 2016 #4
That blew my mind! What an awesome interview. KALD Nov 2016 #2
I have to say, I kind of admire how he has handled this. Adrahil Nov 2016 #6
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2016 #14
Yes, and she tried to get him to say he'd push people to vote for Clinton vs Libertarian Dem2 Nov 2016 #3
That was amazing. He has been making those kind of statements the past couple of weeks skylucy Nov 2016 #5
Him and Gary definitely aren't on the same page. vdogg Nov 2016 #7
He was clearly enraged his photo was used in that anti-Clinton ad JenniferJuniper Nov 2016 #8
I'm really glad he isn't on the top of the GOP ticket obamanut2012 Nov 2016 #11
Exactly. I like him, except his politics n/t moonscape Nov 2016 #12
Only Republican I've ever voted for. JenniferJuniper Nov 2016 #13
Yup -- but, he may e too rational and civil to get the nom anyway obamanut2012 Nov 2016 #18
And that is the surreal aspect of what is happening in moonscape Nov 2016 #19
Gary Johnson is an idiot . i heard him talking about the email thing and he sounded like a clueless JI7 Nov 2016 #21
I had heard him speaking perhaps after the tapes and he said Trump needed to be defeated. Thinkingabout Nov 2016 #9
He's been endorsing her for awhile now. I like Weld ! TrekLuver Nov 2016 #10
I like him too. LisaL Nov 2016 #15
He was decent Governor in MA. CentralMass Nov 2016 #17
From what I've seen of Weld, if she felt compelled to put a Republican pnwmom Nov 2016 #20
 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
6. I have to say, I kind of admire how he has handled this.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:02 PM
Nov 2016

I don't agree with him on every issue, but his heart is in the right place.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
3. Yes, and she tried to get him to say he'd push people to vote for Clinton vs Libertarian
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:00 PM
Nov 2016

He wasn't really committing to that.

skylucy

(3,738 posts)
5. That was amazing. He has been making those kind of statements the past couple of weeks
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:01 PM
Nov 2016

but he really put it out there tonight. I got the feeling that Rachel was asking him all the questions that he wanted her to ask. Weld is a thoughtful, impressive guy. Interesting that he didn't end up at the top the the Libertarian ticket...Cause Johnson is a nut job.

JenniferJuniper

(4,510 posts)
8. He was clearly enraged his photo was used in that anti-Clinton ad
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:08 PM
Nov 2016

I think its a good thing Weld wasn't at the top of that ticket. The Libertarians would have been running a good candidate for president.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
19. And that is the surreal aspect of what is happening in
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:20 PM
Nov 2016

this country. There's Nov 8, and then there's afterwards ...

How do we as a nation dig out of this? It's beyond my imagination, since how we landed here is as well.

JI7

(89,244 posts)
21. Gary Johnson is an idiot . i heard him talking about the email thing and he sounded like a clueless
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 12:55 AM
Nov 2016

fool trying to impress someone by bringing up words he had remembered.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
9. I had heard him speaking perhaps after the tapes and he said Trump needed to be defeated.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:08 PM
Nov 2016

Bill Weld is smart enough to know Trump is a train wreck, thinking perhaps Weld will be voting for Hillary.

pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
20. From what I've seen of Weld, if she felt compelled to put a Republican
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 12:52 AM
Nov 2016

in her administration, I wouldn't mind her picking him.

Maybe he could replace Comey . . . .

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