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Bill Weld gets closer to windmill with his lance
By adamg on Fri, 02/15/2019 - 9:13am
Yes, of course he has a Web site.
WBUR reports the former river-diving governor has formed an exploratory committee to look at running for president in 2020 - as a Republican.
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Bill at this point makes
Bill at this point makes Charlie look like a bastion of rock ribbed Republicanism. Jeff Flake has a better shot than Weld and that's like saying a Dixie cup has a better chance of survival in a volcano than a Kleenex.
windmill with his lance
General Kenobi!
As a romantic and chivalric Spanish gentleman
I find these kind of comments to be demeaning and upsetting.
A longtime Boston reporter takes note
Charles Pierce: Bill Weld Has What Any Republican Needs to Primary Trump: He Doesn't Give a Damn.
Let's pahhhty! Bill W.
Let's pahhhty! Bill W. bringing back the days of the "amber colored liquid" !!! He already has my vote.
Amber age
Weld is 73 but when you watch him walk, move, and speak he appers to be much older than that. I think the amber colored liquid had aged him, and not in a good way.
Lost more brain cells to drinking ...
Than Drumpf had to start with.
Guessing there are no fans here
…but for the sake of the Republican Party (and Democratic for that matter) ever possibly tracking toward the center again, I hope he can make an impact.
It would be great if
It would be great if Republican voters decided to support a more moderate candidate this time around. But given how fervently the base loves the racist they nominated and elected last time around, I don't see any reason to expect that to happen.
Which is to say, Bill Weld has about as much in common with today's GOP as James Buchanan has with today's Democratic Party.
Check out the early primary states
They trend more liberal.
If so, he could soak up a lot of the antitrump sentiment.
Depending on what state you are in and how well sorted the Democratic race is, there are certainly some solid ratfucking possibilities of the sort that got Weld into the Governor's office to begin with.
Here’s hoping those rats are
Here’s hoping those rats are comely looking.
W.C. Fields LIVES!
(more power to him)
What is Aleppo?
Just want to remind everyone that he was Gary Johnson's running mate.
He has no chance
in the current Republican party, but it will be amusing to see him skewer Trump in a debate. As Charles Pierce says, he doesn't give a damn