Monday, August 8, 2016

The Latest Great White Hope


Someone by the name of Evan McMullin is launching the next #Never Trump effort to get on the ballot for November.  It's a third fourth party bid that hopes to gain the support of disaffected Rethugs, reportedly targeting red states where neo-fascist Putin fan Donald "Rump" Trump is leading Hillary Clinton by a small margin. McMullin, a former policy director for the House Republican Conference, also worked at the CIA and for Goldman Sachs. With some sweet anti-Trumpenfuhrer loot sponsoring ads in two or three tight races, he may shave a point or two from Rump. We say "go for it" Ed, er, Evan. Whatever. Meanwhile, Bob Schooley has this insightful tweet: