George Will has this column about William Weld’s quest for the 2020 Libertarian Party nomination.
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George Will, Veteran Washington Post Columnist, Devotes a Column to William Weld’s Quest for the 2020 Libertarian Nomination — 13 Comments
I am glad to see William Weld is sticking with the Libertarian Party and preparing to give the American people a convincing and clear choice for President.
I wish him the best of luck – he certainly would give a disciplined and experienced face to the Libertarian Party. If he runs, I hope he bags the nomination.
Curious how this column doesn’t actually appear on the Washington Post’s website (and yes, I do have a valid subscription to get beyond the paywall).
Maybe this is an artifact of their online publishing procedures that the Winston-Salem Journal has it out before the Post itself does; but until I see it on the Post’s site, I’ll wonder if the Post is burying this column on it’s own paper while still making it available (probably due to contractual obligations) to the papers who run Will’s columns regularly.
The Libertarian National Convention in 2020 should be quite interesting and well worth watching. Weld has both strong support and strong opposition within the LP.
If there is anyone who is more of a LINO than Gary Johnson, it’s Bill Weld. He’s a Big Government statist progressive. Just the kind of guy George Will would support. Maybe Will can be his running mate.
Fun observation: Bill Weld and George Will look like they could be brothers. There is a really strong physical resemblance.
That’s what the Libertarian Party needs, another establishment Republican as that party’s Presidential nominee.
Ouch!
Shawn – when you get to the Post’s website front page, scroll down twice, or search for George Will’s name. The column isn’t being “buried”.
I liked Bill Weld when he was governor of Massachusetts, but that was a while back. He’s changed, I’ve changed, and the country has changed too.
Frankly, it seems like it was a struggle to get him to vote for the Libertarian Party ticket when he was running as their VP candidate in 2016. Look at the following quotes from his interview with Rachel Maddow during the campaign:
“I have a lot to say about Mrs. Clinton that has not been said by others recently and that I think needs to be said. I mean I’ve known her for 40 years. I worked with her, I know her well professionally. I know her well personally. I know her to be a person of high moral character. A reliable person and an honest person, however Mr. Trump may rant and rave to the contrary. So I’m happy to say that. People can make their own choices. …
I’m here vouching for Mrs. Clinton and I think it’s high time somebody did, and I’m doing it based on my personal experience with her and I think she deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee, so I’m here to do that.”
If Weld wants to be the LP presidential candidate in 2020, I think he’s going to have to put in some effort to convince some of the Libertarian activists that he isn’t just running to draw votes away from Trump and get the Democratic nominee elected.
Dear “Shawncantscroll”,
Yes, I can scroll. I just can’t time travel beyond the standard one second per second rate, forward.
It’s there now, but it wasn’t posted to the site until about 6:30 P.M. on the 20th. At the time I commented it was 8:22 A.M.
And I did offer up that it could have been a curiosity of how they publish to the web. And so it was.
The column even appeared in their print edition on the 21st.
I am glad to see William Weld is sticking with the Libertarian Party and preparing to give the American people a convincing and clear choice for President.
I wish him the best of luck – he certainly would give a disciplined and experienced face to the Libertarian Party. If he runs, I hope he bags the nomination.
UGH! A real libertarian would be nice.
How much Donkey cash for WW ? —
more divide and conquer stuff.
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Curious how this column doesn’t actually appear on the Washington Post’s website (and yes, I do have a valid subscription to get beyond the paywall).
Maybe this is an artifact of their online publishing procedures that the Winston-Salem Journal has it out before the Post itself does; but until I see it on the Post’s site, I’ll wonder if the Post is burying this column on it’s own paper while still making it available (probably due to contractual obligations) to the papers who run Will’s columns regularly.
The Libertarian National Convention in 2020 should be quite interesting and well worth watching. Weld has both strong support and strong opposition within the LP.
If there is anyone who is more of a LINO than Gary Johnson, it’s Bill Weld. He’s a Big Government statist progressive. Just the kind of guy George Will would support. Maybe Will can be his running mate.
Fun observation: Bill Weld and George Will look like they could be brothers. There is a really strong physical resemblance.
That’s what the Libertarian Party needs, another establishment Republican as that party’s Presidential nominee.
Ouch!
Shawn – when you get to the Post’s website front page, scroll down twice, or search for George Will’s name. The column isn’t being “buried”.
I liked Bill Weld when he was governor of Massachusetts, but that was a while back. He’s changed, I’ve changed, and the country has changed too.
Frankly, it seems like it was a struggle to get him to vote for the Libertarian Party ticket when he was running as their VP candidate in 2016. Look at the following quotes from his interview with Rachel Maddow during the campaign:
“I have a lot to say about Mrs. Clinton that has not been said by others recently and that I think needs to be said. I mean I’ve known her for 40 years. I worked with her, I know her well professionally. I know her well personally. I know her to be a person of high moral character. A reliable person and an honest person, however Mr. Trump may rant and rave to the contrary. So I’m happy to say that. People can make their own choices. …
I’m here vouching for Mrs. Clinton and I think it’s high time somebody did, and I’m doing it based on my personal experience with her and I think she deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee, so I’m here to do that.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/libertarian-party-vp-nominee-bill-weld-basically-just-endorsed-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.d220bc5f2993
If Weld wants to be the LP presidential candidate in 2020, I think he’s going to have to put in some effort to convince some of the Libertarian activists that he isn’t just running to draw votes away from Trump and get the Democratic nominee elected.
Dear “Shawncantscroll”,
Yes, I can scroll. I just can’t time travel beyond the standard one second per second rate, forward.
It’s there now, but it wasn’t posted to the site until about 6:30 P.M. on the 20th. At the time I commented it was 8:22 A.M.
And I did offer up that it could have been a curiosity of how they publish to the web. And so it was.
The column even appeared in their print edition on the 21st.