Watercooler 6/1 Open Thread... French Connections and No Clever Quotes

#NeverTrumpNeverKasich #NotInMYNameWelcome back to another installment of the Watercooler, RedState’s daily Open Thread! Today, we’ve got…

The French Connection: Deliverance from Drumpf or Scapegoat?

There’s been a lot of buzz about Kristol pushing David French as a third-party candidate–despite him being a complete Dark Horse, one I see little to object to, though Erick Erickson raises a good point about a French run at The Resurgent this morning: what happens if we go All In on him, try and only tip to Hillary? If French doesn’t win, we know the Branch Trumpidians will make him a scapegoat. As Erickson concludes:

“The Republican Party, with Trump, is embracing a campaign of racism, nativism, and fear mongering wrapped in a Messiah complex of a man who promises everything without limits. If it wins in November, I will gladly say I had no role to play in that victory. If it loses in November, I will gladly cheer Donald Trump’s defeat. But I am increasingly convinced an independent candidate just gives Trump one more excuse and one more target of blame for what I think is his inevitable defeat.

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But more and more I wonder if, for the good of the conservative movement, we should watch Trump fall on his own instead of providing him a conservative scapegoat.”

I’m not sure what the right path is here–but I do know that if we’re gonna strike at a self-imagined King we best not miss.

This Week In History

Sunday, May 29: Battle of Waxhaws, 1780; RI last of original 13 colonies to ratify Constitution, 1790; Wisconsin statehood, 1848; F4U Corsair first flies, 1940
Monday, May 30: De Soto lands at Tampa Bay, 1539; Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854; first Indy 500, 1911; Lincoln Memorial dedicated, 1922
Tuesday, May 31: Battles of Seven Pines, 1862, and Cold Harbor, 1864; Memorial Day reset to last Monday in May, 1971; Mark Felt outed as “Deep Throat”, 2005
Wednesday, Jun 1: Tennessee statehood, 1796; Heimlich maneuver published, 1974; first CNN broadcast, 1980;
Thursday, Jun 2: Rome sacked, 455 BC; Barnum’s circus starts first tour, 1835; Indians granted citizenship, 1924; Surveyor 1 lands on Moon, 1962
Friday, Jun 3: First long-distance power line, 1889; Zoot Suit Riots, 1943; USS Frank E. Evans lost in collision with HMAS Melbourne, 1969
Saturday, Jun 4: Ford’s first auto, 1896; Battle of Midway starts, 1943; USS Guadalcanal captures submarine U-505, 1944

Today’s Birthdays: Brigham Young, 1801; jet invenotor Frank Whittle, 1907; Marilyn Monroe, 1926; actor Edward Woodward, 1930 (Happy Birthday, “Equalizer”!); journalist Tony Snow, 1955

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