Trump considering Tom Cotton for VP
Hotair pOSTED AT 2:41 PM ON JUNE 24, 2016 BY TAYLOR MILLARD
Donald Trump may be zeroing in on his running mate: Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. Via Fox 16:
In an interview today with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, the host suggested Trump pick either Senator Cotton or New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as his running mate.Trump said he can’t reveal his thinking in considering his VEEP pick, but had positive things to say about Arkansas’ junior senator.“I’ve gotten very good, you know, very good statements from Senator Cotton, who is a, you know, who I know, whose parents I know and met,” Trump said. “I think that he is a very talented guy. He’s also very popular. He’s a very popular person. So these are two names that I have high on the list for something at least, that I can tell you.”Hewitt cited Cotton’s military experience as an asset to Trump’s campaign.
This would be a really interesting pick (if it’s true), and could be seen as an olive branch to the neoconservative wing of the GOP because Cotton is tight with Bill Kristol (even though Trump is far from a noninterventionist). It should be noted Cotton is denying being contacted by Trump’s campaign, telling IJ Review they’ve barely spoken.
But Cotton is not counting on being Trump’s running mate selection. In an interview with Independent Journal Review on Wednesday, Cotton said:“I have no reason to think that Donald Trump is gonna ask me to do that and I’m not being vetted.”Cotton also said that his contact with the Trump campaign has been sparse.“We’ve certainly heard from the Trump campaign before and I’ve talked to Donald Trump. He was here in Washington for the AIPAC conference and I and some others met with him. But I wouldn’t say that it’s something that’s not regular or routine.”
It’s completely possible Trump just wants Cotton to be his Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State, which wouldn’t be surprising either. But Trump’s kind words towards Cotton should be a wake up to the so-called “libertarians for Trump” movement. Cotton is the same guy who said the U.S. has an “under-incarceration problem,” and isn’t in favor of justice reform (which libertarians are supposed to be for). He also supports the Patriot Act and NSA spying (something libertarian are against) and believes not getting involved in Syria is a failure of U.S. foreign policy. Cotton is a critic of Vladimir Putin (which is good), but that may be more along the lines of, “no, we’re the real superpower!”
There are plenty of Trump supporters who probably believe this is coalition building, but it seems odd to consider “Super NeoCon” as VP because of Trump’s pledge to not want to get involved in foreign conflicts. Maybe Trump is hoping neoconservatives will come around to him because “yay, nationalism.” Trump has shown support for NSA spying, and other big government policies, so his liking of Cotton isn’t surprising. They’d probably be a good match too, but the “libertarians for Trump” crowd is really going to have to reconsider their support if it’s an “all interventionist” ticket.
Commentary: I brought up Cotton months ago as the perfect pick. Just as conservative as The One True Ted. Much better military record than David French Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey. Somebody that never attacked or denigrated Trump or his many nationalist supporters. He might be a neocon but he is a soldier. He doesn't to send our boys to die for Saudi Arabia. He is an American First kind of guy. He is the guy that keyboard commando's like Kristol and Goldberg hide behind. Trump would hit a home run by picking him.
Of course if he does and Senator Cotton accepts all of the nay sayers and Trump Derangement Syndrome types now get to say it is a big mistake and a betrayal and a fatal flaw in the campaign. Before they would say he is the the guy Trump should pick if he was a serious candidate. But since he is going to do it he has to be wrong. Somehow. Because that is all they got. That is to say...jack shit.
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As I have mentioned, I lived and worked on the Mississippi Delta as a callow youth. I learned field hollers from my coworkers, who had, in turn, learned them from previous generations.
Twenty one years later I went to work doing technical support for IC design software. One of my coworkers was from South Boston, MA, Southie as it is known. His family was mobbed up with the Bulger gang. I mention all this by way of setting the story. The boy was Irish. His family and his neighborhood, all Irish. Even the illegals up there were Irish.
He used to sing a field holler too, it was this. I had never heard that song prior to that time.
Without generalizing too much, Y*nkees impressed me as being a tad insensitive on racial matters, just sayin'.
Word is the VP's already been picked.
If you buy the nonsense peddled Monday that Lewandowski was fired, supposedly the reason was he wanted to make the name known now, rather than wait for the convention.
As I say, I think SecDef's Sessions' for the asking, but it may be an either-or; whoever gets one, the other gets the other.
@Sixty: Is it true that you sold your soul at the crossroads?
A great Steve Buschemi scene
OK, take out that "h" in Buschemi if you're Italian.
If'n ya cain't pick a bale a' cotton a day ya don' make the cut!
E'body know dat.
Even Leadbelly....specially Leadbelly.
Oh Lawdy pick a bale a' cotton
Oh Lawdy pick a bale a day
Jump down toin aroun' pick a bale a' cotton
Jump down toin aroun' pick a bale a day
Don't mind me, I'm just reliving my phonograph youth....
Click the link, LeadPic. Or RicBelly - one can never be quite certain.
@CL - Yes. Well, it was more of a trade, actually, I got a nifty t-shirt.
A Politico piece picked up by Breitbart, Trump is picking up a lot of blue collar Rust Belt Demos.
That it's Politico is what makes it interesting.
PS Breit's Mike Flynn has died. Young guy.
Does Politico have comments? They don't show on my laptop no matter which browser I use. Maybe it's the facebook blocker.
Hey! Outside is gold Nature's hardest hue to hold. That means it'll be pink soon.
Troop may be proven right on this!
Cotton is a good man. I am not sure he is the best choice, but Trump's VP has to be someone qualified and who Trump is comfortable with. Cotton is a bit young, but he is qualified.
Chip Ahoy said...
Does Politico have comments? They don't show on my laptop no matter which browser I use. Maybe it's the facebook blocker.
You got it.
A lot of the more Lefty organs (and a few that pretend they aren't) make you sign in to FB to comment. You can view the comments otherwise so, if you have a blocker, you may not see them.
I can live without it
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