Breaking: George H.W. Bush to vote for Hillary

[ericpolitico]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/exclusive-george-hw-bush-to-vote-for-hillary-228395

Former President George H.W. Bush is bucking his party's presidential nominee and plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a member of another famous political family, the Kennedys.
Bush, 92, had intended to stay silent on the White House race between Clinton and Donald Trump, a sign in and of itself of his distaste for the GOP nominee. But his preference for the wife of his own successor, President Bill Clinton, nonetheless became known to a wider audience thanks to Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy.


On Monday, Townsend posted a picture on her Facebook page shaking hands next to the former president and this caption: "The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!!”

[Dr. Arch]

Called it months ago!

[MasterJedi]

Good man.

[Ronnie]

Wow!  Does something like this have historical precedent?

[HillOfANight]

Countdown to Trump attacking Bush.

[Southern Delegate matthew27]

Great news!!!!

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Wow she is quite rude for telling people this when he wanted to keep it a private vote...

[Panda Express]

Trump must really suck for George H. W. Bush to vote for the wife of the man of kicked him out of office.

[BaldEagle1991]

I knew it.

The Clinton's and Bush's are BFFs

[henster]

One of the Bush's endorsing Hillary will surely get millennials on board.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

One of the Bush's endorsing Hillary will surely get millennials on board.

You really are a broken record...

[henster]

Nobody finds it troubling all these neocons lining up behind her? They seem very comfortable with her FP decisions Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen etc.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Nobody finds it troubling all these neocons lining up behind her? They seem very comfortable with her FP decisions Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen etc.

Because that's the ONLY issue that matters?

[Panda Express]

One of the Bush's endorsing Hillary will surely get millennials on board.

Grow up you miserable little weasel. Hillary wouldn't have been my first choice either but Bernie Sanders and Biden have both endorsed Hillary. Stop being a whiny baby and get behind her or you will be held culpable if Trump wins.

[ag]

Thank you, Mr. President!

[henster]

Nobody finds it troubling all these neocons lining up behind her? They seem very comfortable with her FP decisions Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen etc.

Because that's the ONLY issue that matters?

Yes, thousands of people dying because of her incompetent decisions MATTERS.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Wow she is quite rude for telling people this when he wanted to keep it a private vote...

You don't understand how these things work, do you?

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Breaking: member of Brahmin class casts ballot for one of his own.

[Eraserhead]

The entire Bush family is voting for Hillary.

[heatcharger]

Nobody finds it troubling all these neocons lining up behind her? They seem very comfortable with her FP decisions Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen etc.

Troubling? Maybe a little. What's 100 times more troubling is the prospect of Trumo ever having the ability to make foreign policy decisions.

I can handle an H.W. endorsement because he's so old and was president a long time ago, but Dubya and Jeb! need to keep their mouth shut.

[ProudModerate2]

Good man.

[pppolitics]

Neocons for Hillary!

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Nobody finds it troubling all these neocons lining up behind her? They seem very comfortable with her FP decisions Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen etc.

Because that's the ONLY issue that matters?

Yes, thousands of people dying because of her incompetent decisions MATTERS.

The options are Clinton or Trump, that's it. One of them will be President.

If you're more comfortable with a Trump presidency and its foreign policy agenda, such as it is, go nuts.

[Adam Griffin]

Too bad he wasn't outed a few months ago. We could have rolled him out on stage at the DNC and had our very own Zell Moment!

[JA]

When the new GOP crop has you assessing the legacy of the Bushes as that of relative sanity and stability, it should really tell our country something about the state of almost half the electorate and one of our nation's two major parties...

I have little doubt that the elder members of the Bush family will either be voting for Clinton (ironically, the wife of Bush Sr's successful rival) or abstaining. The Republican base will proclaim them members of a sinister, treacherous elite, but that only further proves my point. Not to mention, how very non-conservative that is of them to speak so disrespectfully of elder members of their own party and former Presidents. These people aren't conservatives - they're enraged, right-wing populists with no sense of decency, respect for American institutions, or highest office. I dislike conservatism as a philosophy and ideology, but even I wouldn't taint it by associating this rabble with it.