Posted on 08/01/2016 11:42:49 AM PDT by maggief
A top adviser to former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush and a well-known figure in GOP circles says she's leaving the party and may vote for Hillary Clinton.
Sally Bradshaw, who was a senior adviser during Bush's White House bid, told CNN she has left the GOP to become an independent.
Republicans are "at a crossroads and have nominated a total narcissist — a misogynist — a bigot," Bradshaw told CNN's Jamie Gangel in an email.
"This is a time when country has to take priority over political parties. Donald Trump cannot be elected president," Bradshaw added. Bradshaw also worked for George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign and served as Jeb Bush's chief of staff when he was the governor of Florida.
"This election cycle is a test," Bradshaw said. "As much as I don't want another four years of [President Barack] Obama's policies, I can't look my children in the eye and tell them I voted for Donald Trump. I can't tell them to love their neighbor and treat others the way they wanted to be treated, and then vote for Donald Trump. I won't do it."
Jeb Bush is among several former Trump rivals, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who have chosen not to endorse the party's presidential nominee. Bush also skipped last month's GOP national convention.
Bradshaw is the latest Republican to signal her opposition to Trump as well as openness to supporting the Democratic standard-bearer, saying, "If the race in Florida is close, I will vote for Hillary Clinton," she said.
"That is a very difficult statement for me to make. I disagree with her on several important issues," she noted.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Don’t let the door hit you in the rear-end on the way out.
Twit , Jeb!’s policies ARE Obama’s policies .. That’s why Jeb! got clobbered.
Pure liberal trash.
Good riddance!
3. Bradshaw Started Working for the Bush Family on George H.W. Bush’s Presidential Campaign
5. She Worked on Mitt Romney’s 2008 Presidential Campaign & Haley Barbour’s Exploratory Committee
Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’ comes to mind for some reason....
Don’t let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out......and take more uniparty republicans with you.
When maggots start to munch on a brain, behavior is altered
Cornel West is voting for Jill Stein..many Sanders supporters are voting for Trump..gee wonder why the media wont interview those folks/sarc
“”This election cycle is a test,” Bradshaw said. “As much as I don’t want another four years of [President Barack] Obama’s policies, I can’t look my children in the eye and tell them I voted for Donald Trump. I can’t tell them to love their neighbor and treat others the way they wanted to be treated, and then vote for Donald Trump. I won’t do it.””
No. Sally will keep her kids in private school while Hillary decimates the country and Sally’s kids opportunities. Sally will pay for her little snowflakes school, apartment and everything that comes with a white privileged child as Sally gets to retreat behind the gates of her private subdivision.
Looks like ESTABLISHMENT HILLARY had her operatives embedded in all the GOP campaigns. Top adviser? So how did THAT work out, Jeb?
See also:
First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3455280/posts
Donald Trump cannot be elected president
I heard that a lot over the primaries and it's a conviction that is ringing odder and odder as time goes by. Why the visceral rejection? You will note that Bradshaw trots out the customary vacuities - "Narcissist, misogynist, bigot" - with no specifics, as if we were supposed to be impressed by that at this late point. Sorry, dear, we're ankle-deep in slime and it just doesn't register anymore.
I'm beginning to enjoy the squeaking we're hearing from the ruling class. If Trump really were One Of Us to them, they wouldn't be squeaking.
Y A W N . . . . .
The arrogance of people! It has never occurred to me to hold a news conference to tell the world for whom I will be voting.
Watch this and you will see what we are really up against.
Stay with it, the second half describes now.
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"And now for something completely different. A man with a tape recorder up his nose."
The great realignment of U.S. politics is fully underway. The road-map is this: Bigwig politicians, insiders of both parties, crony capitalists and the standard cadre of useful idiots on one side; Patriots and informed citizens on the other.
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