Top Hillary Clinton fundraiser backs McCain over Obama
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behind Republican John McCain on Wednesday, saying he will lead the country
in a centrist fashion and accusing the Democrats of becoming too extreme.
"I believe that Barack Obama, with MoveOn.org and Nancy Pelosi and Howard
Dean, has taken the Democratic Party - and they will continue to - too far
to the left," Lynn Forester de Rothschild said. "I'm not comfortable there."
Rothschild is also a member of the Democratic National Committee's Platform
Committee. She said she would be stepping down from her position on the
committee but will not switch political parties.
Clinton spokeswoman Kathleen Strand said in an e-mail that the New York
senator disagrees with Rothschild's decision to endorse McCain.
from:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_clinton_backer
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>WASHINGTON - A top Hillary Rodham Clinton fundraiser threw her support
>behind Republican John McCain on Wednesday, saying he will lead the country
>in a centrist fashion and accusing the Democrats of becoming too extreme.
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Now that funny. A centrist position?
Yea. Uh Huh. Sure.
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Festus thinks this signals a wave of more of them.
S. Olson
Obama-Biden in 08
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Festus is too mathematically challenged to keep score (that 5-year math
degree, hard at work again), but there are at least two Republicans
supporting Obama for every Democrat supporting McCain. A few samples:
"Obama is without question the superior choice for me" - Joel Haugen,
Republican Candidate for Congress
"Some Conservatives have finally realized, after twenty years, that national
elections are too critical to waste on partisan rhetoric that does not solve
any of the serious problems of our country." - Tony Campbell, Former
Republican Candidate for Congress, explaining why he supports Obama
"I think it makes more sense to show responsibility and work to implement
one's agenda even if it means reaching across the aisle, rather than hunker
down, refuse to cooperate and hope for the other side to screw up. Any
success that sort of strategy achieves will be fleeting at best." - Bruce
Bartlett, Domestic Policy Advisor to the late President Reagan, explaining
why other conservatives should join him in supporting Obama
"It is in this great tradition of crossover voters that I support Barack
Obama's candidacy for president. If the Democratic Party chooses Obama as
its candidate, this lifelong Republican will work to get him elected and
encourage him to seek strategic solutions to meet America's greatest
challenges." - Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D.
Eisenhower
"As I looked at the candidates in order who to vote for, certainly my kind
of conservatism was reflected with Senator Obama, and those points are that
we're fiscally conservative, we care about revenues, matching expenditures,
we also care about the environment" - Former Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
"The more I listen to and read about "the most liberal member of the U.S.
Senate," the more I like him. Barack Obama strikes a chord with me like no
political figure since Ronald Reagan." - Wick Allison, Editor-in-Chief of
Dallas Magazine (a conservative Republican-oriented magazine)
"Barack Obama is the only candidate who provides us with an opportunity for
a hopeful, productive and direct dialogue with countries around the
globe." - Donald Capoccia, Vice Chair, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts under
President George W. Bush (2001-2005)
"I was first attracted to government by Ronald Reagan, who lives in our
national memory as a great leader and an inspiring communicator. Sen. Obama
has these gifts as well, but of course, mere rhetorical flourish without
defensible substance would be worth little. Is there more to Sen. Obama? I
believe there is." - Douglas W. Kmiec, Head of the Office of Legal Counsel
to Presidents Reagan and Bush (41)
"Barack Obama is a thoughtful visionary leader who as President will end the
decline of American law, liberty, and fiscal responsibility that are the
hallmarks of the extremist policies of the current Administration, now
adopted by John McCain." - Jackson M. Andrews, Republican Counsel to the
U.S. Senate, 1973-1979; Republican nominee, U.S. Senate from Kentucky, 1986
"I also have no doubt that a lot of Republicans and independents are going
to be attracted to his call for a new era of non-ideological, bipartisan
decision-making. For me, the national interest comes before party concerns,
particularly internationally. We do need a new direction in American policy,
and Obama has a sense of that. He recognizes that a long-term occupation of
Iraq is not only expensive, it's extremely dangerous to the American
interests." - Jim Leach, Former Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007
"When I have asked Barack Obama a question, I have the distinct feeling that
there is a person, an intellect, a sensitivity who is responding. This is
rare in politics and unique in the presidential politics of 2008." - Robert
A.G. Monks, Republican Attorney
"The invasion of Iraq was an error with serious geo-political consequences.
Obama promises an orderly and responsible U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, whereas
McCain will continue our combat involvement throughout his term in office.
McCain will continue the wrong-headed foreign policy decisions of Bush,
while Obama will take us in a new direction." - Rita E. Hauser,
International Lawyer and former member of President Bush's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
"If we are as a nation concerned with energy, then our consideration should
be a national energy policy that is not predicated on crude oil 50 years
into the future. We need to get to it, and I think Barack Obama is very
clear in that regard." - Jim Whitaker, Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska
And many more, every day.
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I'm not really anti-Bush . . . I'm really just anti-stupid.
I support the right of all Americans to arm bears.
The only Bush I trust is my wife's.