George H.W. Bush to vote for Hillary

A Kennedy outs a Bush who favors a Clinton.

By Darren Samuelsohn

09/19/16 11:20 PM EDT

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!!”

In a telephone interview, Townsend said she met with the former president in Maine earlier today, where she said he made his preference known that he was voting for a Democrat. “That’s what he said,” she told POLITICO.

Asked about Townsend’s post, George H.W. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath in an email replied, "The vote President Bush will cast as a private citizen in some 50 days will be just that: a private vote cast in some 50 days. He is not commenting on the presidential race in the interim."

George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush have stayed out of the political debate since campaigning earlier this year for their son Jeb's unsuccessful bid for president. Neither George H.W. Bush nor his son, former President George W. Bush, attended this summer's Republican National Convention in Cleveland where Trump accepted the nomination.

Many former GOP officials from both Bush administrations have also announced their support for Clinton over Trump, including national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.

One Bush official who has taken Trump's side is former Vice President Dan Quayle, who told POLITICO in an interview this summer he was still holding out hope both Bushes would back Trump. "Clearly in their heart of hearts I should hope they would want a Republican president, but they can speak for themselves," Quayle said in an interview in July.

Poppy knows he doesn't have much longer before he is permanently reassigned to be the CIA Station Chief in Hell. The Bush Criminal Empire has picked every Rethuglicon president since 1952 and he wants to get in one more while he still can. He endorsed Mittens in 2012, but that was just a "placeholder" to keep anybody off the ticket who might actually win. Poppy was fine with Barry as President, and the feeling was obviously mutual.




Yes, only in America where you can be the son of Hitler's banker, can be a lifelong member of the secret police, be involved in the assassination of a President (and his brother), train & fund terrorists - most notably the ones allegedly responsible for 9/11 - be the biggest heroin & cocaine smuggler of the 20th century and still be awarded the goddamned Presidential Medal of smacking Freedom.

Yeah, you god damn should be.

Globalization bought to you by American imperialism. Boggles the mind why people like Boey are so obsessed with this election although I shouldn't be.

Many people who are troubled and feel lost turn to the Bible for answers. Marlon turns to his copy of Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.

I am not surprised by the Bush families hurt feeling about little Jeb not getting the nomination. As I've said many times our political system is one party with two faces. Bill Clinton is like another son to daddy George and that would make Hilary like a daughter-in-law. Either win would keep it in the family until the Usurper ruined it!

You are too angry with God to be a true atheist. If you were a real atheist you wouldn't care what sky fairy others chose to believe in.

There goes Marla again. No positive thoughts on anything, only negatives. I doubt she read the advice I gave her about outlook on life.