Paul Wolfowitz: 'I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton'
Source: Politico
The former George W. Bush administration official who is often referred to as the architect of the Iraq War says he will likely end up voting for Hillary Clinton for president this fall.
Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense under President Bush from 2001-2005, told the English-language version of the German newspaper Der Spiegel that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump represents a security risk for the U.S. and that his praise for strongmen like Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein are pretty disturbing.
The only way you can be comfortable about Trump's foreign policy is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says. That's a pretty uncomfortable place to be in, Wolfowitz said. Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Trump mainly shows contempt for them.
Because he is so uncomfortable with Trump, Wolfowitz said he would likely vote for Clinton, albeit grudgingly.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/paul-wolfowitz-may-vote-clinton-227452
niyad
(112,435 posts)inwiththenew
(972 posts)They should tell him where he can stick his vote.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)I remember watching Fahrenheit 9/11 in the theater and everyone went "EEEWWWWW"!
FigTree
(347 posts)He's just another Bannon who managed to weasel his way up the political hierarchy. We remember you Wolfowitz.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)That's why so many of them are coming over to our side.
And I may despise the neocons, but I will still welcome their votes against the clear and present danger of Benedict Donald.
Even so, after Hillary wins I would appreciate their silence, as in STFU.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)The Democratic party doesn't need you nor does it want you.
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Botany
(70,291 posts)n/t
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jalan48
(13,798 posts)marble falls
(56,359 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)marble falls
(56,359 posts)special camera.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)Which leads to the question - do vampires show up on digital image sensors?
TonyPDX
(962 posts)Don't get me wrong, a vote for our side is a vote for our side. I just don't want ANY of our candidates getting accustomed to conservative support (and $$). We've finally adjusted our course to the left-- my desire is to go further in that direction.
marble falls
(56,359 posts)act like we're behind in every category and really work hard to register voters. A big turnout ALWAYS benefits the DP. And President Clinton needs a working Congress.
TonyPDX
(962 posts)Ben Nelson and others, who gave us a "technical" majority but inhibited progress no differently than Republicans. We got to set the agenda but they could, and DID, obstruct meaningful progressive legislation.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)At the very least if the GOP stays to the right this will hurt every Republican who has spoken out against Trump and declared they would vote for Clinton.
JI7
(89,182 posts)OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)Even the R voters hate Wolfowitz and it will drive the Sanders peeps away. So who does this help really?
TonyPDX
(962 posts)while the progressive side of the party is overtaken by Blue Dogs and conservative supporters.
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)This moving to the right is not helpful in my view.
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)Who's left to vote for the irascible orange blob?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)calimary
(80,700 posts)Doesn't change the fact that it's still a beautiful face.
ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)There really isn't much more to say about this.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Be some Bush Family votes for Hillary.
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)Especially the first three, who I suspect are Dems.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)But think their vote will be for the better candidate.
JI7
(89,182 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)still_one
(91,965 posts)and his cronies inflicted on the world, and the U.S.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)apnu
(8,722 posts)That a shit bag like Wolfowitz would find Trump repulsive tells us how disgusting Trump actually is.
While Hillary and Bill are war hawkish, they don't advocate the kind of neo-conservative world fantasy that Wolfowitz subscribes to. Wars of choice and illegality, that's not Bill or Hillary's game and never has been. Sure they're happy to bomb the hell out of places, but start a full blown war like Iraq? I doubt that.
So then, Wolfowitz probably knows this. He knows selling Clintons on the might of America and just taking what we want because we can, which is the core of the neo-conservative world, would be a hard sell. Trump on the other hand, that would be an easy sale. He's already wondered why we haven't used our nukes more. Trump would be like W, easily led into conflicts for crony gain. Despite that, however, Wolfowitz is repulsed by Trump? Seriously, let that sink in. Its an astounding concept.
apnu
(8,722 posts)forest444
(5,902 posts)Filthy war criminal. He should be voting from jail.