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| HP CEO Meg Whitman: I will vote for, and donate to, Hillary Clinton |
| 2016-08-03 |
| [CNN] Meg Whitman, a major GOP donor and former California gubernatorial candidate, said Tuesday she would support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, making her one of the highest-profile Republican defections. "Donald Trump's demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character," Whitman said in a statement. "America needs the kind of stable and aspirational leadership Secretary Clinton can provide." Whitman, the president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, also said in an interview with the New York Times she would use her considerable resources to make a contribution to the Clinton campaign and its allied super PACs. Clinton herself asked Whitman for her support, the businesswoman told the Times, which was the first to report the endorsement. Whitman's comments came as Trump has clashed with members of his own party over a protracted dispute with the family of a Muslim US soldier who was killed in action. They also came on a day that saw the first sitting Republican member of Congress express support for Clinton as well as the top adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The latter two defections mean Whitman's endorsement capped off a two-day period during which three Republican women said they would cross the aisle to back Clinton over Trump. Whitman ended her statement endorsing Clinton by calling on all Republicans to follow her, saying: "I urge all Republicans to reject Donald Trump this November." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Remember, everyone's a RINO except Us. And I ain't to sure of Pappy and TW. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-03 18:42 |
| #6 Translation: "Californians please buy my shitty computers." |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-08-03 13:15 |
| #5 Corporatism is just another word for fascism (see Benito). This could be the realignment of politics into the oligarchy party (beltway party, insiders party, etc.) and some form of popular party that tries to return to the Constitutional form of gov't. Personally I believe the beltway party will win out and the Clinton/Soros style of corruption will intensify. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-08-03 10:49 |
| #4 And Hillary will do to the country what Meg has done for HP. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-03 10:42 |
| #3 Crony Capitalism? |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-08-03 10:12 |
| #2 Another RINO shows its true self. Keep track of these clowns and even if Donald doesn't win, remember and vote against them every chance you get. I wouldn't piss on Paul Ryan or Meg Whitman if they were on fire. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-08-03 09:43 |
| #1 The Fix is in. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-03 04:26 |