2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMeg Whitman put country and the world before party. She inspires me.
Meg Whitman, a Hewlett Packard executive and Republican fund-raiser, said Tuesday that she would support Hillary Clinton for president and give a substantial contribution to her campaign in order to stop Donald J. Trump, whom she berated as a threat to American democracy.
I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her, Ms. Whitman said in a telephone interview.
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Using remarkably blunt language, she argued that the election of Mr. Trump, whom she called a dishonest demagogue, could lead the country on a very dangerous journey. She noted that democracies had seldom lasted longer than a few hundred years and warned that those who say that it cant happen here are being naïve.
Ms. Whitman also said she absolutely stood by her comments at a private gathering of Republican donors this year comparing Mr. Trump to Hitler and Mussolini, explaining that dictators often come to office through democratic means.
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I dont agree with her on very many issues, she added, but she would be a much better president than Donald Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/meg-whitman-hillary-clinton.html?_r=0
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)At the end of all of this, we will see who really lives on planet Earth and makes decisions based in reality, and those who belong to some death cult of nihilism who want to watch the world burn.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)I am legitimately moved and I am glad I am not the only one who sees Trump as a deviation from democratic norms and a threat to democracy.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Rejecting Trump is a genuine litmus test for someone's integrity and sanity. Not just "not my first choice" stuff but rather "he must never be President' declarations.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Ms. Whitman also said she absolutely stood by her comments at a private gathering of Republican donors this year comparing Mr. Trump to Hitler and Mussolini, explaining that dictators often come to office through democratic means.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)brace herself for heckling that she's voting with her vagina.