Republican women organize to support Clinton

[Always Randy]

Source: CNN Politics

Huddled around a corner table during happy hour at the swanky St. Regis Hotel bar in downtown Washington, five young Republicans busily brainstormed how they could help Hillary Clinton become the next president of the United States.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/02/politics/republican-women-organize-to-support-clinton/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlarge

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In July of 2013 I posted comments saying that Republican women would come out to support HRC. Well here is a good start.

[forest444]

1. Welcome to civilization, ladies.

Right this way, if you please.

[ToxMarz]

2. Meh. Kind of the same as Latinas for Trump

Or Log Cabin Republicans. Most of these people use politics like LinkedIn. It is just networking and trying to make business contacts. Whatever gets them a shot at a paycheck.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. Previously reported on DU very early this AM. Long may they waver.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027975475

[Always Randy]

5. sorry----should I take this down?

[Ford_Prefect]

7. Not necessarily. It fell off the list early today, so it's good to have it back for more comments.

I'm surprised that they have tolerated their party up to this point and yet cannot buy Trump, but denial is not a river in Egypt.

[SCantiGOP]

8. Friend of mine

Works for a large law firm and had a high-level job in W's administration, supervising about 1,000 people. So he's pretty damn Republican.
He states in front of other Repubs that he intends to vote Republican this year: by writing in George H W Bush, who still has one term left.

[Aristus]

4. Mrs. Aristus - R - Washington, is voting for Hillary Clinton.

She doesn't care very much for Bill or Hill. Although she admits to being astonished every time she watches Bill Clinton give a speech. She respects true ability and talent in public speakers. But she has been so appalled by the GOP's precipitous slide into 'Idiocracy' -levels of stupidity (I avoid pointing out to her that that started in roughly 1972.) by nominating Donald Trump, that she is throwing her support totally, if not enthusiastically, behind Hillary Clinton.

[riversedge]

11. Please tell Mrs.Aristus thank you very much

[liberalnarb]

6. Same happening in my family.

The majority of the family is repug ( ) but many of my female family members will not be voting for trump. Though not Hillary either. They've been fox-washed to hate the Clintons.

[SheilaT]

9. This brings up an essential point.

If you are a strong Democrat or Republican, at what point do you say, Whoa! My party has jumped the shark!

When do you decide you can no longer support your party's nominee? How do you reconcile your values with where the party has gone?

The answers are of course highly variable. Different individuals will have different breaking points.

As a Democrat I'm astonished that so many establishment Republicans seem willing to endorse Trump. What can they possibly be thinking? I live in New Mexico. Trump came here and totally trashed our Republican Governor. Don't get me wrong. I don't like her. But I'm appalled that she might endorse him. In a normal year, I'd thinking nothing of my Republican Governor endorsing the Republican Presidential nominee. But this year, I'm horrified at the thought that party would totally prevail over common sense.

[TygrBright]

10. Every vote against Trump counts.

But let's not kid ourselves:

"It has been tough for me to come to this point where I can vote for a candidate who has been very against what I've been working for for most of my professional career," said Meghan Milloy, who works for the conservative American Action Forum think tank and has formerly campaigned for Republicans like Trent Lott, Mitt Romney and Haley Barbour. "That being said, I can't vote for someone like Donald Trump because he's overtly racist and misogynist."

They really prefer their GOP dominated by COVERT racism and misogyny. More dog whistles, less honesty, please.

wearily,

Bright