Rich Armitage is for Hillary. Armitage was Coin Powell's right hand man at the State department under W.
"Armitage, a retired Navy officer who also served as an assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan, is thought by Clinton aides to be the highest-ranking former GOP national security official to openly support Clinton over Trump."
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, I would vote for Hillary Clinton,” Armitage told POLITICO in a brief interview. “He doesn't appear to be a Republican, he doesn't appear to want to learn about issues. So, I’m going to vote for Mrs. Clinton.”
"Dozens of Republican foreign policy elites have already declared their unwillingness to support or work for Trump, though far fewer say they would cast a ballot for Clinton. The latter group includes Max Boot, a prominent neoconservative military analyst and historian; Mark Salter, former longtime chief of staff to Republican Sen. John McCain; and retired Army Col. Peter Mansour, a former top aide to retired Gen. David Petraeus."
"More national security heavyweights with conservative credentials could emerge in opposition to Trump in the coming months, though. Several retired generals, some with strong Republican connections, are privately alarmed over Trump’s candidacy and are debating whether to say so publicly. One retired general who served in a senior command role during the Obama years said former generals and officers are wary of the political fray, but that he expects a group of them “probably will try to energize something.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/richard-armitage-endorses-clinton-224431#ixzz4Bqxt0zyX
That's bad enough-though Colin Powell did vote for Obama in 2008. Armitage himself did advise McCain.
But now it seems that Barry Goldwater himself is #NeverTrump, or at least his widow, his son, and most of his friends and family are.
Mrs. Goldwater insists that Barry would have been disgusted by Trump.
"Barry Goldwater ‘would be appalled’ by Trump raising money in his home, his widow says"
“Ugh or yuck is my response," Susan Goldwater Levine said Thursday night when called by a reporter. "I think Barry would be appalled that his home was being used for that purpose. Barry would be appalled by Mr. Trump’s behavior — the unintelligent and unfiltered and crude communications style. And he’s shallow — so, so shallow.”
"Goldwater built the ranch-style home in 1957 and named it "Be-nun-i-kin," which is Navajo for "house on top of a hill." It is known for its sweeping views. The property is no longer owned by the Goldwater family. Two years after Barry Goldwater's 1998 death, his family sold the home to Robert and Karen Hobbs, area business and civic leaders."
"Reached Thursday night, Robert Hobbs said the Trump campaign asked him if he would host the fundraiser at the old Goldwater home. He said he does not know Trump but agreed to host the event out of loyalty to the Republican Party."
“Barry was a good, solid Republican and was conservative," Hobbs said. "I’m not sure that Donald Trump is conservative, but he’s who our nominee is.”
Asked to respond to Levine's criticisms, Hobbs suggested that her opinion was less important because she was Goldwater's second wife. Goldwater remarried after his first wife, Margaret, passed away.
“She was his second wife; she’s not his first wife," Hobbs said. "So she came along later in life... She’s entitled to her opinion, but Barry was a Republican and Donald Trump’s a Republican, and we’re going to support whoever the Republican nominee is."
"A Trump campaign spokesman did not respond to a request for comment about the fundraiser and about Levine's comments."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/17/barry-goldwater-would-be-appalled-by-trump-raising-money-in-his-home-his-widow-says/
Nice, so the Trump campaign is even kneecapping Goldwater's widow now.
"I can't believe we are doing this as a country," she said of Trump's candidacy. "Barry was so true to his convictions and would never be issuing these shallow, crude, accusatory criticisms of the other party or the other person."
"Asked what the late senator would think of Trump as the Republican Party's nominee, Levine said, "Barry would be appalled and ashamed. He held the office in high regard."
She added, "No matter how he was feeling, he would conduct himself with dignity and pride — because as the candidate or as the president, it’s required.”
"This is not the first time Levine — or other members of the Goldwater family — have spoken out against Trump. In March, Barry Goldwater Jr., the senator's son who grew up to enter the family business and become a Republican congressman from California, called Trump "an authoritarian" and "a cowboy."
“I don’t think there’s any comparison at all with Barry Goldwater,” he told MSNBC's Tony Dokoupil. “Donald Trump is an authoritarian. Barry Goldwater had principles, and he was a gentleman. Donald Trump is a cowboy.”
"Armitage, a retired Navy officer who also served as an assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan, is thought by Clinton aides to be the highest-ranking former GOP national security official to openly support Clinton over Trump."
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, I would vote for Hillary Clinton,” Armitage told POLITICO in a brief interview. “He doesn't appear to be a Republican, he doesn't appear to want to learn about issues. So, I’m going to vote for Mrs. Clinton.”
"Dozens of Republican foreign policy elites have already declared their unwillingness to support or work for Trump, though far fewer say they would cast a ballot for Clinton. The latter group includes Max Boot, a prominent neoconservative military analyst and historian; Mark Salter, former longtime chief of staff to Republican Sen. John McCain; and retired Army Col. Peter Mansour, a former top aide to retired Gen. David Petraeus."
"More national security heavyweights with conservative credentials could emerge in opposition to Trump in the coming months, though. Several retired generals, some with strong Republican connections, are privately alarmed over Trump’s candidacy and are debating whether to say so publicly. One retired general who served in a senior command role during the Obama years said former generals and officers are wary of the political fray, but that he expects a group of them “probably will try to energize something.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/richard-armitage-endorses-clinton-224431#ixzz4Bqxt0zyX
That's bad enough-though Colin Powell did vote for Obama in 2008. Armitage himself did advise McCain.
But now it seems that Barry Goldwater himself is #NeverTrump, or at least his widow, his son, and most of his friends and family are.
Mrs. Goldwater insists that Barry would have been disgusted by Trump.
"Barry Goldwater ‘would be appalled’ by Trump raising money in his home, his widow says"
“Ugh or yuck is my response," Susan Goldwater Levine said Thursday night when called by a reporter. "I think Barry would be appalled that his home was being used for that purpose. Barry would be appalled by Mr. Trump’s behavior — the unintelligent and unfiltered and crude communications style. And he’s shallow — so, so shallow.”
"Goldwater built the ranch-style home in 1957 and named it "Be-nun-i-kin," which is Navajo for "house on top of a hill." It is known for its sweeping views. The property is no longer owned by the Goldwater family. Two years after Barry Goldwater's 1998 death, his family sold the home to Robert and Karen Hobbs, area business and civic leaders."
"Reached Thursday night, Robert Hobbs said the Trump campaign asked him if he would host the fundraiser at the old Goldwater home. He said he does not know Trump but agreed to host the event out of loyalty to the Republican Party."
“Barry was a good, solid Republican and was conservative," Hobbs said. "I’m not sure that Donald Trump is conservative, but he’s who our nominee is.”
Asked to respond to Levine's criticisms, Hobbs suggested that her opinion was less important because she was Goldwater's second wife. Goldwater remarried after his first wife, Margaret, passed away.
“She was his second wife; she’s not his first wife," Hobbs said. "So she came along later in life... She’s entitled to her opinion, but Barry was a Republican and Donald Trump’s a Republican, and we’re going to support whoever the Republican nominee is."
"A Trump campaign spokesman did not respond to a request for comment about the fundraiser and about Levine's comments."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/17/barry-goldwater-would-be-appalled-by-trump-raising-money-in-his-home-his-widow-says/
Nice, so the Trump campaign is even kneecapping Goldwater's widow now.
"I can't believe we are doing this as a country," she said of Trump's candidacy. "Barry was so true to his convictions and would never be issuing these shallow, crude, accusatory criticisms of the other party or the other person."
"Asked what the late senator would think of Trump as the Republican Party's nominee, Levine said, "Barry would be appalled and ashamed. He held the office in high regard."
She added, "No matter how he was feeling, he would conduct himself with dignity and pride — because as the candidate or as the president, it’s required.”
"This is not the first time Levine — or other members of the Goldwater family — have spoken out against Trump. In March, Barry Goldwater Jr., the senator's son who grew up to enter the family business and become a Republican congressman from California, called Trump "an authoritarian" and "a cowboy."
“I don’t think there’s any comparison at all with Barry Goldwater,” he told MSNBC's Tony Dokoupil. “Donald Trump is an authoritarian. Barry Goldwater had principles, and he was a gentleman. Donald Trump is a cowboy.”
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