Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP

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Source: CNN/WPTZ

Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent and says if the presidential race in Florida is close, she'll vote for Hillary Clinton.

Bradshaw, who's been close to the former Florida governor for decades and was senior adviser to his 2016 campaign, officially switched her registration to unaffiliated. She told CNN's Jamie Gangel in an email interview that the GOP is "at a crossroads and have nominated a total narcissist -- a misogynist -- a bigot."

"This is a time when country has to take priority over political parties. Donald Trump cannot be elected president," Bradshaw said.

The departure from the Republican Party of a Bush loyalist -- Bradshaw began her career working for George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign -- is the latest sign of an influential and respected member of the GOP establishment turning against Trump.

Read more: http://www.wptz.com/politics/first-on-cnn-top-jeb-bush-adviser-leaves-gop-will-vote-for-clinton-if-florida-close/40997992

[tonyt53]

1. Sanity prevails.

[niyad]

4. so, she knows what a horrible creature he is, but will still vote for him if the race

is not close. how is that sanity?

[LisaM]

7. Maybe she just won't vote at all otherwise, or for the Libertarian

Because, yes, it makes no sense that she would vote for him at all.

[niyad]

2. "IF the race is close"????? so, you will cast your vote for the lunatic if HRC is ahead?

wow, these people simply do NOT get it.

[PSPS]

6. Yes, that's the standard GOP catch. "I'll support my country only if I have to."

These fuckers would gleefully piss on the graves at Arlington.

[WinstonSmith4740]

13. Actually,

she said she would not be voting for Trump. I think she was referring to voting either Hillary, Gary Johnson, or Jill Klein. I got the impression she'd vote for Gary Johnson, but if it looked like it was close, she'd go with Hillary to avoid shades of 2000.

[niyad]

14. thank you. I read the rest of the linked article. but, sadly, she remains completely

delusional about what the pukes stand for. donald is the public face of their private hatreds.

[Lucky Luciano]

19. I doubt what he stands for is the problem.

The problem is that they can't control their monster.

[Bucky]

21. that phrase jumped out at me too

But we can't read too much into it. It might just be a turn of phrase. Or she might be thinking about Gary Johnson. Or she might be, as a lifelong Republican, reluctant to vote for any Democrat (or even this particular Democrat) if she's gonna win anyway.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Should be happening in droves

but one at a time at least shows some brain activity in the dark side.

[Peacetrain]

5. And the VFW has now denounced Trump

wow.. this is spinning faster than I can keep up with it

[BumRushDaShow]

15. The latest on that!

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/vfw-condemns-trump-attacks-khan-family

He stepped in it this time. But then the media will still give him a pass. They apparently gave Pence a pass blaming Obama and Hillary for the death of Khan's son.

[oberliner]

8. She ran one of the worst campaigns in history

Jeb's campaign was a complete disaster from start to finish.

[Justice]

9. If prez race in FLA close, vote for Hillary Clinton. That works for me.

To Republicans and Independents -

Not saying must embrace everything about the Democrats - but if the race is close and you are in the voting booth, vote for Hillary.

I like that. I will take the votes any legitimate way we can get them.

[QC]

10. The Bushes and their crew did more than their part to wreck the GOP,

so it's hard for me to feel too sorry for them when the people whose prejudices they cultivated for years have now started acting on those prejudices.

It's like the old story about the man who murders his parents and then demands mercy on the grounds that he's an orphan.

This person, and David Brooks, and Max Boot, and the Kochs, and all the others now bewailing the fall of the GOP have only themselves to blame.

[David Zephyr]

17. And Richard Armitage.

I agree, QC.

We don't need these monsters
With the blood dripping from their hands in our party.

[QC]

18. Amen. I wish these people would save their own party,

rather than try to turn ours into a second Republican party, as many are doing.

[Stubborn]

11. Good for her.

All women should leave the Republican party.

[63splitwindow]

12. THAT'S how it is done! BRAVO. Those who don't follow suit will forever wear Don the Con stank!

[ailsagirl]

16. "The Party of Death" nt

[3catwoman3]

20. Rats - check.

Sinking ship - check.