Posted on 07/29/2016 12:04:03 PM PDT by Mariner
PHILADELPHIA — Talk about heartburn for diehard Bernie Sanders supporters.
On the night that Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination for president, her party featured two Republican speakers who talked about their intent to vote for Clinton this fall against Republican nominee Donald Trump.
A former White House aide to Ronald Reagan, Doug Elmets, and a health policy worker at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jennifer Pierotti Lim, both told the convention hall of Democrats and a primetime national TV audience why they’re voting for Clinton.
Elmets said it was “a shock” to be speaking at the Democratic convention, but argued that Trump falls so far short of what’s required to be president that he felt duty bound to oppose him and support Clinton. He contrasted Trump with President Ronald Reagan.
“Reagan saw nuance. Trump sees the world as us vs. them, where somebody with brown skin or a foreign-sounding name is likely to blame for our troubles,” Elmets said. “Reagan knew that a leader needs diplomacy to steer a safe, prosperous course forward. Trump is a petulant, dangerously unbalanced reality star who will coddle tyrants and alienate allies.”
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This election will redefine American politics for a generation.
Hillary says “We will work to get money out of politics!” on the same day she accepts a $25 million donation from George Soros
Establishment vs. The Little Guy. All she’s doing is attracting establishment Republicans like the Beltway pundits.
"Hey, GOPe! You like establishment? I'm about as establishment as it gets! VOTE FOR ME!!!"
Where were David Frum, Bill Kristol and the Romney family?
....wonder what Hilda has on Elmets....his FBI file must be full of all sorts of goofy stuff
Elmets is an abject idiot or worse if he refuses to see the last eight years of this regime has coddled tyrants and alienated allies. A third ObaMao term would just be more of the same.
As far as being a reality star, that's strictly a gig which Trump did for entertainment. He made his real money doing real, actual business, not redistribution of the wealth schemes, in large part to their own pockets as the Clintons have done.
Sometimes it IS us vs them.
I seem to recall Reagan calling the USSR an “Evil Empire”.
“We will work to get money out of politics!”
Stop.....stop...you’re killing me. Bwahahahahha!
It is not surprising that someone from the Chamber of Pimps would come out in favor of Hillary and against Trump.
Clinton is not like Trump. Period!
Yeah, but Clinton’s play is for the 8% of GOP voters who liked Jeb Bush, and Trump’s is for the 50% of Dem voters who liked Sanders.
Guess who is going to win the cross-party contest?
Get used to the phrase “Trump Democrats”.
I doubt that even the worst of GOPe could hold their noses hard enough to vote for Hillary!
Sorry, that's already been accomplished. Trump is more likely to correct it.
ROFL -- this is supposed to convince me there's some big swell of Repubs voting for Hitlery?!? Gawd, these people are idiots.
Chamber of Commies and Neo Con Commies. Let them go. Elitists and idiots v. thinking, hard-working un-collectivized Americans.
ROFLMAO! Thanks orchestra.
(okay you tied for laugh of the day FPC….as a FP especially C you’ve got to LOL at this one…see post #11)
No shot. None whatsoever.
There are some prime “NeverTrumpers” who will gladly kiss your feet, Hillary.
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