Rinos for Hillary

A group of prominent Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) are rushing to endorse Hillary Clinton for President.

TIME reported on August 3, 2016 in a story titled “Here are 7 Republicans Voting for Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump,” the following:

During a week that has found Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump deeper embroiled in controversy, more disaffected Republicans have begun to voice their support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Any Republican who is going to vote for Hillary Clinton is a RINO. Let’s make sure after these RINOs leave, they are not allowed back in the Republican Party.

Although Hillary will ruin the Supreme Court, take away Second Amendment rights and provide a de facto third term of President Barack Obama, these RINOs don’t care.

For Republicans who feel they can’t vote for Donald Trump, they can vote for Libertarian-lite candidate Gary Johnson or write somebody in, but don’t, under any circumstances vote for lyin’, corrupt Hillary this fall.

There are three different species of RINO that have decided to publicly endorse Hillary Clinton for president.

1. The Squishes

The squishes are the biggest species of the Republican politicos who are endorsing and proudly supporting a woman who lied to the families of the fallen in Benghazi and repeatedly lied on Fox News this past weekend about her email scandal.

Former advisor to Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz. (F, 34%) campaign for president in 2008 and Republican nominee for governor in 2010, Meg Whitman took to Facebook recently writing, “it is clear to me that Secretary Clinton’s temperament, global experience and commitment to America’s bedrock national values make her the far better choice in 2016 for President of the United States.” If there was any doubt, Meg Whitman confirmed that she is a member of the liberal elite sect within the GOP after writing that Hillary represents “America’s bedrock national values.”

Another person that falls into the squish category was former President George W. Bush Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson. Remember him? He was the guy who crafted the Wall Street Bailout in 2008 that saved jobs … on Wall Street … and caused politicians like Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (F, 53%) to make bizarre statements like “Madam Speaker, this bill offends my principles, but I’m gonna vote for this bill in order to preserve my principles.” Paulson wrote in the Washington Post, “I’ll be voting for Hillary Clinton, with the hope that she can bring Americans together to do the things necessary to strengthen our economy, our environment and our place in the world.” Hank-Bailout-Paulson supports Hillary – should we really be surprised?

2. The Haters

This group includes angry, arrogant pundits like Mark Salter, former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain, who helped craft the 2008 failed campaign strategy that ushered in four years of President Obama.

Salter, a known hater of conservatives, wrote in Real Clear Politics that “whatever Hillary Clinton’s faults, she’s not ignorant or hateful or a nut. She acts like an adult, and understands the responsibilities of an American president.” Salter is motivated by pure hate and on separate occasions, has attacked strong conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (A, 97%) and Sen. Rand Paul. R-Ky. (A, 92%). It is a good bet that if you are a conservative or have every ridiculed John McCain in any way, Mark Salter hates you.

Bill Kristol was a long-time advocate for an independent candidate to run against Mr. Trump. However, he failed to recruit one and Kristol refused to man up and run himself. Although Kristol has yet to publicly endorse Hillary Clinton, I do believe that he will wait right up until the days before the election before to throw his hat into the ring.

3. The Nation-Builders

These are the so-called “national security conservatives” derisively referred to as “neo-cons.” All they care about is an expansionist foreign policy that will result in American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq forever. These individuals are only Republicans because they have allied themselves with the party most likely to invade another country. That used to be Republicans but might be the Democrats under the Iraq and Libyan War supporting Hillary Clinton. The nation-builders and interventionists are willing to shift support to any candidate who will espouse a reckless foreign policy that ignores the consequences of endless wars.

Politico reported on June 16, 2016, that one former Bush Administration official is on board with Hillary:

Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush, says he will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, in one of the most dramatic signs yet that Republican national security elites are rejecting their party’s presumptive nominee. 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.

Armitage is well known for exposing the identity of Valerie Plame, former Intelligence officer, because Plames’ husband questioned the justification for the Bush Administration to go to war in Iraq.

Brent Scowcroft who served under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford also endorsed Hillary. He was quoted in Politico saying that, “Secretary Clinton shares my belief that America must remain the world’s indispensable leader. She understands that our leadership and engagement beyond our borders makes the world, and therefore the United States, more secure and prosperous. She appreciates that it is essential to maintain our strong military advantage.”

These were merely the first herd (or is it crash) of RINOs to charge towards Hillary for President. There will be more. They will not be missed. (For more from the author of “Rinos for Hillary” please click HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.