Republican military officers supporting Hillary Clinton

[shunyadragon]

Source: http://floridapolitics.com/archives/211825-retired-general-officers-urge-support-hillary-clinton-trash-donald-trump

A retired Air Force brigadier general and a retired Navy rear admiral both expressed strong confidence in Democrat Hillary Clinton and condemnation of Republican Donald Trump as possible presidents Tuesday.

Retired Brig. Gen. John Douglass of Cocoa Beach and retired Rear Adm. Gene Kendall of Fernandina Beach aimed their opinions toward Florida voters Tuesday, in a press call organized by Clinton’s presidential campaign. They were joined by Coast Guard veteran Elena McCullough of Pasco County.

The trio spoke fearfully of Trump’s temperament and lack of experience in military and foreign affairs; of his ideas about working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and of his motives. They also criticized his handling of veterans’ charities fundraising, accusing him of not making sure veterans’ groups got money he had raised and promised until he came under fire when they weren’t.

“He’s a fraud,” Kendall said. “He’s a danger to national security; I would also add to international security because he’s a loose canon.”

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[Meh Gerbil]

Source: http://floridapolitics.com/archives/211825-retired-general-officers-urge-support-hillary-clinton-trash-donald-trump

A retired Air Force brigadier general and a retired Navy rear admiral both expressed strong confidence in Democrat Hillary Clinton and condemnation of Republican Donald Trump as possible presidents Tuesday.

Retired Brig. Gen. John Douglass of Cocoa Beach and retired Rear Adm. Gene Kendall of Fernandina Beach aimed their opinions toward Florida voters Tuesday, in a press call organized by Clinton’s presidential campaign. They were joined by Coast Guard veteran Elena McCullough of Pasco County.

The trio spoke fearfully of Trump’s temperament and lack of experience in military and foreign affairs; of his ideas about working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and of his motives. They also criticized his handling of veterans’ charities fundraising, accusing him of not making sure veterans’ groups got money he had raised and promised until he came under fire when they weren’t.

“He’s a fraud,” Kendall said. “He’s a danger to national security; I would also add to international security because he’s a loose canon.”

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It's a good thing these dangerously incompetent officers are retired.

[shunyadragon]

It's a good thing these dangerously incompetent officers are retired.

Emotional accusations without foundation.

[Cow Poke]

Is this your new mission, Shuny... some Republicans support Hillary, therefore, she's the right choice?

[Meh Gerbil]

Emotional accusations without foundation.

Those Navy officers are racists.

[Mountain Man]

Are these the same military personnel that Hillary paid to protest outside of Trump Tower?

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presid...erans-protest/

[Sparko]

I heard they were forced to retire because they insisted on using the woman's bathrooms.

[rogue06]

Considering the number of retired admirals and generals it is surprising there are only two.

What's more, I saw no mention of their party affiliation in the article so I checked another source and found this:

Source: Retired Florida military veterans call Trump 'a fraud'

Douglass, who ran for Congress as a Democrat in Virginia in 2012, cited Trump's comments about U.S. Sen. John McCain's time as prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.


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Oops. So it seems that at least one of these "Republicans" ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2012. A quick Google check turned up more at Wikipedia:

Following his retirement from the Air Force, Douglass served as a foreign policy and science and technology advisor to Senator Sam Nunn and served as lead minority staff member for the Senate Armed Services Committee defense conversion and technology reinvestment programs.

Appointed by President Clinton, Douglass served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) from November 1995 to August 1998.

Nunn is a Democrat who retired in 1997, when he was "lead minority staff member for the Senate Armed Services Committee" the Democrats were in the minority and the last time I checked Bill Clinton is a Democrat. So it seems that Douglass has been active in the Democrat Party for decades.

As for Elena McCullough of Pasco County she is also active in the Democrat Party as this headline in the Tampa Bay Times clearly attests: Democrat Elena McCullough to challenge Rep. Will Weatherford where we discover that "She was a volunteer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and created an organization called Wesley Chapel Community for Change."

And the Democratic Women's Club of Pasco County was "excited" to announce on their Facebook page that Elena McCullough was their guest speaker at their April 16, 2016 meeting.

And on the Pasco County Democratic Executive Committee website you can click a link and watch "Elena McCullough walk on stage with other Veterans."

So another one of Shunya's Republicans is very active in the Democrat Party

I cannot find anything about the political affiliation of Gene Kendall but he is black so it is possible that he belongs to the 10% of blacks who vote for Republicans (many of those in that group do have military back grounds).

I did, however, find out from Time magazine that the Clinton campaign organized this event.

[Sparko]

actually Shuny lied in his thread title. Nothing in the linked article
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/...h-donald-trump

says they were republicans at all.

Shame on you Shuny.

[seer]

actually Shuny lied in his thread title. Nothing in the linked article
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/...h-donald-trump

says they were republicans at all.

Shame on you Shuny.

Shuny lied? Say it ain't so Joe!

[Sparko]

Shuny lied? Say it ain't so Joe!

unless his reading skills are so bad he read "retired" as "republican"

[rogue06]

actually Shuny lied in his thread title. Nothing in the linked article
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/...h-donald-trump

says they were republicans at all.

Shame on you Shuny.

I pointed that out in the post above yours as well as noting that two of three have even run for office as Democrats.

[mossrose]

Maybe shuny thinks that everybody involved in the military must be Republican/conservative.

[Mountain Man]

Or is shiny cleverly implying that there's little to distinguish Republicans and Democrats these days?

Nah, he doesn't have the intelligence to pull off that kind of nuance

[seanD]

Source: http://floridapolitics.com/archives/211825-retired-general-officers-urge-support-hillary-clinton-trash-donald-trump

A retired Air Force brigadier general and a retired Navy rear admiral both expressed strong confidence in Democrat Hillary Clinton and condemnation of Republican Donald Trump as possible presidents Tuesday.

Retired Brig. Gen. John Douglass of Cocoa Beach and retired Rear Adm. Gene Kendall of Fernandina Beach aimed their opinions toward Florida voters Tuesday, in a press call organized by Clinton’s presidential campaign. They were joined by Coast Guard veteran Elena McCullough of Pasco County.

The trio spoke fearfully of Trump’s temperament and lack of experience in military and foreign affairs; of his ideas about working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and of his motives. They also criticized his handling of veterans’ charities fundraising, accusing him of not making sure veterans’ groups got money he had raised and promised until he came under fire when they weren’t.

“He’s a fraud,” Kendall said. “He’s a danger to national security; I would also add to international security because he’s a loose canon.”

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I think a more interesting subject would be why most republican military officers don't support her. Since war is obviously good for military (mainly because it justifies a bigger budget), do you believe she would be more or less a warmonger than Trump, and why?