GHWB Voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-bush-book/neither-george-bush-voted-for-trump-book-author-tells-new-york-times-idUSKBN1D40TP

(Reuters) - George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush did not vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump last year, says the author of a new book on the 41st and 43rd U.S. presidents in which they open up about their disapproval of the man now occupying the White House.

The elder Bush voted for Hillary Clinton, while his son voted for neither Trump nor his Democratic challenger, or “none of the above,” said Mark K. Updegrove, who wrote “The Last Republicans” with the cooperation of the two Bushes. HarperCollins will publish the book on Nov. 14.

In an interview with the New York Times, Updegrove said the elder Bush, 93, who served as president from 1989 to 1993, had an instinctive dislike of Trump though he did not know him personally.

In an interview during the 2016 presidential campaign, George H.W. Bush told the author that Trump was a “blowhard,” driven by “a certain ego” and lacking a commitment to public service.

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He was a decent guy who I rarely, if ever, agreed with, but I mourn his passing today.

[malaise]

1. He was against the Civil Rights Act

Just saying

[Dennis Donovan]

2. ...at a time when half the country was. He was wrong and admitted so in later life.

He didn't go to his grave a miserable segregationist.

[still_one]

4. He did it for political reasons, which might be considered even worse. He was following Barry

Goldwater's lead.

He knew at the time what the right thing to do was, and that was to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

While that may not make him a segregationist, it makes him morally compromised, as others who also voted against the Civil Rights Act.

He also benefited from the racist Willie Horton ad, so George H. Bush was no hero in regard to Civil Rights, and his admitting it a mistake later in life means very little, since his reasoning was putting his political ambitions ahead of people's civil rights

[ananda]

3. RIP

The first time I saw George Bush was freshman year in college when he came and spoke in the little auditorium. Boy was he handsome!

I always thought he was fairly decent for a Reep until he became president and took us into war.

I understand he became good friends with Bill Clinton later on, and he voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

So RIP Mr. Bush and let's all hope for better days ahead for everyone!

[janterry]

5. He tried hard and I have respect for his effort

He certainly wasn't a politician that I agreed with. But he did have a sense of decency - and honor. Fwiw, he was a patriot -