2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President.
Twenty years ago Michael Chertoff was near the top of the Clintons' enemy list. He was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee, one of the first of many Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton.
Clinton later cast the only vote in the Senate against him when he was nominated in 2001 to head the Justice Department's criminal division. She was also the lone no vote against Chertoff in 2003 when he was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the third circuit.
All of this though was before the Republican Party nominated Donald Trump as its presidential candidate. This has shaken the party of Reagan. Chertoff, a life long Republican, will now be voting for the Democrat in November.
Over the weekend, Chertoff -- the former secretary of Homeland Security -- told me his decision came down to national security. "I realized we spent a huge amount of time in the '90s on issues that were much less important than what was brewing in terms of terrorism," he said. For Chertoff, Clinton "has good judgment and a strategic vision how to deal with the threats that face us."
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-03/clinton-s-former-prosecutor-michael-chertoff-endorses-her
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)It's more like "sane and intelligent candidate with whom I have had ideological differences" vs. "batshit crazy narcissistic sadist!"
No contest!
Siwsan
(26,262 posts)Wow. If that doesn't open the eyes of some of Trump's more watery supporters, nothing will.
riversedge
(70,214 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)Response to grossproffit (Original post)
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radical noodle
(8,000 posts)Seriously amazing that he practically admits that the whole Whitewater thing was a waste of time.
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bucolic_frolic
(43,158 posts)By 'we' he means the Republican Congress.
Just imagine if all that time and resources were spent on social programs,
or infrastructure, or as he suggests, terrorism security issues
We might have prevented 9/11
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)have prevented 9/11?
Thanks for catching up, Mike.
BlueCollar
(3,859 posts)A lot of these people and organizations need to do more than just cast a vote.
Sorry, but Hillary will win without his vote and those of his ilk.
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)I've never seen so much concensus build around anyone in politics in my lifetime, unless you count Dubya's 90+% support after 9/11. It's kind of creepy, actually.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)JusticeForAll
(1,222 posts)We have the skeletor vote locked up!
I was sickened when I saw his name in the OP, but at least for once it is good news regarding him.
Thanks for posting!