Ha Ha. McCain advisor Fried defects to Obama

[cali]

The influential conservative was Solicitor General under Reagan
Chris Szabla
Issue date: 10/30/08 Section: Election 2008

Professor Charles Fried, an advisor to John McCain's presidential campaign, has announced that he can no longer support the McCain/Palin ticket. In a letter to the general counsel to the McCain/Palin campaign, he cited McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate as too dangerous "at a time of deep national crisis", and has asked for his name to be removed from several campaign committees on which he has served. Fried also publicly stated that he had voted for Obama via absentee ballot.

Fried later clarified to The New Republic that he had voted for Obama because he no longer supported the McCain ticket, and did not consider abstention "a proper option".

Fried has been an influential voice in American conservatism and was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve as Solicitor General in 1985. During his years serving with the Reagan administration, he represented the White House in over 25 cases before the Supreme Court. Fried was later an associate justice on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. In the last decade, he has vocally supported George W. Bush's appointments of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

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now that's a delightful Dear John letter.


http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2008/10/30/Election2008/Mccain.Advisor.Fried.Defects.To.Obama-3505861.shtml

[jerryster]

1. LOVE IT!! n/t

[TooRaLoo]

2. Woah. Ouch. And HAAAAAA-haaaaaaaa!

[ailsagirl]

3. Yet another-- yes Yes YES

:bounce:

[ThatsMyBarack]

4. I like! I like!

:patriot:

[Smuckies]

5. haha! great.

:rofl:

[JuniperLea]

6. Come into the light! All are welcome! All are welcome!

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

7. I'm astounded that a professor would work for McCain

I'm not surprised that a a professor would work for a conservative - I'm just surprised they would even lend their name to the McCain/Palin camp, ESPECIALLY after the Palin announcement.

Palin effectively KILLED OFF any gravitas that McCain ever had.

[ddeclue]

8. GAME OVER...

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

9. K&R