Republican Switchers

Top security advisor to first President Bush criticizes George W.; calls Iraq war a "failing venture"

He may not be a Switcher, but a Brent Scowcroft, the former security advisor to President George H. W. Bush and a mentor to Condi Rice has blasted George W's handling of foreign affairs. He is pictured here to the left of the first President Bush. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)

Staunch conservative: "Bush has the most dangerously simplistic view of the world of any president in my memory."

Longtime, staunchly conservative columnist Charley Reese (just Google him) will vote for Kerry:"I will swallow a lot of petty policy differences...to get a man in the White House with brains enough not to blow up the world and us with it. Go to Kerry's Web site...You'll find that there is a great deal more to Kerry than the GOP attack dogs would have you believe."

Nixon EPA Chief will vote for Kerry: "It's almost as if the motto of the (Bush) administration...is...polluter protection."

In this story from CNN, Russell E. Train, who ran the Enviornmental Protection Agency under Presidents Nixon and Ford, "accused Bush of weakening the Clean Air Act and said the president's record falls short of those set by former Republican presidents, from Theodore Roosevelt, who advocated creating national parks and forests, to George H.W. Bush, who supported revised standards for clean air. " Train supported George W's father, George H. W. Bush in 1988. (Thanks to this blogger for linking to Republican Switchers and for the links to the Train and Anderson stories.)

Republican ex-gov: "Kerry has ... far superior intellect and character than Bush. He speaks honestly to the American people, his ethics are unimpeachable and, clearly...he has far better credentials..."

In this story from Minnesota, (registration required) former Governor Elmer L. Anderson (1961-63) explains his vote for Kerry: "As taxes for the wealthy are being cut, jobs are being outsourced if not lost and children are homeless and uninsured, this administration is running up the biggest deficit in U.S. history -- bound to be a terrible burden for future generations.

This imperialistic, stubborn adherence to wrongful policies and known untruths by the Cheney-Bush administration -- and that's the accurate order -- has simply become more than I can stand.

Although I am a longtime Republican, it is time to make a statement, and it is this: Vote for Kerry-Edwards, I implore you, on Nov. 2. "