Obama Endorsed By Nixon's Daughter

NY Times:

If the children who have inhabited the White House are America's princes and princesses, Senator Barack Obama already got a head start in collecting royal blessings with Caroline Kennedy's endorsement earlier this year.

But soon after Ms. Kennedy made her very public endorsement at the end of January, one of her predecessors of Republican lineage made her own private one.

Yes, Julie Nixon Eisenhower is an Obama-can.

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Comments

[tnorene]

01:13 PM on 04/26/2008

i THINK THIS IS GREAT. ALLOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE JUMPING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE...

[mhoiles]

08:38 AM on 04/24/2008

Right from the grave from "tricky dick" .... he still know how to win elections. jULieee....JULie....juliE... endorse the LIbErAL..............

[flyguy14222]

08:55 AM on 04/23/2008

I think her endorsement will be touted right up there w/ Michael Moore's.

[mamacat]

03:34 AM on 04/23/2008

I think this is a sign that some Republicans are truly concerned over the way the party has been taken over by the neo-con movement. I believe that all of the Republican presidents of the last 57 years would be unwelcome and find it impossible to rise to positions of influence in the GOP as it is constituted today. The Republican party has become something to be ashamed of, something to be feared, and something that this country needs to rid itself of.

I say these things as someone who has voted for Republicans for President, Senator, Representative, Governor, and just about anything else you can think of. No more, not again. The days of honorable Republican leadership, on the national level, are gone, probably never to return in my lifetime.

[thromulese]

09:42 PM on 04/22/2008

Another republiCON likes Obama. What a surprise. Do they know something we dems don’t?

[lobo1939]

08:03 PM on 04/22/2008

I think she runs a support group for the offspring of her father's and other republican administration's operatives who want to leave the republican "family." She said that many are troubled by the direction the party has taken in recent years and are not comfortable. It makes sense. Can you imagine a Rockefeller at a republican parfty meeting praising Jeasus and talking Bill Kristol bs.

[JoDeeVa]

07:39 PM on 04/22/2008

I have been waiting with 'bated breath to make my decision..Who, oh who would Richard Nixon and his offspring vote for? (WhoTF would vote for Obama because Julie Eisenhower or the ghost of Nixon supports him or vote for Clinton because Perez Hilton, or heaven forbid..the ghost of Goldwater supports her? PUH-LEEZE!!) Campaign reform should mandate NO celebrity, politico et al, etc. should be allowed to endorse before the convention or maybe even the GE, when we all get to campaign and endorse to our heart's delight and put our vote where our mouth is!

Or, we could just let the celebrities campaign as proxies..you know?..Oprah: "a vote for me is a vote for Obama", Elton: "a vote for me is a vote for Clinton", Hagee: "a vote for me is a vote for McCain". Maybe throw in a few WWE avatar videos/ American Idol comparisons..oh wait, never mind! How about we just move on to "Rollerball" ..we've already got the corporate angle covered, eh? Whattaya say..Last 2 standing play for their lives? Or, just throw them to the lions?..media has got that angle covered. Jeez, talk about bloodsports...

Kudos to Al Gore and John Edwards, whatever their motivation, for not jumping on anybody's bandwagon (or chariot)...yet!

[Vern58]

07:02 PM on 04/22/2008

I have always carried a soft spot in my heart for Julie Nixon Eisenhower. She carried the shame of her Father off with poise and dignity.

[Readbetweentheelevens]

05:16 PM on 04/22/2008

I loved your Dad. Thank you for your family's service to our great country.

[RThM]

03:34 PM on 04/22/2008

Almost makes you wish for the mythical good ol' days when the Republican Party actually stood for something like fiscal responsibility and hands-off government. Before it was co-opted by Reagan and then turned into an army of mindless orcs and trolls by Bush and his henchmen. At least you knew where they stood. It's no wonder that the ones who have some sanity left are crossing over to Obama.

[OliviaRee]

02:54 PM on 04/22/2008

Who would have thunk it?! Right on!

[Yansher]

02:21 PM on 04/22/2008

Sweet!

[JScott]

02:09 PM on 04/22/2008

Strangely enough even tho there's Watergate and Nixon's resignation, he was still the last moderately sane republican, Julie's support for the dem. candidate seems to confirm it, and what the republican (no the evangelneoconrethuglicans) have morphed into, her father would turn in his grave and be apalled.

[newshawk14]

03:31 PM on 04/22/2008

Totally agree with your post. Many people forget that Nixon had a very strong populist streak
in him that allowed him to pass a lot of progressive legislation. such as the EPA.

[robynuva]

01:12 PM on 04/22/2008

So ironic that Ms. Eisenhower's picture is below Al Gore's. It seems she has demonstrated more politica courage in this election cycle than either Gore or Edwards.

[tristan90us]

12:57 PM on 04/22/2008

Julie was always the sane one. The one smart enough to know a lying crook when she saw one. Now with Hillary and McCain she see a couple more. Tricia is the nightmare Nixon daughter, narcissistic, entitled, amoral, self absorbed--kind of like Bill Clinton only not as pretty.