Leading Clinton Supporter Endorses McCain

Newsweek:

John Coale, a prominent Washington lawyer, husband of Fox TV host Greta Van Susteren and a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, announced today that he was supporting John McCain for president. Coale, who traveled with Sen. Clinton, President Clinton and her family through out the primary season, complained of sexism, and said the Democratic Party is "being taken over by the moveon.org types" in an exclusive interview with Newsweek.com's Tammy Haddad. He said he tried to prevent Clinton's brother, Tony Rodham, from attending an August 18th meeting in Scranton, Pa. with McCain campaign surrogate Carly Fiorina. "I urged him not to go and told him it would embarrass his sister, but he has a mind of his own." Coale says Mr. Rodham asked Ms. Fiorina "about McCain's Supreme Court picks."

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Comments

[JackLivigni]

Where is the truth in all this? The man does not care about the principles behind the campaigns of Democratic contenders. He doesn't stand for my kids, for union workers, for the poor, for health care as a human right, for standing up to big oil, etc.

This man stands for his connections in politics - for what he can get out of it. He invested a lot in forming ties with politicians, and Obama's bottom-up fundraising stripped him of relevance.

Now he is looking to form new alliances, or to get Hillary elected in 2012. Hopefully, this kind of "under-the-radar" activity is neutralized by a sly Obama campaign. Listening to this guy, to Ed Rendell and others gets all my red flags up in the air... the Clinton's.­..

[pilgrim7]

Some kind of loyal supporter. Maybe Coale enjoys macnut's cruel sense of humor:

"Why is Chelsea .... so ugly?" he asked guests at a Senate Republican fundraiser. "Because her father is Janet Reno."

"And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/new-book-mccain-once-phys_n_95595.html

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11823_Page2.html

[GrainOSand]

Another hypocrite heard from. He could not stand to say Mr. Obama's name. I hate to say it but me thinks the man is a bigot who will tell you, some of his best friends...­or he is just a bitter old man, fearful of change, and so he is embracing McCain. He needs to listen to some Springsteen.

Glory days...the­y will pass you by...in the wink of a young girl's eye....

The 50s are dead!

[bobbuck]

Husband of Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, GOP Infommercial channel...­where's the suprise?
He was supporting Hillary so he could get the inside gossip for his wife/fox/gop infommercial channel.

[jvp]

Vituperation abounds, all of it reducing to "he wont fall in line." So much for respecting people even though you don't agree with them. After all, isn't that the current nominee's belief. However, one can't expect the epigones to understand anything other than the True Believer line.

[debrouillard]

the so called "leading Clinton supporter"left me in a total awl when he responded to the question of ,How is the Clinton campaign different from JMC's and he answered "They are the same".

Seriously,that was so funny.

[oldmilitant]

The GOP can have him! Besides, aren't we picking up Palin's Mom-in-Law?

[jvp]

oldmilitant says:

"The GOP can have him! Besides, aren't we picking up Palin's Mom-in-Law?"

Yeah, what a trade!!! ROTFL

[4wehttam]

Spouse of a FIXED Noise anchor ..........­nuff said.

[thenextquagmire]

Mainly an opportunist trying to find the best trough to feed off of. Republicans love lobbyist.

[OB08]

What a loser. No great loss here.

[luvangelHussein330]

TWO FINGERS!!

[MadJeffersonian]

Go ahead and support a ticket that is diametrically opposed to your candidate's beliefs. A "supporter" of the worst kind.

[Xenopus]

He looks like Babe Ruth. Geez, Greta.....­...
Oh, well......­..probably another McCain soul mate.
By the way, what's with Cindy's hair. I loved her do in 2000, now she looks like a biker chick.

[Bob66106]

such insight, your family must be very proud. just kidding.

[missinginminnesota]

Just as Hillary is...Mr. Coale is from the Right Wing of the Democratic Party...or as we affectionately call it...."Rep­ublican light"....­.And I would say that all those who feel the same way as he does...can just leave the Democratic Party for all I care. They are just weighing ut down and tilting the agenda too far to the right anyway...A­dios, Amigo!!

[SeanHannity4Obama]

FAKE DEMOCRAT IN THE FIRST PLACE