Bush 43 Spokesman Denies Report that Former President Supported Obama over McCain in 2008

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"A spokesman for George W. Bush strongly denied a report in Britain’s Financial Times that the former president supported Barack Obama over John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, calling it “ridiculous and untrue.”

“I probably won’t even vote for the guy,” the newspaper says Bush told former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and a group of visiting dignitaries of McCain. “I had to endorse him. But I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me.”

The Financial Times sources the anecdote to anonymous sources –“two people present.”

"This story based on information from unnamed British government staffers is ridiculous and untrue,” said David Sherzer, a spokesman for Bush. “President Bush proudly supported John McCain in the election and voted for him."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/11/bush-43-spokesman-denies-report-that-former-president-supported-obama-over-mccain-in-2008.html

Related thread:

Bush would have endorsed Obama if asked?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9530229