Article originally appeared on www.zerohedge.com.
Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance
It’s tough to endorse a Democrat, but when I found out my friend Whitney Tilson was running for mayor of New York City, I had to donate to his campaign. Whitney was one of the first people in the financial industry, back in the early 2010s, to be nice to me. And when it boils down to it, he’s just a decent guy.
Politically, the fact is that I disagree with Whitney on a lot of issues. He is an outspoken critic of President Trump and a fervent believer in the Democratic Party. But I always think of one of my favorite quotes:
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson to William Hamilton, April 22, 1800
I know that New York City’s Mayoral race is definitely going to be won by a Democrat and at least I know Whitney to be a person of integrity and honesty. In my opinion, that already puts him ahead of most politicians, regardless …
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