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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRW New Hampshire Union Leader endorses Biden!
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/editorials/our-choice-is-joe-biden/article_e2053388-cc66-59f4-9e7f-8e01a1ea11df.htmlSince Trump took over, the national debt has exploded by more than 7 TRILLION dollars. While the last several trillion was in response to the COVID-19 economic crisis, at least the first three trillion was on the books well before the pandemic, while Trump was presiding over ...the best economy weve ever had in the history of our country. (Trumps words.)
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Mr. Trump rightly points out that the COVID-19 crisis isnt his fault, but a true leader must own any situation that happens on their watch. We may be turning a corner with this virus, but the corner we turned is down a dark alley of record infections and deaths. Mr. Trump is a self-proclaimed expert on a wide variety of topics, but when pushed on basic topics he doesnt want to discuss, he very quickly feigns ignorance.
Donald Trump did not create the social-media-driven political landscape we now live in, but he has weaponized it. He is a consummate linguistic takedown artist, ripping apart all comers to the delight of his fanbase but at the expense of the nation. America faces many challenges and needs a president to build this country up. This appears to be outside of Mr. Trumps skill set.
Building this country up sits squarely within the skill set of Joseph Biden. We have found Mr. Biden to be a caring, compassionate and professional public servant. He has repeatedly expressed his desire to be a president for all of America, and we take him at his word. Joe Biden may not be the president we want, but in 2020 he is the president we desperately need. He will be a president to bring people together and right the ship of state.
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Atticus
(15,124 posts)highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)writes3000
(4,734 posts)highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)But it added that Biden was among the most moderate" candidates "in the crowded 2020 Democratic primary field and proposed some of the lowest new spending among that increasingly left-leaning group a sign, it said, of the thoughtful and pragmatic public servant Biden would be.
Sadly, President Trump has proven himself to be the antithesis of thoughtful and pragmatic; he has failed to earn a second term, the paper went on.
highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)Addendum to this tweet from the Hoarse Whisperer -- the Union Leader did endorse Johnson in 2016, rather than endorse Trump.
Link to tweet
highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)THAT is absolutely beyond belief.
MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)did you read the "fine print" at the end? In their own words:
"We suggest splitting the ballot and electing a healthy dose of GOP senators and representatives. The best governance often comes through compromise. The civility of the Biden administration will help foster such compromise, but a blue wave would be nearly as disastrous for this country as four more years of Trump. It would result in a quagmire of big government programs that will take decades to overcome."
Yep, let President Biden work with RepubliCons - you know, like they worked with President Obama.
Compromise? As if the RepubliCons know what that is......
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Don't minimize it.
MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)This is not recognizing what the REAL problem is - it is MOSCOW MITCH McTURTLE and his control of the Senate (Merrick Garland ring a bell?).
New York Times says "burn it down."
UL says "keep some RepubliCons" and "compromise."
You are correct - we cannot minimize - we must have COMPLETE victory - not any "compromise" that leaves President Biden in any position to have to make "limited" moves to fix the mess that we've lived through for the past 4 years and the 40 years of "Reagan/Gingrich" RepubliCon destruction.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Dump Trump.
All else is secondary.
MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)We NEED the Senate to advance programs that will get the USA back on track. Otherwise it will be continued obstruction, just like President Obama had the whole way through his 8-year term (yeah, he "had" the "congressional advantage" for the first 2 years, BUT he also had the "Blue Dog Dems," DINO's as we know them!).
As I've stated, we will take any and all efforts from anybody and everybody to help Dump Trump, but we must work hard to GET THE SENATE. THAT, along with President Joe, will make things happen.
ffr
(22,672 posts)If you're an elected Cult45, this will be worrying to you.
OneBlueSky
(18,536 posts)ranks right up there with other "things I thought I'd never see in my lifetime" . . . (e.g. legal pot, same-sex marriage, the Pope endorsing "civil unions, Donald Trump as the leader of the "free world," etc.) . . .
MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)Of course, "Donald Trump as the leader of the "free world" isn't one that I would ever have even considered ("What, you nuts?" ) - but I'd add "NO SMOKING IN BARS" as something I thought I'd never see! I always remember the "pack of cigs" and lighter hitting the bar before the $.50 for the 12 oz. draft - and it wasn't a "light" beer either!
OneBlueSky
(18,536 posts)the only 50-cent you see these days is a rapper by that name . . .
cheers to ya . . .