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highplainsdem

(49,041 posts)
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 10:07 AM Oct 2020

RW New Hampshire Union Leader endorses Biden!

https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/editorials/our-choice-is-joe-biden/article_e2053388-cc66-59f4-9e7f-8e01a1ea11df.html


President Trump is not always 100 percent wrong, but he is 100 percent wrong for America. Trump has many admirable accomplishments from his first term in office. We can find much common ground with Trump supporters, including judicial appointments, tax policy, support for gun rights, even inroads to Middle East peace. Trump has been able to accomplish this despite many in the media and Congress working to stop him at every opportunity.

Since 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 we’ve ever had in the history of our country.” (Trump’s words.)

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Mr. Trump rightly points out that the COVID-19 crisis isn’t 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 doesn’t 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. Trump’s 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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RW New Hampshire Union Leader endorses Biden! (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2020 OP
"This is a BFD!" nt Atticus Oct 2020 #1
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Oct 2020 #7
yes it is! Chili Oct 2020 #19
Common sense! Thank you. writes3000 Oct 2020 #2
You're welcome! I was so glad to see this announced -- and just before a Trump rally there. highplainsdem Oct 2020 #8
From the article on this endorsement at The Hill: highplainsdem Oct 2020 #3
"The Union Leader, hasn't endorsed a Democrat for president in over 100 years." highplainsdem Oct 2020 #4
Fox's Howard Kurtz: It's stunning that the Union-Leader isn't backing Trump highplainsdem Oct 2020 #5
Mike Barnicle: Welcome to. New Hampshire today Donald! highplainsdem Oct 2020 #6
Ho-Lee-Mackerel!! TheCowsCameHome Oct 2020 #9
Yeah, but.......... MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #10
This is huge news, coming from the UL. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2020 #11
Minimize? MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #12
Mission #1 TheCowsCameHome Oct 2020 #15
But it's NOT! MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #16
New Hampshire Union Leader has endorsed Republicans for a century. ffr Oct 2020 #13
if you're familiar with this Repug rag, you understand just how much a BFD this is . . . OneBlueSky Oct 2020 #14
Great list! MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #17
ah, yes . . . the 50-cent beer . . . the memory puts a knot in my throat . . . OneBlueSky Oct 2020 #18

highplainsdem

(49,041 posts)
3. From the article on this endorsement at The Hill:
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 10:17 AM
Oct 2020
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/522640-new-hampshire-union-leader-endorses-biden


The paper noted that its policy disagreements with the former vice president “are significant” and said, despite its endorsement, it expects to “spend a significant portion of the next four years disagreeing with the Biden administration on our editorial pages.”

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)
4. "The Union Leader, hasn't endorsed a Democrat for president in over 100 years."
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 10:23 AM
Oct 2020

Addendum to this tweet from the Hoarse Whisperer -- the Union Leader did endorse Johnson in 2016, rather than endorse Trump.



MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
10. Yeah, but..........
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 11:18 AM
Oct 2020

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......

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
12. Minimize?
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 02:11 PM
Oct 2020

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.

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
16. But it's NOT!
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 05:36 PM
Oct 2020

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)
13. New Hampshire Union Leader has endorsed Republicans for a century.
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 03:04 PM
Oct 2020

If you're an elected Cult45, this will be worrying to you.

OneBlueSky

(18,536 posts)
14. if you're familiar with this Repug rag, you understand just how much a BFD this is . . .
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 03:14 PM
Oct 2020

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)
17. Great list!
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 05:41 PM
Oct 2020

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)
18. ah, yes . . . the 50-cent beer . . . the memory puts a knot in my throat . . .
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 09:23 PM
Oct 2020

the only 50-cent you see these days is a rapper by that name . . .

cheers to ya . . .

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