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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWashington Post Runs Full Page Editorial Warning About Dangers Of Trump As President
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/07/23/washington-post-runs-full-page-editorial-warning-dangers-trump-president/The Post has just published a full-page editorial warning that were Trump to be elected President in November, the fate of the United States as a representative democracy would be sealed.
The Post editorial board begins by stating:
DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome. The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament. He is mounting a campaign of snarl and sneer, not substance. To the extent he has views, they are wrong in their diagnosis of Americas problems and dangerous in their proposed solutions. Mr. Trumps politics of denigration and division could strain the bonds that have held a diverse nation together. His contempt for constitutional norms might reveal the nations two-century-old experiment in checks and balances to be more fragile than we knew.
The editorial then goes on to call Trump a danger to the entire world:
Any one of these characteristics would be disqualifying; together, they make Mr. Trump a peril. We recognize that this is not the usual moment to make such a statement. In an ordinary election year, we would acknowledge the Republican nominee, move on to the Democratic convention and spend the following months, like other voters, evaluating the candidates performance in debates, on the stump and in position papers. This year we will follow the campaign as always, offering honest views on all the candidates. But we cannot salute the Republican nominee or pretend that we might endorse him this fall. A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world.
Additionally, the very idea of Trump as Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful military in the world leaves the Post writers terrified:
The lack of experience might be overcome if Mr. Trump saw it as a handicap worth overcoming. But he displays no curiosity, reads no books and appears to believe he needs no advice. In fact, what makes Mr. Trump so unusual is his combination of extreme neediness and unbridled arrogance. He is desperate for affirmation but contemptuous of other views. He also is contemptuous of fact. Throughout the campaign, he has unspooled one lie after another that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated after 9/11, that his tax-cut plan would not worsen the deficit, that he opposed the Iraq War before it started and when confronted with contrary evidence, he simply repeats the lie. It is impossible to know whether he convinces himself of his own untruths or knows that he is wrong and does not care. It is also difficult to know which trait would be more frightening in a commander-in-chief.
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Washington Post Runs Full Page Editorial Warning About Dangers Of Trump As President (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2016
OP
DLevine
(1,788 posts)1. K&R. nt
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)3. K&R
avebury
(10,952 posts)4. K&R nt
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. K & R
Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)6. Preaching to the choir.
The people who need to read this and understand it read the Washington Times.
RAFisher
(466 posts)7. I like how the editorial board ended it. Conceding that Clinton has flaws but nothing like Trumps'
I'm sick of the false equivalencies. Trumpers will just start screaming EMAIL-GAZI in response to this. But WaPo does a good job showing how Clinton's past mistakes don't threaten the Constitution like Trump does. Great Read.
spanone
(135,844 posts)9. K&R...
Martin Eden
(12,870 posts)12. Oh, what the heck ...
K&R
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)13. Clear and concise.
underpants
(182,826 posts)14. Wow. Great read
jalan48
(13,870 posts)15. Maybe we need to go to a system where super delegates pick the President.
It would be interesting to see if some electoral college members choose not to vote for Trump even though the voters of their state choose him.
King_David
(14,851 posts)16. +1
elmac
(4,642 posts)17. Won't do any good
as long as sites like DU let posts bashing Bernie supporters ride we will see a president Trump.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)20. are Bernie supporters that delicate?
Hekate
(90,714 posts)21. Some of them certainly are that delicate
napkinz
(17,199 posts)18. K&R
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)19. Boink!
Hekate
(90,714 posts)22. Kick and Rec
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)23. BAM!!!!!!!