Dallas Morning News: Trump 'does not deserve your vote'

[MineralMan]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294565-dallas-morning-news-trump-does-not-deserve-your-vote

The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday declared Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president, writing in an editorial that the GOP nominee does not represent Republican ideals.

The newspaper has endorsed the GOP's nominee for president every year since 1964. It said that for generations, it had been clear what it meant to be a Republican: "A belief in individual liberty. Free markets. Strong national defense."

"But what does it mean to be a Republican today? With Donald Trump as the party's new standard-bearer, it's impossible to say." Trump "thumbed his nose at conservative orthodoxy altogether," the Morning News wrote, adding that the GOP nominee has been "at odds with nearly every GOP ideal this newspaper holds dear."

"Donald Trump is no Republican and is certainly no conservative."

[msanthrope]

1. Rats off the ship. nt

[MineralMan]

3. So it seems. Texas? Blue?

Probably not, but it's faintly possible. We'll see how badly Trump fails during the rest of the campaign.

[msanthrope]

5. Well....it might be that Republicans are realizing that the 2020 census is going

to change things in Texas. Stepping away from Trump is a necessity if they intend to preserve anything of value.

[WatchWhatISay]

14. Not even close.

Texas always chooses the worst possible candidate and Trump has strong support here. Probably more tea party types her than regular conservative republicans

[pangaia]

2. What exactly is "individual liberty?"

In fact what exactly is 'liberty?" I keep hearing this from repubs and their ilk. But what is it?

Not asking you, necessarily, MM, but... if you can tell me what they are thinking, I am all ears.

[MineralMan]

4. It means whatever they think it means, I guess.

I believe they are talking about the "liberty" to deprive others of the same.

[Metro135]

8. Exactly

"Personal liberty." What bullshit. It means you should be able to drill for oil in the Grand Canyon if you want to, but who you can marry, whether or not you can use contraception, who you can love, and what kind of sex you can or cannot have -- not so much.

[Moonwalk]

18. It means white male christians should be able to do whatever they want, no gov interference...

...and that includes being able to do whatever they like to those who aren't white, christian and/or male. You know. Individual liberty as the founders intended it to be. They'd be fine with Trump if he didn't have connections to Putin or kept pivoting.

[greatauntoftriplets]

22. Reeks of libertarianism to me.

[Monk06]

24. Individual Liberty is a right wing dog whistle for no progressive legislation on race, guns or the

the economy

Notice that people who go on about individual liberty also talk about protecting 'our freedoms'

Not freedom in general, which every one should enjoy, but rather 'our freedoms', as priveledged American white people

Freedom applies to the general welfare of the people as per the contituted role of government

Freedoms, on the other hand, are merely indiviuated priveledges and powers elevated to the level of rights

It's a subterfuge to replace the word rights with the word freedoms

There is a reason why the Bill of Rights is not called the Bill of Freedoms because it is in virtue of rights that freedom is guaranteed

Right wingers don't like the universality of rights because the general welfare and freedom of all Americans is not in their interest

[GWC58]

28. It doesn't mean being able

to "strike one up."

[misterhighwasted]

6. Tweet: First time since 1968

Matthew Chapman
Matthew Chapman? @fawfulfan

The Dallas Morning News endorsed the Republican for president every year since 1968. They refuse to endorse Trump.

[Moonwalk]

19. I thought it was first time since 1964. Didn't they endorse Goldwater?

[mountain grammy]

7. Like Christians that some say are not Christians

but they really are church going, tithing, cross wearing, preaching Christians, even while preaching hate.
Trump is a Republican and he is a conservative. He walks the walk and talks the talk. You built it, Texas, now own it.

[tavernier]

9. They haven't been paying attention.

Trump is exactly what today's republican is.

[LittleGirl]

10. Hammer:nail! n/t

[MineralMan]

11. Perhaps. However, I'm pleased that this Republican newspaper

has refused to endorse Trump. That's a big deal, actually. As we move closer to the election, it's things like this that will ensure a victory for Hillary Clinton. Such non-endorsements will also depress Republican turnout, which is even better for down-ticket races.

Everything that doesn't help Trump helps Democrats.

[kstewart33]

16. It's a big deal because the DMN is the most influential newspaper in Texas.

The DMN also ranks #7 in circulation among all city daily newspapers in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States

[Jim__]

12. "Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote,"

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[BlueCollar]

13. but no problem endorsing Cruz, Abbot et al

DMN is responsible for the rise of Trump and his ilk...

[riversedge]

15. Tweet ....Trump "is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote"

The message is out on tweet:

Ashley Killough ?@KilloughCNN 4h4 hours ago

Dallas Morning News says Trump "is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote" http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece





http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece


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Donald Trump is no Republican

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By Dallas Morning News Editorial [e-mail]

Published: 06 September 2016 04:00 AM
Updated: 06 September 2016 11:12 AM


What does it mean to be a Republican?



........................Even before Trump's name reached the top of the GOP presidential ticket, the party was pulled in different directions. Many Republicans held fast to the good-governing principles of the past, while a growing wing of the party yanked hard from the right to force a conscripted definition of conservatism.


Inexplicably, the presidential candidate who emerged from that ideological tug of war was the one who thumbed his nose at conservative orthodoxy altogether. Trump is — or has been — at odds with nearly every GOP ideal this newspaper holds dear.

Donald Trump is no Republican and certainly no conservative.

Individual liberty? Trump has displayed an authoritarian streak that should horrify limited-government advocates. This impulsive, unbridled New York real estate billionaire and reality-TV star wants to deport people who were born in the U.S. and don't meet his standard for loyalty. He has proposed banning all Muslims from entering the country, even those escaping Islamist rule, and won't rule out creating a database of Muslims already living here....................................................................................

[calimary]

17. Twitter can be your friend especially if you're bothered by the anti-Hillary bias!

I'm on a Twitter war, myself, today. For your consideration (and please, by all means, join in if you feel so inclined!):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512400046

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Don't know if it just me

or bad timing, but have been trying to get to the actual Dallas News site with the editorial and it is timing out. Don't know if someone is D-DOSing them or they crashed or are performing "maintenance" what.

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. I was able to get to it.

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece

However, it's only written by an unnamed staff writer. I'm not sure that's the same thing as an endorsement.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Yes I was finally able to get to it

about 20 minutes after my post. I wanted to see the whole thing myself!!! I think it is actually the "editorial board" of the paper that wrote it so technically, no byline.

[Monk06]

23. I think Clintons hard anti Putin stance combined with the Obama death stare and the Trump/Putin

bromance is going to make this an historic US landslide election

The Dallas Morning News is not the Washington Post When the major Texas conservative paper in the most conservative part of Texas says no to a Republican nominee that means it is over

The Dallas MN knows they can't walk that back if Trump wins So they are throwin down the gauntlet. It's meet me in the street at high noon. No quarter asked or given

[Persondem]

26. This is big. Might even be YUUUGGGEEEE!!! K & R nt

[peggysue2]

27. Just read the denouncement

That's about as damning as it could be. And thoroughly earned by The Donald, who presumably is job interviewing for a new reality TV job. Makes sense--far less work. Pays more, too. And for Donald Trump it's always about the money.

'He does not deserve your vote' should be a chant straight through until election day!