2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCorpus Christi (TX) Caller Times endorses HRC: "Our Support is Enthusiastic"
That we endorse Hillary Clinton for president should come as no surprise. There really is no other choice. And that's unfortunate not because, as many Americans have allowed themselves to be led to believe, the country desperately needs a viable alternative to her. It's unfortunate because of the shadow it casts upon the former secretary of state/senator/first lady's genuine worthiness to be our first female president.
She is not, as has been sold, a mere lesser of two evils. Her experience and intellect would make her a standout in any group of candidates. Like President Obama said and didn't need to be fact-checked, she's more qualified than him or her husband...
Voting for Trump is a form of nihilism that the next president, no matter whom, will need to explore, understand and seek to remedy. The new president and we as a nation would benefit from understanding why, for example, distressed taxpayers who live paycheck-to-paycheck and whose American Dream has been dashed would vote for someone who gained his American Dream through inheritance, exploitation, tax evasion, bankruptcy and the misfortunes of people like themselves and why they would reject someone who gained her American Dream on merit, married once, hasn't divorced, and knows how to change a diaper.
We perceive in Clinton the capability to bridge the divide to define rather than exploit our problems and pursue intelligent solutions. Her "basket of deplorables" comment made the task more difficult but it was a rare lapse by an otherwise level-headed servant leader with a history of self-correcting resilience. The former senator's Republican colleagues remember her fondly as a middle-ground-seeking master of the art of deal-making. If there is to be a return to bipartisanship, she is the one to lead it.
http://www.caller.com/opinion/editorials/our-support-for-hillary-clinton-is-enthusiastic-3da79118-75be-1951-e053-0100007f9177-395461761.html
In 2012 The Caller Times didn't endorse either Romney or Obama.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)could overcome the severe partisian gerrymandering of our state.
Kudos to The Caller Times!
triron
(22,007 posts)newspaper endorsement!