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book_worm

(15,951 posts)
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 10:23 AM Oct 2016

Corpus 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.

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Corpus Christi (TX) Caller Times endorses HRC: "Our Support is Enthusiastic" (Original Post) book_worm Oct 2016 OP
There are a lot of Democrats in Texas and if we could register them to vote we Dustlawyer Oct 2016 #1
Another Texas triron Oct 2016 #2

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
1. There are a lot of Democrats in Texas and if we could register them to vote we
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 10:28 AM
Oct 2016

could overcome the severe partisian gerrymandering of our state.

Kudos to The Caller Times!

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