Iowa City Press-Citizen Endorsement: HRC is the best and only Choice (was for Romney in 2012)

[book_worm]

Hillary Clinton deserves a medal.

Sharing a debate stage with Donald Trump for six hours, weathering the slings and arrows of public opinion and nationally campaigning for almost two years is not a fate we'd wish on anyone. This election cycle has seemed interminable from the outset, and the outcome a long-ago foregone conclusion. But the one saving grace of this endless race for the White House is that, in all likelihood, it will end with a tough, qualified woman serving as president of the United States: Clinton, who we endorse wholeheartedly.

Trump removed himself from consideration for our endorsement early in the primary campaign, when he called for a ban on Muslim immigration and the deportation of 11 million undocumented workers from the United States. Since then, he has only dug a deeper hole, making more and more outlandish, dangerous statements, culminating with the release of audio on which he bragged about forcing himself on women, tantamount to confessing to sexual assault. The negatives of a Trump presidency have been well-documented, and to go into them here would necessitate more print space than we are allowed. Suffice it to say, the United States would suffer greatly from Donald Trump's residency in the White House, not least of which would see the lowering of our already tarnished reputation worldwide.

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/opinion/editorials/our-view/2016/10/22/endorsement-clinton-best-and-only-choice/92530498/

[triron]

1. Right on!

[Hortensis]

2. "Hillary Clinton deserves a medal." Yes!

"But the one saving grace of this endless race for the White House is that, in all likelihood, it will end with a tough, qualified woman serving as president of the United States: Clinton, who we endorse wholeheartedly."

Very nice, Iowa City Press-Citizen! Thank you, Book_worm.

[Retired George]

3. K&R

Here's hoping Iowa ends up blue again!

[Gabi Hayes]

4. my sister, who went to law school there, and is a judge emeritus in Cedar Rapids,

will, no doubt, be enjoying this

lots and lots of tales from her about how crazy the wingnuts are there

trying to remember some Joni Annie Oakley stories about the pig farm

and the steve king, and the slashing of the state judicial budget by the Kansas-like legislature, and the Grassley (voted about forty years ago in New Times Magazine as the dumbest member of congress, when he was a mere rep)

Good times!