Dallas Morning News: We recommend Hillary Clinton for U.S. president

[TexasTowelie]

There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton.

We don't come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since before World War II — if you're counting, that's more than 75 years and nearly 20 elections. The party's over-reliance on government and regulation to remedy the country's ills is at odds with our belief in private-sector ingenuity and innovation. Our values are more about individual liberty, free markets and a strong national defense.

We've been critical of Clinton's handling of certain issues in the past. But unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy.

Resume vs. resume, judgment vs. judgment, this election is no contest.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160907-we-recommend-hillary-clinton-for-u.s.-president.ece

Cross-posted in the General Discussion: 2016 forum.

[font color=330099]Somebody bring the smelling salt. I'm heading for the fainting couch.[/font]

[Vogon_Glory]

1. The Dallas Morning News Endorsing Hillary?

The Dallas Morning News Supporting Hillary? I was a little surprised by their endorsement myself. The Dallas Morning News has a well-deserved reputation for being an extremely right wing paper.

But there is a difference between the Dallas Morning News' editorial slant and today's political right. The Dallas Morning News at least TRIES to be a THINKING right-wing paper. We progressives may think that they use faulty premises, faulty logic, and illogical conclusions much of the time, but unlike, say, the alt-right, the DMN is at least trying to think.

And using their brains, they came to a very sensible conclusion: Hillary Clinton would make a far better US President than Donald Trump.