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Cha

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25. Thank You for that bit of history on Robert Kagan.
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 05:30 AM
3 hrs ago

with that background it seems weird to me that he would resign over Bezos not Endorsing Veep Kamala Harris?

Ah.. I answered my own question!

Washington Post Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan Resigns Over Paper’s Decision Not to Endorse Kamala Harris

While a number of staff are reportedly angry and considering exiting the paper over the decision, Kagan’s resignation is particularly notable not just because of his standing at the publication, but because of his ties to Republican politics.


*snip*

If Trump does win the election, he will immediately become the most powerful person ever to hold that office,” wrote Kagan at the time, lamenting that “we continue to drift toward dictatorship, still hoping for some intervention that will allow us to escape the consequences of our collective cowardice, our complacent, willful ignorance and, above all, our lack of any deep commitment to liberal democracy.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-post-editor-at-large-robert-kagan-resigns-over-paper-s-decision-not-to-endorse-kamala-harris/ar-AA1sWkGV?ocid=BingNewsSerp

TY for the conversation.. you inspired me to find out things.
Tell WaPo what you think! pat_k 12 hrs ago #1
No endorsement means they are endorsing Trump. Chipper Chat 11 hrs ago #2
Not so much endorsing Trump, Bezos is showing he's afraid of Trump. n/t Liberal In Texas 11 hrs ago #4
Excellent Point...Chicken Little.. a lesser man than those Cha 11 hrs ago #6
or worse than that Skittles 10 hrs ago #8
And by falling to his knees, he tells The World (including trump) calimary 10 hrs ago #17
Before they quit... lame54 11 hrs ago #3
TY.. I'm wondering where these Patriotic Intelligent People Cha 11 hrs ago #5
Do you realize who Robert Kagan is? soandso 10 hrs ago #15
By your question I take it he's a RW? Cha 7 hrs ago #20
Neocon soandso 7 hrs ago #21
Thanks... now I remember.. I read earlier that Bezos Cha 6 hrs ago #22
He's the worst of the worst soandso 6 hrs ago #24
Thank You for that bit of history on Robert Kagan. Cha 3 hrs ago #25
The First Amendment to the Constitution is about the Freedom of the Press.. Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #7
This message was self-deleted by its author AZ8theist 10 hrs ago #9
Bezos met with Trump and tanked the Harris endorsement soon after. mn9driver 10 hrs ago #10
Article from "The Hill" about the meeting with Blue Horizon dflprincess 10 hrs ago #13
Thanks for that! mn9driver 9 hrs ago #19
"The Post" and "All the President's Men" are both available on Amazon Prime dflprincess 10 hrs ago #11
He wouldn't even have to pay for it! progressoid 10 hrs ago #14
How 'bout somebody issue the WaPo endorsement elsewhere? calimary 10 hrs ago #12
If the editor who wrote it resigned, they can Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #26
Third richest man in the world says what? progressoid 10 hrs ago #16
It's sad really Mz Pip 9 hrs ago #18
I don't think Bezos is afraid of anyone soandso 6 hrs ago #23
G.O.P.'s Billionaire Bezos Bro has sold his country out BoRaGard 2 hrs ago #27
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