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Chicago1980

(1,968 posts) Sun Oct 9, 2016, 09:22 AM Oct 2016

Another Newspaper Breaks Conservative Tradition With Endorsement Of Hillary Clinton

Source: The Huffington Post

The Columbus Dispatch broke from a centurylong tradition of endorsing Republican presidential nominees on Sunday when it announced its support for Democrat Hillary Clinton in this year’s election.

“For us, the choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is not pleasant, but it isn’t difficult,” the Dispatch editorial board wrote. “Republican candidate Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States. Democrat Hillary Clinton, despite her flaws, is well-equipped for the job.”

“The Dispatch traditionally has endorsed Republican presidential candidates, but Trump does not espouse or support traditional Republican values, such as fiscal prudence, limited government and free trade, not to mention civility and decency,” the board continued. “We are disappointed that so many Republican leaders have accommodated a narcissistic, morally bankrupt candidate who is so clearly out of step with those values.”

The announcement came just weeks after the Cincinnati Enquirer, another major newspaper in Ohio, endorsed Clinton on the grounds that her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, presented “a clear and present danger” to the United States.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/10/09/1-editorial-for-president-trump-unfit-clinton-is-qualified.html

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/columbus-dispatch-endorses-hillary-clinton_us_57ead04de4b082aad9b79b30?section=&

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Another Newspaper Breaks Conservative Tradition With Endorsement Of Hillary Clinton (Original Post) Chicago1980 Oct 2016 OP

First time in 100 years the Dispatch has gone for a Democratic presidential candidate Maeve Oct 2016 #1

Dispatching Trump Retired George Oct 2016 #2

This is from the Dispatch? Botany Oct 2016 #3

To be fair, the Wolfe family sold the paper since then Maeve Oct 2016 #4

But still the Dispatch has been running right wing crap* even after the Wolfe family sold it. Botany Oct 2016 #5

They know their audience Maeve Oct 2016 #8

The Columbus Disgrace has enabled the theft of billions of state tax dollars here in Ohio. greatlaurel Oct 2016 #6

If so, couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch. Amonester Oct 2016 #9

And, pigs are flying in Norman, Oklahoma. The Norman Transcript endorses Hillary Clinton. Tess49 Oct 2016 #7

Maeve

(42,282 posts)

1. First time in 100 years the Dispatch has gone for a Democratic presidential candidate

Reply to Chicago1980 (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 09:28 AM

Oct 2016

Not since 1916....I'd hate to be one of their customer service reps tomorrow! (Altho I'll be calling in to subscribe full-week)

Retired George

(332 posts)

2. Dispatching Trump

Reply to Chicago1980 (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 09:32 AM

Oct 2016

Me like!

Botany

(70,516 posts)

3. This is from the Dispatch?

Reply to Chicago1980 (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 10:29 AM

Oct 2016

"Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States."

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The Dispatch wrote in 2004 that the Iraq war #2 was a mistake and it was an unending bloody
hell hole but they still went ahead and endorsed W.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)

4. To be fair, the Wolfe family sold the paper since then

Reply to Botany (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 10:40 AM

Oct 2016

But it is still going to come as a shock to many of their LTE writers!

Botany

(70,516 posts)

5. But still the Dispatch has been running right wing crap* even after the Wolfe family sold it.

Reply to Maeve (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 10:55 AM

Oct 2016

I read the sports section ....

* They had a cartoon not long ago that implied that HRC was getting $$ from
the Clinton Foundation.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)

8. They know their audience

Reply to Botany (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:02 AM

Oct 2016

I remember one year the editorial cartoonist ran his own little poll for president and the results were lop-sidedly Republican, but the candidate didn't win Columbus, Ohio or the election (can't remember which presidential year).
I've suspected they had more ethics than to back Drumpf for some time, tho, and were tossing bones to their LTTE folks just to keep them quiet.

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)

6. The Columbus Disgrace has enabled the theft of billions of state tax dollars here in Ohio.

Reply to Chicago1980 (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 10:57 AM

Oct 2016

The fact that the paper has endorsed Hillary Clinton is a transparent move to save itself from being dragged to oblivion with Trump and the rest of the deplorable GOP and a blatant attempt to provide cover for the deplorable down ballot GOP candidates here in Ohio. This is a true act of desperation by a business which has been enabling the the biggest theft of public tax dollars by the Ohio Republican Party and the money men behind the Ohio GOP in the history of Ohio and perhaps the entire USA. The Columbus Disgrace is the propaganda arm of the Ohio GOP.

This endorsement may well be the death blow of a newspaper as the only people who purchase this paper are deplorables who will be enraged by this endorsement.