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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Cincinnati Enquirer endorses Hillary Clinton.
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Sanders candidacy is in many ways more like that of Donald Trump than Clinton an appeal to emotion that envisions a revolution rather than evolution. It is too late for establishment politics, Sanders said in the Flint, Michigan, debate. Just as some voters might choose to believe that Trump has a brilliant, secret plan to Make America Great Again, for others, Sanders dream of free access to health care and a college education is seductive.
But U.S. presidents are not dictators and dont have the power to make most changes singlehandedly, and any president must have the patience to work with and through Congress. That inconvenient fact makes many of Sanders campaign promises political nonstarters in addition to being unwise, extremist policy proposals. President Obama barely got the Affordable Care Act enacted, and it remains a Republican target. Who seriously thinks Sanders is going to be able to fold the entire health care system 17.5 percent of the United States gross domestic product into Medicare?
America needs leaders with expertise in the art of the possible rather than the gift of glib, empty promises.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/03/10/endorsement-clinton-understands-art-possible/81586752/
But U.S. presidents are not dictators and dont have the power to make most changes singlehandedly, and any president must have the patience to work with and through Congress. That inconvenient fact makes many of Sanders campaign promises political nonstarters in addition to being unwise, extremist policy proposals. President Obama barely got the Affordable Care Act enacted, and it remains a Republican target. Who seriously thinks Sanders is going to be able to fold the entire health care system 17.5 percent of the United States gross domestic product into Medicare?
America needs leaders with expertise in the art of the possible rather than the gift of glib, empty promises.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/03/10/endorsement-clinton-understands-art-possible/81586752/
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The Cincinnati Enquirer endorses Hillary Clinton. (Original Post)
kstewart33
Mar 2016
OP
'Sanders’ candidacy is in many ways more like that of Donald Trump than Clinton'
onehandle
Mar 2016
#1
LOL, exactly. Unless they endorse Bernie, then they are brave and visionary!
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#8
Wow! A few more members of the elite endorse one of their own. Surprise, surprise.
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#7
onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. 'Sanders’ candidacy is in many ways more like that of Donald Trump than Clinton'
Yep.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)3. Wow. Yes indeed.
Carolina
(6,960 posts)2. Corporate owned media
notice how newspapers are so thin nowadays and barely worth their paper and ink... they and their editors are becoming OBSOLETE
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)10. Sure, attack the medium instead of addressing the substance. nt
Carolina
(6,960 posts)15. I DO blame the owned messenger about the spin on candidate $Hillary
with the Goldman-Sachs handcuffs. And we can thank 2-for-1 partner (Billary) for this:
That wonderful Telecommunications Act of 1996
Rob H.
(5,359 posts)4. So a Gannett-owned paper endorses Hillary?
There's a shock.
Persondem
(1,936 posts)5. Clinton got the Akron paper's endorsement as well. K & R nt
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)6. And the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
But of course, all of these newspapers are part of the corrupt corporate media cabal.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)8. LOL, exactly. Unless they endorse Bernie, then they are brave and visionary!
We see that accusation upthread, and its hilarious.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)11. And another post along those lines below!
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)7. Wow! A few more members of the elite endorse one of their own. Surprise, surprise.
I wonder just how many PEOPLE are on that board who voted to endorse her?
Lot more VOTERS in Cincinnati than that!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)9. The Enquirer is a right-wing rag.
Back when I was a reporter - mostly in the 90s - they wouldn't even take ads from women's clinics.
It's no wonder they endorse the Dem candidate who's to the right.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)12. Hate the message, shoot the messenger. nt
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)13. Not really.
I've never been a fan of the Cincinnati Enquirer, for the reasons I gave above.
Persondem
(1,936 posts)14. How about the Akron and Cleveland papers? They RW "rags" as well?