'Lawrence: Houston Chronicle endorses accomplished Biden over Trump because 'experience matters''

[Joinfortmill]

'MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes the editorial board of the Houston Chronicle’s decision to endorse President Biden for re-election and explains why Nikki Haley promising to pardon Donald Trump if she were to become president can only help Trump so much.'

My words: This is so awesome, people! 8:59 min.

[Lonestarblue]

1. Not surprising. Houston is strongly Democratic.

I expect the Austin American Statesman to do the same. In the 2020 election, more major newspapers endorsed Biden than Trump. I’m not sure media endorsements do a lot to sway voters anymore.

[LiberalFighter]

4. It may not. But likely to strengthen the support of those already on board.

[Martin68]

2. I agree that experience matters, and Biden has a great deal more of that than Trump does, but what about character,

sanity, honesty, civility? Trump is the worst role model imaginable.

[Wonder Why]

7. Trump has experience that Biden lacks - rape, insurrection, fraud, lying, hatemongering, racism, sexism, etc., etc.

[4lbs]

3. We endorse the guy that WON'T kick us out of his press briefing/confererence

for asking tough questions. Or at least questions he deems as too tough.

"Mr. President, why did you do this?"

"Wow, that's a really tough question. You are really mean. Go away."

.......

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Here is the Houston Chronicle endorsement of President Biden

Here is the Houston Chronicle editorial endorsing President Biden

Link to tweet

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/joe-biden-2024-democratic-primary-president-18670527.php

The accomplishments of an administration dedicated to governing, one that believes in the power of government to make life better for the American people, is a key reason we heartily endorse the reelection of President Joe Biden. The other reason, equally important, is to fend off the chaos, corruption and danger to the nation that would accompany the return of Donald Trump to the White House.

The president has his shortcomings, to be sure, but what his administration has managed to get done during the past three years is a potent reminder to his fellow Democrats, to independents and to those Republicans who have somehow resisted Trump’s cultish appeal that the nation has a viable alternative. Here is a sampling:

If it's really "the economy, stupid," that determines success in presidential elections, then Biden can probably rest easy at neutral. No, Bidenomics alone didn't save us but neither did they damn us. One of the clear advantages of a president as experienced as Biden is wisdom: in this case, the wisdom to get the heck out of the Fed's way as it masterfully applied the breaks to what could have been runaway inflation. ......

We are well aware of Biden’s age, 81, (and Trump’s, 77), as well as memory lapses that have prompted near-panic among many of the president’s fellow Democrats. Those of us who remember the energetic, garrulous, occasionally even eloquent Joe Biden of years past can see the difference a few years have made, even if he was always prone to gaffes. Accounts other than the report of Special Counsel Robert Hur suggest, however, that Biden remains focused, engaged and in command on the vital issues that occupy a president. Experience counts.

We are reassured in large part because Biden has restored the tradition of a capable team running the White House, a tradition trampled by Trump’s deeply flawed scheme to run a one-man show. Like Ronald Reagan, Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt, Biden’s deft management of his team has made him, arguably, the most productive president since LBJ in the early months of his administration.

He has, as they say, forgotten more than his presumed Republican rival will ever know. That's not saying much, and at the same time, it says it all.

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