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kpete

(71,978 posts)
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 10:13 PM Sep 2016

MY TOWN! After 148 Years, The San Diego Union-Tribune Endorses A Democrat For President

The historically conservative San Diego Union-Tribune has endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her “vengeful, dishonest and impulsive” Republican opponent, Donald Trump.

The Union-Tribune announced Friday morning it would support a Clinton presidency, despite having never endorsed a Democrat in the paper’s 148-year-history.

The change in course stems from the high stakes of this election, the editorial board said in its endorsement.

“Terrible leaders can knock nations off course. Trump could be our Chávez,” it wrote, referring to Hugo Chávez, the controversial former president of Venezuela. “We cannot take that risk.”




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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-newspaper-endorsement_us_57eebc0ce4b024a52d2ee57d

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MY TOWN! After 148 Years, The San Diego Union-Tribune Endorses A Democrat For President (Original Post) kpete Sep 2016 OP
My altrignt san diego niece DUgosh Sep 2016 #1
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Did not change a thing kpete Oct 2016 #3

achsadu

(41 posts)
2. San Diego paper
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:28 PM
Sep 2016

I thought that the SD Union was bought by the LA Times which is a fairly liberal paper.

achsa

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