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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumChicago Tribune endorses Marco Rubio, disses Democrats
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/09/politics/chicago-tribune-endorse-marco-rubio/index.htmlThe paper found the Democrats' policies problematic, arguing they propose no plans that would curb federal spending.
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"Given the distance from economic reality that Clinton and Sanders have catapulted in their exhortations, we cannot endorse either of them in the Illinois primary election," the paper wrote wrote.
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the Chicago Tribune is a conservative paper. As such, expect them to endorse Bernie, to help the Republican cause.
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Chicago Tribune endorses Marco Rubio, disses Democrats (Original Post)
Recoverin_Republican
Mar 2016
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Ron Green
(9,867 posts)1. If they seek to help Republicans by endorsing Bernie,
they're as astute as you are "recoverin."
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. Marco Rubio makes Dan Quayle look literate.
Paraphrasing the AP cutline from memory:

Dan Quayle, left, holds a pumpkin next to his head at a country fair.
I was working at a newspaper at the time. We all laughed and laughed.
We could not imagine things would go this far to down the toilet so fast.

Dan Quayle, left, holds a pumpkin next to his head at a country fair.
I was working at a newspaper at the time. We all laughed and laughed.
We could not imagine things would go this far to down the toilet so fast.
NCjack
(10,297 posts)3. Apparently, USA will have no problem paying for continuous war in the Middle East. Pres. "W"
showed us how that is done.