Los Angeles Times Backs Clinton

[NCTraveler]

Santa Ana, California (CNN)California's largest newspaper on Friday backed Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, arguing that the former secretary of state represents a better candidate to take on Donald Trump.

The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board's endorsement comes four days before California holds its crucial primary. It wrote that although "California's Democratic primary owe a debt of gratitude to Bernie Sanders for a campaign that has emphasized issues that otherwise might have been ignored," the voters "should cast their votes for Hillary Clinton."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/politics/los-angeles-times-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/index.html

[SmittynMo]

1. I'm guessing no one can read at the Times

Bernie is double digits up on Trump. HRC - 2 points up. Not even close

But then, I read today she's double digits. Someone really wants Bernie to lose to spread such false information. I can guess here, but,,,,,,

It's so corrupt!!!

[NCTraveler]

2. That's it. They can't read. Spot on. Nt

[Cali_Democrat]

8. LOL. nt

[Octafish]

17. So why quote CNN?

Why not link to the LA Times' actual endorsement?

Hillary Clinton is the better candidate to take on Trump

EXCERPT...

We don’t agree. Voters should choose the candidate they consider best qualified. This page has endorsed Clinton not because she is more likely to win the nomination but because she is vastly better prepared than Sanders for the presidency.

We say that with full recognition that Sanders has captured the imagination of many Democrats with his articulate attacks on economic inequality and his talk of a political revolution. He can take credit for pressing Clinton to champion the interests of those who have been left behind in this economy.

But Clinton is not only more knowledgeable about domestic and international affairs than Sanders, but also more likely to achieve objectives they have in common. Her speech last week on foreign policy in San Diego -- in which she skillfully skewered Trump for his ignorance and recklessness -- was a reminder of the breadth of her understanding of international affairs. On domestic policy, her positions on issues such as healthcare and financial regulation are less utopian than what Sanders has proposed but also more realistic.

Some compare Sanders to President Obama, and there are similarities: Like Obama, Sanders opposed the war in Iraq while Clinton as a senator voted to authorize it. Sanders speaks in visionary terms and so did Obama in 2008 when he wrested the nomination from then-Sen. Clinton. But Obama’s vision was of bipartisan cooperation, not a political revolution in which, as Sanders has naively suggested, Republicans would simply capitulate to a Democratic president because a million young people would be massed outside the Capitol.

SNIP...

Voters in California’s Democratic primary owe a debt of gratitude to Bernie Sanders for a campaign that has emphasized issues that otherwise might have been ignored. But they should cast their votes for Hillary Clinton.

SOURCE: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-hillary-california-20160603-snap-story.html

It's under "Opinion." And that is worth, about, what these days?

PS: ETA...

[font size="5"][font color="green"]Voters in California’s Democratic primary owe a debt of gratitude to Bernie Sanders for a campaign that has emphasized issues that otherwise might have been ignored.[/font color][/font size] But they should cast their votes for Hillary Clinton.

PS: ETA2...

The fact that no one talks about the poor.

[DesertRat]

5. Since when do editorial boards endorse based on polls

against the other party's candidate?

[DesertRat]

4. The editorial board wrote that Clinton

"is not only more knowledgeable about domestic and international affairs than Sanders, but also more likely to achieve objectives they have in common."

[BlueCaliDem]

6. K&R! Despite what some polls say, I predict Hillary Clinton will win CA by at least 7 points.

We'll see who is right this Tuesday.

[Lucinda]

7. KNR Thank you!

[Octafish]

9. Who will they endorse in November?

R or D?

[NCTraveler]

10. I don't know.

Who did they endorse in '08?

Hint: The Times without hesitation endorses Barack Obama for president

[Octafish]

11. Barack Obama in '08.

My mistake. I thought everybody knew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_endorsements_in_the_United_States_presidential_election,_2008,_for_Barack_Obama

[NCTraveler]

12. .

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-endorse19-2008oct19-story.html

[Octafish]

15. Thanks. My mistake.

I corrected my post the minute I discovered my mistake.

[NCTraveler]

14. Now that we cleared that up.

I believe they will back the progressive and trash Trump when they endorse for the GE. Full throttle Clinton endorsement.

Who do you think they will endorse?

[Octafish]

16. Not Trump?

Is that who you want?

[NCTraveler]

18. I don't get your question. I thought I was extremely clear. Who do you think they will endorse.

Your mistake was in being wrong yet including the phrase "I thought everyone knew that". Nothing wrong at all with the fact you were wrong. Going with the bully tactic of then going on to make it about knowledge was the real mistake. Glad you had a chance to learn with this one.

[Octafish]

19. All true, except one part.

I referred to Wikipedia as "everyone." Sorry not to be clear.

As to who is doing the bullying, that's a matter of opinion, too. Then, as I'm reminded on a daily basis, I don't know everything.

I thought everyone knew that, too.

[NCTraveler]

20. It was a cheap shot you took and were completely wrong in the first place.

It's why you removed that line instead of just leaving it with your follow up post. No need for you to deflect at this point. That is neither here nor there.

You still haven't even answered the question that you introduced. lol.

[Octafish]

21. Yeah. And I admitted my mistake.

Why do I have to answer to you, anyway? Fuck that shit.

[NCTraveler]

22. This is awesome. It was your question. Bwahahahahaha.

Your admittance also came with an incorrect denial. That is all I pointed out. Nothing more. As some would say, it's a nothingburger.

I was just wondering how you would answer your own question. I answered it without a problem. Very telling that your own question upsets you this much.

[amborin]

13. LOL owned by clinton donor