2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDallas Morning News: Trump 'does not deserve your vote'
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294565-dallas-morning-news-trump-does-not-deserve-your-voteThe newspaper has endorsed the GOP's nominee for president every year since 1964. It said that for generations, it had been clear what it meant to be a Republican: "A belief in individual liberty. Free markets. Strong national defense."
"But what does it mean to be a Republican today? With Donald Trump as the party's new standard-bearer, it's impossible to say." Trump "thumbed his nose at conservative orthodoxy altogether," the Morning News wrote, adding that the GOP nominee has been "at odds with nearly every GOP ideal this newspaper holds dear."
"Donald Trump is no Republican and is certainly no conservative."
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)MineralMan
(146,331 posts)Probably not, but it's faintly possible. We'll see how badly Trump fails during the rest of the campaign.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)to change things in Texas. Stepping away from Trump is a necessity if they intend to preserve anything of value.
WatchWhatISay
(3,426 posts)Texas always chooses the worst possible candidate and Trump has strong support here. Probably more tea party types her than regular conservative republicans
pangaia
(24,324 posts)In fact what exactly is 'liberty?" I keep hearing this from repubs and their ilk. But what is it?
Not asking you, necessarily, MM, but... if you can tell me what they are thinking, I am all ears.
MineralMan
(146,331 posts)I believe they are talking about the "liberty" to deprive others of the same.
"Personal liberty." What bullshit. It means you should be able to drill for oil in the Grand Canyon if you want to, but who you can marry, whether or not you can use contraception, who you can love, and what kind of sex you can or cannot have -- not so much.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...and that includes being able to do whatever they like to those who aren't white, christian and/or male. You know. Individual liberty as the founders intended it to be. They'd be fine with Trump if he didn't have connections to Putin or kept pivoting.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)the economy
Notice that people who go on about individual liberty also talk about protecting 'our freedoms'
Not freedom in general, which every one should enjoy, but rather 'our freedoms', as priveledged American white people
Freedom applies to the general welfare of the people as per the contituted role of government
Freedoms, on the other hand, are merely indiviuated priveledges and powers elevated to the level of rights
It's a subterfuge to replace the word rights with the word freedoms
There is a reason why the Bill of Rights is not called the Bill of Freedoms because it is in virtue of rights that freedom is guaranteed
Right wingers don't like the universality of rights because the general welfare and freedom of all Americans is not in their interest
GWC58
(2,678 posts)to "strike one up."
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Matthew Chapman
Matthew Chapman? @fawfulfan
The Dallas Morning News endorsed the Republican for president every year since 1968. They refuse to endorse Trump.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)mountain grammy
(26,650 posts)but they really are church going, tithing, cross wearing, preaching Christians, even while preaching hate.
Trump is a Republican and he is a conservative. He walks the walk and talks the talk. You built it, Texas, now own it.
tavernier
(12,401 posts)Trump is exactly what today's republican is.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)MineralMan
(146,331 posts)has refused to endorse Trump. That's a big deal, actually. As we move closer to the election, it's things like this that will ensure a victory for Hillary Clinton. Such non-endorsements will also depress Republican turnout, which is even better for down-ticket races.
Everything that doesn't help Trump helps Democrats.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)The DMN also ranks #7 in circulation among all city daily newspapers in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States
Jim__
(14,083 posts)Couldn't have said it better myself.
BlueCollar
(3,859 posts)DMN is responsible for the rise of Trump and his ilk...
riversedge
(70,303 posts)The message is out on tweet:
Ashley Killough ?@KilloughCNN 4h4 hours ago
Dallas Morning News says Trump "is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote" http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece
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Donald Trump is no Republican
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By Dallas Morning News Editorial newsfeedback+editorial@dallasnews.com
Published: 06 September 2016 04:00 AM
Updated: 06 September 2016 11:12 AM
What does it mean to be a Republican?
........................Even before Trump's name reached the top of the GOP presidential ticket, the party was pulled in different directions. Many Republicans held fast to the good-governing principles of the past, while a growing wing of the party yanked hard from the right to force a conscripted definition of conservatism.
Inexplicably, the presidential candidate who emerged from that ideological tug of war was the one who thumbed his nose at conservative orthodoxy altogether. Trump is or has been at odds with nearly every GOP ideal this newspaper holds dear.
Donald Trump is no Republican and certainly no conservative.
Individual liberty? Trump has displayed an authoritarian streak that should horrify limited-government advocates. This impulsive, unbridled New York real estate billionaire and reality-TV star wants to deport people who were born in the U.S. and don't meet his standard for loyalty. He has proposed banning all Muslims from entering the country, even those escaping Islamist rule, and won't rule out creating a database of Muslims already living here....................................................................................
calimary
(81,467 posts)I'm on a Twitter war, myself, today. For your consideration (and please, by all means, join in if you feel so inclined!):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512400046
BumRushDaShow
(129,459 posts)or bad timing, but have been trying to get to the actual Dallas News site with the editorial and it is timing out. Don't know if someone is D-DOSing them or they crashed or are performing "maintenance" what.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)However, it's only written by an unnamed staff writer. I'm not sure that's the same thing as an endorsement.
BumRushDaShow
(129,459 posts)about 20 minutes after my post. I wanted to see the whole thing myself!!! I think it is actually the "editorial board" of the paper that wrote it so technically, no byline.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)bromance is going to make this an historic US landslide election
The Dallas Morning News is not the Washington Post When the major Texas conservative paper in the most conservative part of Texas says no to a Republican nominee that means it is over
The Dallas MN knows they can't walk that back if Trump wins So they are throwin down the gauntlet. It's meet me in the street at high noon. No quarter asked or given
Persondem
(1,936 posts)peggysue2
(10,839 posts)That's about as damning as it could be. And thoroughly earned by The Donald, who presumably is job interviewing for a new reality TV job. Makes sense--far less work. Pays more, too. And for Donald Trump it's always about the money.
'He does not deserve your vote' should be a chant straight through until election day!