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In reply to the discussion: Fuck Me. The Dallas Morning News just recommended Mitt Romney. [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. That's the editorial of
a bunch of tools:
We see evidence of Obamas shortcomings in his re-election campaign, a relentlessly negative push to disqualify his opponent instead of standing on his accomplishments. His campaign has worn voters patience thin by constantly blaming predecessor George W. Bush for the mess he left behind.
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Importantly, Romney speaks the language of industry. His tenure leading Bain Capital, for instance, has come under sharp criticism for years, but it also reveals a man who understands capital formation and how that, extrapolated through an economy, can lift the U.S. from its stalled state. Even some of Obamas Democratic allies notably rising star Cory Booker, former adviser Steven Rattner and former Rep. Harold Ford were quick to criticize the campaigns Bain-centric attacks on profit.
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Obamas Affordable Care Act was his signature domestic achievement. Its many laudable features included the individual mandate, but one was not its financing, which led this newspaper to oppose it. Obama left the details to Congress, and what emerged had no realistic funding stream and did too little to contain future costs.
Of most concern, Obama was not unaware of the fiscal problem. He put together a bipartisan panel to help forge a solution but then abandoned it. Left to languish, the Simpson-Bowles group could not achieve the votes to force congressional action. The proposal, which included a roughly 3-to-1 package of spending cuts to revenue increases, was the kind of compromise candidate Obama had advocated. As president, he chose not to act.
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Importantly, Romney speaks the language of industry. His tenure leading Bain Capital, for instance, has come under sharp criticism for years, but it also reveals a man who understands capital formation and how that, extrapolated through an economy, can lift the U.S. from its stalled state. Even some of Obamas Democratic allies notably rising star Cory Booker, former adviser Steven Rattner and former Rep. Harold Ford were quick to criticize the campaigns Bain-centric attacks on profit.
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Obamas Affordable Care Act was his signature domestic achievement. Its many laudable features included the individual mandate, but one was not its financing, which led this newspaper to oppose it. Obama left the details to Congress, and what emerged had no realistic funding stream and did too little to contain future costs.
Of most concern, Obama was not unaware of the fiscal problem. He put together a bipartisan panel to help forge a solution but then abandoned it. Left to languish, the Simpson-Bowles group could not achieve the votes to force congressional action. The proposal, which included a roughly 3-to-1 package of spending cuts to revenue increases, was the kind of compromise candidate Obama had advocated. As president, he chose not to act.
Summary: Obama is mean. Romney is wonderful, see Bain. Health care reform sucks. We love Simpson-Bowles.
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then promptly delivered, what, 34 electoral votes to the white old wrinkly guy!
bocaoma
Sep 2012
#48
I'm sorry, but is this some kind of surprise? The Dallas Morning News always endorses GOP
WI_DEM
Sep 2012
#64
They'd endorse SATAN if he was a Republican. (OOPS, forgot, he IS a ReSCUMlican.)
RBInMaine
Sep 2012
#20
Who gives a shit? If the DMN knew the fuck what it was talking about, you wouldn't
bluestate10
Sep 2012
#32
I'm in Dallas. DMN was 1 of only a few big city papers in the country to support McCain in '08.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#34
They also seem to forget that "Democrat" doesn't always equal "Progressive".
HughBeaumont
Sep 2012
#41
I won't be surprised if the Plain Freeper follows it's lead and endorses all Repukes.
HughBeaumont
Sep 2012
#42
Not much of a reporting newspaper is it? Obama did NOT have a filibuster-proof majority in
blm
Sep 2012
#52