Dallas Morning News Endorses Dem Candidate For First Time Since WWII

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center, in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Just one day after issuing a blistering editorial against Donald Trump, the Dallas Morning News came out with an endorsement of Hillary Clinton, calling her the “one serious candidate on the presidential ballot.”

The endorsement marks the first time since World War II that the conservative-leaning newspaper has backed a Democratic candidate for commander in chief.

“Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy,” the editorial board wrote.

“Resume vs. resume, judgment vs. judgment, this election is no contest,” they concluded.

The Morning News applauded Clinton’s record of bipartisan cooperation as a senator from New York and the foreign policy experience she gleaned as secretary of state. Legitimate questions about her use of a personal email server at the State Department and reluctance to host press conferences have been transformed into a web of “conspiracies and cover-ups” by her detractors, the newspaper said.

“We reject the politics of personal destruction,” they wrote. “Clinton has made mistakes and displayed bad judgment, but her errors are plainly in a different universe than her opponent’s.”

Trump, the editorial board claimed, has played to voters’ xenophobia and racism, shifted on critical issues, and displayed “a dangerous lack of judgment and impulse control” with his “improvisational insults and midnight tweets.”

“Hillary Clinton has spent years in the trenches doing the hard work needed to prepare herself to lead our nation,” the board wrote. “In this race, at this time, she deserves your vote.”

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  1. Trump, the editorial board claimed, has played to voters’ xenophobia and racism, shifted on critical issues, and displayed “a dangerous lack of judgment and impulse control” with his “improvisational insults and midnight tweets.”

    Welcome back to sanity, Texas!

    We missed ya…

  2. First the Houston Chronicle, now the DMN? I don’t usually imbibe this early in the day, but think I’ll make an exception. The times in Texas, they are a’changing.

  3. And some polling has Clinton within striking distance in Texas? I’m sorry, but did someone slip something into the water supply of the country or something?

  4. “Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy,” the editorial board wrote.

    Resume vs. resume, judgment vs. judgment, this election is no contest,” they concluded.

    Hillary Clinton has spent years in the trenches doing the hard work needed to prepare herself to lead our nation,” the board wrote. “In this race, at this time, she deserves your vote.”

    Well. You can’t put it much better. Thank you, Dallas Morning News!

  5. transformed into a web of “conspiracies and cover-ups”

    Isn’t that the mission statement from the original GOP charter?

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